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Friend gave me her laptop, we agreed on Ubuntu, but I have troubles even booting up live version (see the notebook).

  1. I tried 12.04 64bit on USB stick, it does nothing, when I choose booting live version, it just restarts PC.
  2. Then I tried 32bit version, it starts loading, but its stuck on loading components, printing on black screen just dots ...........

I Googled it, found similar problem - somebody suggested to use older version and then upgrade it.

I went through 11.04, 10.04 - 64 and 32 same result. Restart or infinite loading.

I did memtest, it showed 4 errors, Windows Vista is running "fine", no "bluescreens" etc.

Any ideas what am I doing wrong?

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  • Have you tried to live-boot the Ubuntu from a CD? – Gediminas Jeremiah Gudelis Sep 08 '13 at 19:17
  • not an option, CD drive is broken but I can get usb drive, should I try 12.04 or older version? – Mayo Sep 08 '13 at 20:01
  • You surely should try the newest version - 13.04 – Gediminas Jeremiah Gudelis Sep 08 '13 at 20:08
  • I tried wubi and its working now. Sorry I bothered you, didnt know about this option. But still, why USB installation failed? – Mayo Sep 08 '13 at 21:14
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    If memtest failed you should definitively change the memory modules, even trough *windows runs fine*. Also, installation of Ubuntu tends to be more sensible to memory errors. About the black screen you should check [this](http://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it). – Braiam Sep 09 '13 at 00:42

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