Prob with Windows 7 ISO disk

Hey everyone, I'm having a small problem with the .iso disc. I am currently running Windows 7 in VirtualBox and I LOVE IT!!!!! I am a Windows person but ran into a problem with Vista about 3 wks. ago and had to go to
Ubuntu . I want so bad to be back on Windows.

Now my laptop had Vista Home Prem. but that is now long gone. When I tried to install the Win 7 .iso from the 2 discs I burnt, I only got to the "Press any key to boot from DVD/CD" screen. Then the blinking cursor went away and left me with a blank black screen. Any ideas on how to install Windws 7.

Mind you I do have:
1st partition: PQSERVICE
2nd partition: Ubuntu 9.04
3rd partition: where I am running Windows 7 with Virtualbox.

Wasn't sure if I needed to try and do "clean install" versus custom.

Any help guys, plz. I have had about all I can take of Ubuntu.

 

This is kind of confusing. How did you burn two discs from one .iso?

When I installed Win7, I downloaded the Win7 RC .iso from Microsoft, burnt the disc (only one), and it booted just fine.

I'd recommend re-downloading the .iso and reburning the disc to see if that helps.

 

Hi Lew, thanks for responding. I downloaded the .iso, burnt it to disc, tried to install. The install didn't work so I read that I may need to re-burn it at a lower speed, so I went back and did that. I tried the installation with the newly burnt disc and still nothing. Just a black screen.

I've rechecked and re-downloaded the .iso file and even verified the MD5 was correct.

So now I'm in the process of re-burning the disc to see if it will work this time.

 

I know it's a "is your computer plugged in?" question, but I have to make sure it's asked... you are burning it as an image and not as a file, right?

 

It would be funny if his computer wasnt plugged in and he was trying to turn it on only to find a blank screen.You might be buring it correctly, use something like poweriso, daemon tools,gizmo central,etc to burn the iso image.

 

To Pitabread...noI burnt the file as an .iso with K3B in Ubuntu. I went back and burnt it again with Brasero and it's good. And to nightmear321...I am female , but needless to say....I got it working and installed with the Brasero copy:wink: and I am responding from Windows 7!! Woo-Hoo!!!! Thanks for all the assistance!!!!