I'm trying to install XUbuntu on an old laptop of mine in the hopes that it will get rid of the problems it has. Long story short, it blue screens ALOT and no one knows why.
Either way, when I choose to boot from the CD Drive, it just shows a black screen with a flashing cursor up in the top left and eventually boots to Windows. Upon doing "sfc /scannow", I was rewarded with
EDIT: I guess it's worth mentioning that I replaced the hard drive with an Intel SSD about a year ago, with the hopes of fixing it. I know this laptop is a lost cause, but I just want to see if running Ubuntu/Xubuntu will help it out any.
Either way, when I choose to boot from the CD Drive, it just shows a black screen with a flashing cursor up in the top left and eventually boots to Windows. Upon doing "sfc /scannow", I was rewarded with
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.
EDIT: I guess it's worth mentioning that I replaced the hard drive with an Intel SSD about a year ago, with the hopes of fixing it. I know this laptop is a lost cause, but I just want to see if running Ubuntu/Xubuntu will help it out any.