Having Trouble Trying Linux Ubuntu

[Blake]

Hey, so a while back I talked about how I got spyware and adaware and such on my desktop computer. Well, I am positive that it was a trojan that is still in the system. I was tempted today to reformat the hard drive and try linux on the desktop. However, I am having trouble using the CD I dled

Question: Linux allows you to download 'Live CDs' that can be booted upon startup to try the operating system, correct? Does this include Ubuntu?



If my question is right, then here is what I did. Point out anything that could have possibly caused me problems using my live cd.



I. Downloaded Ubuntu onto a cd. The file name reads: "Ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso" I dled this one because I'm assuming it will work with windows xp. My dell's processor is a Pentium 521 if that matters. Edit: Laptop has a Pentium IV 2.30 GHz processor if that matters as well.

II. Wrote the downloaded file onto a blank CD. Used the windows wizard to write the disk. Someone told me the windows wizard sometimes fails to write to cds but I personally never had this problem. Also, windows thinks the file is a "Easy CD Creator Image File" but I dont think that matters either.

III. Restarted computer. Made sure in BIOS that it would boot from CD before the hard drive. However, the CD fails to boot.

IV??. I have Norton GoBack that also shows up upon boot. So I tried booting from a CD via the Norton Goback options and the cd fails to boot there as well.



So overall, I'm wondering why my CD isn't working. Did it get screwed up during the writing process, is Norton Goback interfering with it or something? Although I meet the requirements of having x amount of ram and 4 gigs of hard drive space, is Ubuntu not the operating system for my semi-obsolete computers?

Any help would be greatly appreciated for I'd like to try out this thing.



Edit: Nevermind, apparently the windows wizard can't burn iso files so I found one that did.