I need help installing ubuntu

[ramon.nordo]

First I want to say that I never had linux on any of my PCs before but i was trying to install it on a laptop i had lying around.

The Laptop is currently running Windows 8.1 and everytime i try to install ubuntu (15.04) with my bootable usb stick (used this method http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows ) I'll get the purple loading screen with "ubuntu" written on it but after that just this http://i.imgur.com/caNJKnJ.jpg

What am i supposed to do?

[QIII]

Hello!

Could you describe exactly what you are doing, step by step, in the process of trying to install?

[oldfred]

While it should boot in BIOS mode, if Windows is UEFI and all Windows 8 systems are UEFI, you need to boot flash drive in UEFI mode not CSM/BIOS/Legacy or whatever your system calls it.

Shows install with screen shots. Both BIOS purple accessibility screen & UEFI black grub menu screen
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI
Also shows Windows 8 screens
http://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-uefi-supported-windows-8-system

Did you check that download was correct? It seems to have issues booting flash drive.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

How to create a bootable Ubuntu USB Flash Drive - unetbootin
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/USB%20Installation%20Media

Usb installer from Windows - pendrive may not work with UEFI
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
Rufus Create bootable USB drives the easy way From Windows create Linux installer
http://rufus.akeo.ie/