how do i get ubunto to install my windows xp home cd

And if you don't want Ubuntu on your mini be sure during installation of Windows it removes the other system in order to have more space on your hard disk.
But first look for your own data files in Ubuntu and make a backup of them.

i tried that and it still would not boot. i think because my computer is a mini, and the disk drive is external through a usb port it is not recognizing it as a bootable source. im going to take it to someone who knows more about this than me, unless i can come up with another option. thanks for your input.

I have too this problem on a Desktop computer - prepared in two ways USB-Ubuntu bootup but it says "can't find" this or those.
The USB's are thing to try at the very particular yet case, it seems to me.

Why remove Ubuntu? Not working for you?

i just want to download things like google earth and a couple music sites on the net...ubunto does not recoginze them to run them... and i dont know enough about computers to know what to do. ubunto wont even support my new kodak printer, and i can not even get it to put songs on my mp3. i just want a o p that can accomidate these few things. it must be to advanced for me cuz i never had this harda hard time w windows. :) any ideas...please help!!!

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Your question #77705 on Ubuntu changed:
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Play mp3 and dvd under Ubuntu install skype googleearth acroread and other stuffs using Medibuntu

First please install https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

You need to have extra repositories enabled..

Please first enable the universe and multiverse repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]

enable "Community-maintained Open Source software ( universe )"
enable "Proprietary drivers for devices ( restricted )"
enable "Software restrictecd by copyright or legal issue ( multiverse )"

Close and confirm the repository reload.

Type the following command in a terminal (applications → accessories → terminal)

sudo aptitude install vlc smplayer mplayer

To get better dvd playback and optional packages here the medibuntu available software list http://packages.medibuntu.org/
you need to add the medibuntu http://www.medibuntu.org/ repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
( here the medibuntu howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu but see below )

In short please open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type or copy and paste:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update

-- give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter

Now to install, type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 libdvdcss2 regionset gnome-mplayer
sudo aptitude install non-free-codecs w32codecs gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

You can also install other Medibuntu repository provided optional software http://packages.medibuntu.org/ :

sudo aptitude install skype
sudo aptitude install googleearth
sudo aptitude install acroread

Hope this helps

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