Replacing windows 7 help on an Asus

[gravitate]

Do not despair I have windows 8 on another machine but I need ubuntu. The easiest way I can do this is by replacing windows 7 on my old netbook. I have tried 3 different usb sticks and an sd card with the ubuntu.iso on it but it does not get recognised. I have changed the boot priority in Bios but nothing is picked up. I have tried different versions of the ubuntu.iso file. I have tried everything I can think of.
Please would anyone be able to help?
I have verified all the usb and sd card ports are working but do not get picked up when booting.
Anyway any help at all is most welcome.

 

[pebbly]

Hi gravitate, Welcome to the forums , You have made the usb sticks bootable ? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31541-windows-7-usb-dvd-download-tool.html

 

[gravitate]

Hi I will try this link thanks but I have tried many programs even ones on a mac to make a bootable usb.

 

[gregrocker]

Why would you want to replace Win7?

Try Dual Boot - Windows 7 and Linux - Windows 7 Forums

 

[whs]

If nothing else helps, try this. The example is Zorin but the procedure is the same for Ubuntu.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/278957-vmware-player-install-setup-zorin.html

You can also install Ubuntu on the flash drive itself - like this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/287439-emergency-kit-save-your-files-dead-os.html