Cant boot from the CD after installing Ubuntu

[Wade Smart]

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On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> 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.
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> 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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I have ubuntu 10.04 on my main computer.
All three of the dics start up fine.
And I might buy that one was dirty but not all three.

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