Boot error Code: 5

[redhawk463]

Hello,
Im trying to install Windows 7 ultimate on a computer running Ubuntu 11.04 but when i boot from CD get and error Cannot boot from CD; Code: 5 (or something similar) and i cant run the cd throught ubuntu because it cant be launched with ubuntu. is there anyway i can fix this???
Thanks.

[LiNuX]

Will other CDs work? Doesn't have to be from start up. I got a similar error about a year ago, my cd drive was messed up, couldn't boot anything - at first I thought it was just one CD, until I tried 10 others on 2 different OS' and it was the same.

[Saph]

I got this error once, and it did it for all CDs I used.

I had to go and get a new CD drive.

[redhawk463]

its not my cd drive because i have booted other things from it and im pretty sure its not my disk because because i have tested it

[Jaykub]

Are you booting your PC from the CD drive? or something like that. I really don't know what it could be besides the CD drive.

[redhawk463]

when i start my computer i go to boot menu and boot from my CD drive, i have two cd drives and i have tried both of them

[LiNuX]

Did you burn the win7 CD yourself? or did you purchase it? Could be the CD itself. If burned at a high speed, some iso's can become like that. I actually had that with my win7 pro. I got it free through my school's program, but I had to burn it. First time I burned it at full speed and nothing could read it. Second time, burned it at 4x I think, did the trick.

[redhawk463]

yeah i burned the iso but at default speed, i will try it at 4x and see if that works, Thanks

i burned it a 4X but still boot error, and i also tried on another computer running XP with same error so i installe dit through XP and it worked fine so i will install XP on my other computer and do it that way.