I should have put my full spec on, it has been upgraded.
It has:-

Celeron 933mhz CPU
256mb Memory
60gb HD (25gb for XP - 20gb for Backup - 10gb for Ubuntu)

I would have thought from the minimum specs you gave that my laptop
should run it without problems.

It's just strange to me that it will install perfectly on a desktop PC
I have, and start to install on my wifes IBM laptop, I just wish it
would install in this Compaq laptop as it is only used for internet
access.

Would it be worth my while to slip the 20g hard drive back in and
remove the partition and start from scratch?

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I have been trying various things, like:-

The first solution is (with the live-cd) :
- Select 'Other options' with F6
- Remove 'splash', 'quiet' and '--'
- Add 'all_generic_ide'



IF IT DOES NOT WORK - TRY THIS

The second solution is more complex but i think it's better (with the
live-cd) :
- Select 'Other options' with F6
- Remove 'splash', 'quiet' and '--'
- Add 'break=top'
A shell will appear, so :
- Write 'modprobe piix' (after you will see some text)
- Finally, write 'exit'

the above were found on ubuntuforums.org.

They made very little difference, and I still could not install after
booting to the desktop on live cd.

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Please excuse my ignorance on different Ubuntu versions, but, does
Xubuntu look and operate much like Ubuntu. I'll take a look at it now.

(sorry for the long post's but I really want to start using Ubuntu
7.04 for internet access and office type applications etc.)