Installing onto ubuntu 9.04

[Adnrw]

I just downloaded windows 7 beta using my sisters laptop and I put it onto a DVD-r and I put it into my desktop which is running Ubuntu 9.04 and restarted it and it took about a minute to try and boot from the disc but it just loads up ubuntu.

I really don't know what to do :/

 

[Sassa]

Go to the boot manager and chose dvd-rom as boot device

 

[zigzag3143]

I just downloaded windows 7 beta using my sisters laptop and I put it onto a DVD-r and I put it into my desktop which is running Ubuntu 9.04 and restarted it and it took about a minute to try and boot from the disc but it just loads up ubuntu.

I really don't know what to do :/

Adnrw

You need to go into bios to force/enable booting from dvd. Its a different key combo on various machines. Often its f12. that should load the dvd if it is bootible.

Hope this helps

Ken

 

[Adnrw]

Go to the boot manager and chose dvd-rom as boot device

Where would I find that?

 

[Adnrw]

Adnrw

You need to go into bios to force/enable booting from dvd. Its a different key combo on various machines. Often its f12. that should load the dvd if it is bootible.

Hope this helps

Ken

Could you give me a guide on how to do that.
I'm a bit of a noob. ><

 

[zigzag3143]

Where would I find that?

Hi Adnrw, and welcome to seven forums

when booting you should have the option on screen to boot into bios. Its sometimes f12, and then you can make the dvd as the number one boot device.

Ken

 

[Adnrw]

Hi Adnrw, and welcome to seven forums

when booting you should have the option on screen to boot into bios. Its sometimes f12, and then you can make the dvd as the number one boot device.

Ken

Thanks. c:

I can't see any options on screen.
When would it come up?
'cause it shows me three screens.

 

[zigzag3143]

Thanks. c:

I can't see any options on screen.
When would it come up?
'cause it shows me three screens.

When booting the first screen where it says your computer mfr (like dell, hp, etc) there you can hit f-12. failing that when booting you can try hitting the "d" key it will sometimes force the boot from dvd.


Ken

 

[Adnrw]

When booting the first screen where it says your computer mfr (like dell, hp, etc) there you can hit f-12. failing that when booting you can try hitting the "d" key it will sometimes force the boot from dvd.


Ken

That screen only stays there for a second or two.
I tried just repetidly pressing f12 when I restarted it and it did nothing.
Aslo hitting the "d" key does nothing

 

[Tews]

please completely fill out your system specs .... check out Kens specs for the proper way to do it.... whitout your specs, were just guessing ....

 

[zigzag3143]

That screen only stays there for a second or two.
I tried just repetidly pressing f12 when I restarted it and it did nothing.
Aslo hitting the "d" key does nothing

What kind of computer?

Ken

 

[Adnrw]

When booting the first screen where it says your computer mfr (like dell, hp, etc) there you can hit f-12. failing that when booting you can try hitting the "d" key it will sometimes force the boot from dvd.


Ken

I found it.
And I changed all three of them to boot from cd and it said something was wrong with the disc.

 

[Tews]

/tapping toes waiting for system specs ....

 

[Adnrw]

please completely fill out your system specs .... check out Kens specs for the proper way to do it.... whitout your specs, were just guessing ....

I don;t know how to find out my specs.
I'm a noob with all of this stuff.

 

[zigzag3143]

I found it.
And I changed all three of them to boot from cd and it said something was wrong with the disc.

Thats possible. where did you get the iso? what did you use to burn it? did you burn the files and folders, or the single iso file?

Ken

 

[Tews]

re burn at the lowest possible and try again...

 

[Adnrw]

Thats possible. where did you get the iso? what did you use to burn it? did you burn the files and folders, or the single iso file?

Ken

I got the iso from the windows website.
I used power2go.
just the iso I think. I did it straight from the desktop..

 

[zigzag3143]

I got the iso from the windows website.
I used power2go.
just the iso I think. I did it straight from the desktop..

You might want to burn it again. If you want you can check the hash'es to make sure your file and the source are exactly the same.

Ken

 

[Adnrw]

You might want to burn it again. If you want you can check the hash'es to make sure your file and the source are exactly the same.

Ken

I'll burn it again than.
Sorry, how would I do that?

 

[zigzag3143]

I'll burn it again than.
Sorry, how would I do that?

On the ms site they will have the hash value. You can download hash tab app and right click the iso file when you dl'ed it. It will give you a hash value. compare that to the hash on MS. if they are the same the ISO is identical. It should look like this

Ken