Quote Originally Posted by Setup
Failed again. This is a Compaq with a partition (D drive that holds the software)... Is that relevant??
A D drive with software (even with "recovery" software) isn't an issue. The particular computer may be, but in general Knoppix boots pretty well on HP and Compaq systems. I don't know of any that are problems, but if you gave the model number you might get feedback from someone that can confirm that it works on theirs. Even when Knoppix fails on a system it just about always gets past the boot prompt and then fails in the hardware detection process, so it still seems likely that the CD is burned improperly. I don't have experience with the software you mentioned, so it's hard to guess what my be going wrong, particularly without knowing just what steps that you are taking to burn the ISO. Some quick suggestions:

1: Try booting the disc on another computer to see that it doesn't boot there either.

2: Try burning with some software known to work, even if it's just a "30 day free trial" download of Nero.

3: Tell us exactly what steps that you are taking with your burning software so that perhaps we can spot what is going wrong.