@Snayler
fix-vesa worked. thanks.
also i am on wifi so will i have to change some internet config options to access the internet or will bt figure out what to do cause i couldnt go online when i...

@Snayler
i'll try fix-vesa
also i have a ATI Radeon HD 5470 1gig graphics card

i tried using vmware and followed the exact same steps but on rebooting grub doesnt show up but my win7hp boots up....what could be the problem?

i also tried dual boot by booting from liveDVD but...