Problem loading Ubuntu into used laptop

richlevy · 03-25-2007, 06:45 PM

Thanks for the advice MB.

I was using a junk CD-R brand. I just picked up Memorex this morning.

I didn't want to wipe the hard drive until after I got good results on an installation since the CD driver was on it.

I did find the BIOS on Dell, but didn't try loading it. I can try that before I do this again.

I am currently downloading OpenSuse as my second choice.

I am looking at replacing the memory, but the $29 memory at CompUSA is out of stock and I am not paying $60 for new memory. I intend to verify the disks on my desktop PC and if I then have problems with the laptop, I can assume it might be the memory or the laptop CD-ROM drive.

I will have to look for the Ultimate Boot CD. I have some old diagnostic disks, but this sounds simpler.

03-25-2007, 06:45 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Thanks for the advice MB. I was using a junk CD-R brand. I just picked up Memorex this morning. I didn't want to wipe the hard drive until after I got good results on an installation since the CD driver was on it. I did find the BIOS on Dell, but didn't try loading it. I can try that before I do this again. I am currently downloading OpenSuse as my second choice. I am looking at replacing the memory, but the $29 memory at CompUSA is out of stock and I am not paying $60 for new memory. I intend to verify the disks on my desktop PC and if I then have problems with the laptop, I can assume it might be the memory or the laptop CD-ROM drive. I will have to look for the Ultimate Boot CD. I have some old diagnostic disks, but this sounds simpler. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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