newbie having install problems

[rrembold]

hi everyone im new to linux and im trying to install ubuntu on an old dell desktop to get use to it before switching it to my new comp. i downloaded ubuntu 64 bit from the official web site. first i tried to install by usb but i couldnt get it to boot so my next try was booting from cd and the only thing thats comes up is this message on a black screen "ISOLINUX 4.01 debian-20100714 ETCD copyright (C) 1994 - 2010 H. Peter Anvin et al EDD: Error bb00 reading sector 2139" Im stumped any help would be awesome. thx

[papibe]

Hi rrembold. Welcome to the forums!

Could you tell us a little bit more about your desktop? like CPU, RAM, HD size?

Regards.

[mystika1]

Hi,
It seems like you may need to burn a new disk. This time try to burn your disk at 4x because if you burn at high speed..this happens.

Penny