10.04LTS Splash Screen takes way too long

[groogruxking40]

Hey everyone.. just upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04LTS and upon first reboot it gets stuck at the splash screen.. it just keeps loading over and over, nothing happens.

I don't have the liveCD as I just did the download from the internet via Synaptic Software

this is what I tried:

hit ESC when GRUB menu loads.. tried to hit "e" on the boot option and nothing happens.. I was told changing quite splash to nomodeset would fix it but it doesn't even say quiet splash, unless someone wants to walk me through it.

I'm soo frustrated, I have tons of e-mails and documents that I need to save.

is there a fix to get me back in just so I can copy my emails and docs and do a fresh install?

I'm about to switch back to Windows XP at this point...

help help help

[dino99]

if splashscreen give you headhache, well remove it :P no need to reinstall

do you see the grub menu ? if not, at end of bios process, hold "shift" key down to see it. Then select the boot line and press "e" to edit it and remove "quiet splash" at end, then press "x" to boot.

you can also select recovery mode to boot