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I downloaded Xubuntu 12.04 32-bit (the desktop CD ISO, not the alternate CD) from xubuntu.org and placed the .zip into a folder named XUBUNTU on my desktop.

Then I extracted the files to that folder and ran Wubi. I selected Xubuntu from the drop down menu and clicked Install. I let it do it's thing and then chose the option to reboot when prompted. This is when i went to my girlfriend's house for the day and left my laptop (dell latitude 120L) to finish the install. i came back home (about 8 hours later) to find my computer on the windows 7 log in screen when i rebooted my computer once more. I booted Xubuntu just fine and things seemed to work perfectly. I turned off the pc and went to bed. Next morning I booted Xubuntu again without problems.

I rebooted and went to Windows, then next time I tried booting Xubuntu in the middle of the splash screen it went black and the cpu light stopped blinking. I force shut down the computer and tried booting again when the same thing happened (instead of going black the splash just froze). I went back to windows and uninstalled and reinstalled the OS and havent been able to boot it since. I even tried booting Kubuntu with the same problem.

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  • Have you tried boot-repair?
    – Mitch
    Jul 10, 2012 at 8:09
  • not yet but i am in the process of putting boot-repair on a usb using Lili. i will post updates Jul 10, 2012 at 8:31
  • You should not extract file from that zip file. That is ISO file not zip. @Mitch boot-repair works in wubi install??
    – Web-E
    Jul 10, 2012 at 8:38
  • even after i placed wubi in a folder with just the iso and ran it i was still having problems Jul 10, 2012 at 8:41
  • i have tried every installation method i can think of except for a cd/dvd install and i keep havin the same problem. but when i boot from a usb it takes longer for mycomputer to freeze. also, i have no idea how to use boot-repair because xubuntu wont boot, and idk how to get terminal access to use it. this really sucks and im considering just giving up. Jul 13, 2012 at 21:00

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This almost sounds like a hardware problem. You might try putting burning a disc or putting it on a flash drive so you can run the memory test that's available as a boot time option.

In the past, I had a computer that ran Windows fine, but could not install linux. Ended up being bad memory that had to be replaced.

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