Cant boot from the CD after installing Ubuntu

[Tommy Trussell]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >>
> >> --
> >> Registered Linux User: #480675
> >> Registered Linux Machine: #408606
> >> Linux since June 2005
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Tommy Trussell <
> tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 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.
> >>
> >
> > 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.
>


Maybe the laptop isn't compatible with the disk. For example, nowadays most
such disks are DVDs but your laptop may only have a CD drive.

When you bought the disk, Microsoft may have included a phone number or a
web address for Microsoft support. Maybe they can help you sort it out.
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