Ubuntu 12.04 won't boot at all for the first time

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Published on 2012-07-11T03:15:13Z Indexed on 2012/07/11 3:23 UTC
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Using http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer

So I tried installing Ubuntu for the first time today, and it installed all well, but then it froze at the 'Preparing to run Ubuntu for the first time...' screen.

I then proceeded to restart my computer and load Ubuntu from the OS selection screen. My screen completely froze and the picture didn't even come up fully as if my video driver was not installed correctly.

Are there any fixes to this problem? Would greatly appreciate it.

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Using http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer

Dual-booting with Windows

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