Help with installation

[Michael White]

Ok first off I find that a little offensive. Just because I have never had to install another OS doesn't mean that I am not good with computers. Either way I can answer your questions I'm just trying to get my desktop running again so that I can get back to my college courses for game and simulation programing.
 
1. It is a Dell Inspiron 531. Yes I know that it is a cheap Wal mart PC but its my parents not mine.
 
2. Yes both my computers can write DVD's
 
3. It has one HDD the one that it came with.
 
4. Yes I can burn a DVD with the ISO file.
 
5. I can only access the Internet on the Laptop that I am on right now. The Desktop that is in question is not in a condition to access the Internet. As a matter of fact the Desktop is so overrun with the virus that it cannot do much other than load up. This is why I just want to format the HDD and start over.
 
As always Thanks.

--- On Fri, 10/2/09, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Help with installation
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 8:25 PM


Michael White wrote:
> Thank you guys very much for the help. 

Unfortuantly all though I am very good with computers

  I have never formated my HDD and I am not sure how to.

  I also do not know what a ext3 or 4 is.

Sorry for being such a challenge.

I once tried to load a Linux os onto my PS3 from a CD

  but I was unsucessful. So if anyone could point me to

  a full tutorial on how to format and start over with

Ubuntu I would be most appreciative.

    I don't think your very good with a computer, and so here is 
a step by step question series:


    1. What kind of computer do you have? When about was it made?

    2. Does your computer have a cd/dvd read write cd device?

    3. How many hard drives does it have?

    4. Do you have a way to make a cd with an .iso file installed?

    5. Do you have a way to reach a web page?

    Please answer as many of these questions as you can.

73 Karl


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