Cant boot from the CD after installing Ubuntu

[Wade Smart]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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>
>> wrote:
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>> > 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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>> 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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I can only boot from a ubuntu cd.
I need to install Win7 on this laptop.
I cannot boot from any windows cd.

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