Cant boot from the CD after installing Ubuntu

[Tommy Trussell]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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
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> >> >> 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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> That might be for win7 but for my xp or vista cd.
>

All I know to do is check the boot order on your BIOS to load the optical
disk before anything else. I would think it would work pretty much the same
as an Ubuntu disk, HOWEVER I haven't tried to boot a Windows disk in years
so maybe others can supply some more relevant wisdom.
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