Cant boot from the CD after installing Ubuntu

[Tommy Trussell]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:

> >> Its a newer laptop but I use XP because of preference.
> >> Ive tried  several windows cds (xp, vista, win 7) and none
> >> will start up but any ubuntu cd I put in starts up pretty quick.
> >
> > I think we all assumed that it was all CDs that you could not boot
> > off.  Are you saying you can boot off an Ubuntu CD but not off a Win
> > CD?
> >
> > Colin
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> Correct.
> When I have the ubuntu cd in and turn on the laptop, I can hear the
> drive spin up and the live cd starts up. I tried it on my old
> 9.10,10.04 and 12.04. But on my XP, Vista and Win7 cds, it starts to
> spin up but goes straight to the initial ubuntu screen where you
> choose  ubuntu, ubuntu recover, memory test, or Win xp.
>

That sounds like the correct behavior. If it does not boot once you choose
Ubuntu or Ubuntu Recover, then the CD is probably defective or dirty.
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