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[Tom <question76738@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #76738 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/76738

Tom proposed the following answer:
Ok try booting up from the cd and hopefully you should get to a menyu with "Try Ubuntu without chagnes to the machine" choosing this option should get you to a working desktop which should give a fair idea of how Ubuntu will look on your machine.  This working desktop is called a "LiveCd sesion", if it works and most version of linux have it as their default option when booting up their installer cd.  here's a guide if you have trouble getting to that first menu
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
it might be worth checking the cd is alright, this guide might help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

If the LiveCd session work then you should be able to surf the internet into here directly from firefox on the top taskbar, it should pick-up on your internet connection :)  Then just use the icon in the top left-hand corner to install Ubuntu in the proper dual-boot way so that you can keep popping back into Windows at least until you've got used to doing everything in linux.  Most of us keep a dual-boot like this anyway
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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