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roses100
June 22nd, 2011, 11:04 PM
I'm unable to boot into my Windows OS so Im trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 on a separate partition, so I can somehow get access to the files on Windows.

I made a live cd and a flash USB, both of which when I try to boot from, will go straight to a blinking cursor and nothing else, it won't allow me to type and there are no error messages. So I can't even get the install started.

I made sure both the cd and flash USB are bootable from another pc from inside Windows and they both work.

Is there anything else I can do?

mörgæs
June 23rd, 2011, 01:19 AM
Yes, you could try to add boot options as described here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1580857