Can xubuntu dual-boot with Windows 8?

[Kevin O'Gorman]

I replaced my wife's failing laptop.  It's a Toshiba with Windows 8.

The BIOS does not seem to like my Ubuntu and Xubuntu DVDs.  It won't
boot them.  I think it's a new security thing.  This can make it hard
to set up dual-booting.

I want to get in there with Ubuntu, but I'm clueless about how to proceed.

Pointers, please?

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman

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