Help with Switching from Windows

[Matthew Bartek]

Thank you all for these replies. So, it turns out that I'm the dummy, but I
learned something (which I actually read somewhere else as well): I tried to
burn the CD again, using Nero, at a speed of 4x (rather than 48x) and it now
seems to be working.

So...wish me luck this evening as I embark on a new chapter in my computing
life!

Thanks again to all who replied.

Matt

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Phil Sexton <philsexton at skybest.com> wrote:

>  Matthew Bartek wrote:
> > Hello and good afternoon.
> >
> > I apologize if this question is very basic and is getting sent to many
> > people as I am new to Ubuntu and to this listserv. I am trying to switch
> > from Windows (read: liberate myself) and I ahve downloaded the iso file,
> > verified it using md5sum (spelling?), and have tried to create a
> > bootable cd, but it hasn't worked. While this problem could be with my
> > computer (the computer that I want to load Ubuntu onto is basically
> > broken--I tried to reset the boot order, but it said "operating system
> > not found" unless I allowed it to boot from the hard disk), I am
> > wondering how to check to see if the cd that I created from teh iso file
> > will actually work. I actually made two: one using the windows XP cd
> > burning system, and one using Nero. For the windows disc, I dragged the
> > file into my CD drive and then clicked on: "burn disc". For Nero (I have
> > version 7), I followed these instructions:
> > http://www.bay-wolf.com/burnimage.htm
> >
> > Still, when my put the cd in my computer and try to boot from it, it
> > fails. Any thoughts?
>
> If you insert the disk in Windows and navigate to it with your file
> browser, do you see a single file?  That indicates that you have
> burnt a data disk rather than a bootable disk.
>
> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto>
>
> If you see several files and folders, you have burnt a bootable CD
> and need to set your bios to boot from the CDROM first.
>
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