Quote Originally Posted by maxximilian View Post
Ran a search there for my board...Gigabyte GA-8PE667 Pro

Didn't show up in the compatability list, but a couple people are using it and posted questions or issues. But nobody told them they couldn't use the board....

The current XP install is completly pooched. Can't get in even with recovery console, so there is no point in trying to salvage anything there. I had already moved the most important stuff to my win7 machine. Might as well try this Ubuntu stuff. Might be good for laughs...

So I go over with my win7 machine....download the ISO....burn to DVD...and drop that sucker in the dead XP machine?

Don't burn it faster than 4X and you should be okay,there are problems when they are burnt faster.There is a utility on the disk to format/partition for Linux ,its called gparted.You are going to need 2 partitions

1)linux swap (usually 2-4gb?)
2) ext4 for the OS (whatever is left)

when it asks where you'd like to install the bootloader (grub2) select the root of the ext4 partition usually refered simply as /


I'm sure there is a more detailed runthrough at the location where you are going to downlaod the .iso from.