freezes on 2nd reboot,

1. i installed with wubi from windows xp on my "H:" drive wich has 522GB free and restarted snapshot
2. i chose ubuntu from the boot loader and it started installing snapshot
3. after it restarted, i chose ubuntu in the normal boot loader, and again in the 2nd boot loader [grub?] and then it froze snapshot
i tried all the shortcuts and nothing
keyboard seems to be working fine since i can turn on\off num&caps lock, i pressed [ctl][alt][del]
4. tried the advanced options, 1st choice, froze again snapshot
5. tried the advanced options, 2nd choice, this time i got this: snapshot

i don't know anything about linux and i really want to try, if anyone can help me solve this problem!

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For installation logs see /var/log/syslog and /var/log/installer within Linux and C:\ubuntu\installation-logs.zip within Windows. If you do not have C:\ubuntu\installation-logs.zip, uninstall, reinstall, select "Verbose Mode" at boot (see above). When the installer stops press CTRL+ALT+F2 and run: "sudo sh /custom-installation/hooks/failure-command.sh". You can now reboot into Windows, the logs should be in C:\ubuntu\installation-logs.zip
Post installation logs are in /tmp and /var/log/syslog

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Windows side installation logs: wubi-12.10-rev273.log
/var/log/installer/casper.log [DiskInternals Linux Reader]
/var/log/syslog <empty>

windows xp professional sp3
cpu: intel q6600
ram: 4gb
gpu: nvidia gt8600
motherboard: asus p5qd turbo
hdd: 5 ide hard drives

For your graphics card you require nomodeset:

http://askubuntu.com/a/257917/14916

thanks for the reply!
i followed the instructions
and it still freezes in the second boot

i uninstalled and reinstalled:
in the first boot i pressed ESC, edited "Normal" and added nomodeset then [ctl]+[x]
in the second boot i edited the first entry "ubuntu", added nomodeset then [ctl]+[x] screenshot
same thing, it freezes :/

any other things i can try?

Just confirm - that's a cursor following nomodeset right? You didn't add nomodeset_ ?

I'm assuming everything was correct.

You could try noacpi as well as nomodeset. Also someone with a similar model was having issues with power management enabled: http://askubuntu.com/q/50833/14916

Finally, I'd check if there are any BIOS updates available.

PS if noacpi works, then you should still try other options, because that can disable many useful features.

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Originally Posted by bcbc

Just confirm - that's a cursor following nomodeset right?

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yes

tried noacpi with nomodeset its the same
also tried to disable power management, no difference, except xp didn't boot so i enabled it.

i checked the bios, they are up to date, i have the latest version.

:/

Doesn't look good.

Maybe try 12.04? Or try booting one a live CD of lubuntu/xubuntu and see if that works better.