Cant boot from the CD after installing Ubuntu

[Tommy Trussell]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
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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?
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> >> > 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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I am confused -- The title of the topic says you cannot boot from the CD,
but you are saying you CAN boot from all the CDs. What is the problem again?
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