I have a pc running windows XP professional and I am struggling to install Linux onto it.

[Jozzey]

I have a pc running windows XP professional and I am attempting to run Lubuntu on it. my goal is for windows XP to be gone, and the system wiped clean, replaced with Lubuntu. I have mounted the Lubuntu ISO to a virtual drive (used virtual clone drive), all I struggle with now is booting from it. when the pc starts up I always choose dvd/cd rom as the boot option, but it always boots windows XP. Can somebody help? thanks

[RONOTHAN##]

Any reason you didn't use Rufus or another USB etcher to write the ISO to the drive?  It might work a bit better. Just double check to make sure the system supports USB booting, but most do.

[Jozzey]

Just now, RONOTHAN## said:

Any reason you didn't use Rufus or another USB etcher to write the ISO to the drive?  It might work a bit better. Just double check to make sure the system supports USB booting, but most do.

The system does support usb booting, but I don't own a usb. Should I use Rufus to write the ISO to the virtual disk drive? sorry for being noob.

[RONOTHAN##]

Just now, Jozzey said:

The system does support usb booting, but I don't own a usb. 

Then what are you trying to load the ISO onto? I'm a bit confused at what you're trying to do. It might be simpler if you just got a DVD, wrote it, and tried to boot off of that

[RageTester]

You can't boot from virtual drive if you remove the operating system that virtual drive is inside of.

Linux can be installed from within windows with wubi app:

https://turbofuture.com/computers/Using-Wubi-To-Transition-From-Windows-XP-To-Lubuntu-Linux

[Jozzey]

4 minutes ago, RageTester said:

You can't boot from virtual drive if you remove the operating system that virtual drive is inside of.

Linux can be installed from within windows with wubi app:

https://turbofuture.com/computers/Using-Wubi-To-Transition-From-Windows-XP-To-Lubuntu-Linux

The install link on that website doesn't work, and https://wubi-installer.org/ is the first thing that comes up in google, is definitely not the correct website

[Jozzey]

7 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Then what are you trying to load the ISO onto? I'm a bit confused at what you're trying to do. It might be simpler if you just got a DVD, wrote it, and tried to boot off of that

I want to replace windows XP with Lubuntu. Lubutu is on a virtual cd drive, I cannot boot from the virtual cd drive, and I have no access to DVD. How should I go about this?

[RONOTHAN##]

Most, if not all solutions to this would be to buy a USB drive or a blank DVD off Amazon.

[Jozzey]

Just now, RONOTHAN## said:

Most, if not all solutions to this would be to buy a USB drive or a blank DVD off Amazon.

I will attempt to get a USB, but in the past when I tried this with USB, I had the same issues

[RageTester]

Ok I have not done this in years... maybe wubi is outdated. You would have to boot windows 1st every time and that is not what you need.

So yeah get a USB stick, use rufus to make it bootable and install onto hard drive. 

Might be a good idea to shrink partition and create 2nd one just for linux.

[Kilrah]

The machine may also be too old to boot from USB.

 

Note that you likely need an x86 linux distro (should list the machine's components to be sure).