ubuntu stalls on operating system menu

[warner]

new to linux system had the old version of ubuntu worked great after fixing some video problems after upgrading to the latest version things started going wrong video probs media player problems then it started freezing up now it will not boot at all it loads to the operating system choice screen (ubuntu windows 7) then it freezes can not make any choice to load will not load automaticially nothing i have tried getting into system bios boot menus the whole nine yards can not get anything to respond loads as normal on blue screen but wont respond to any keystrokes this is my main hard drive for the house where all my important stuff has been stored due to a faulty hard drive in my laptop now im haveing these issues and cannot access anything hardrive is an older hp pavillion with 250 gig hard drive and 4 megs of kinsford ram wich is the only non factory upgrade worked fine for a while so i know thats not it either it just decided to stop working please help all i want is to get my files off hard drive is almost full of important files i still have a laptop to do what i need i just need everything off of the desktop then ill wipe it if need be i dont care just want my files

[jayd512]

Welcome to LinuxForums!

First things first... and I hope I don't come across as rude. Please use punctuation.

Now then...
What version did you have? What version did you upgrade to? And how did you perform the upgrade?
What do you mean when you said:

any choice to load will not load automaticially

Please post any and all error messages, in their entirety.
We may be able to help.

[warner]

ok sorry about the punctuation. i type all day at work in shorthand over a qualcom so i do not use punctuation. pertaining to my problem, i dont remember what version i had before. i do know it was the latest version about 4 months ago. the new version on the other hand is the latest release 11.10. how it was done was i logged on ubuntu upgrade center said there was a newer version so i did the full upgrade. it took a couple of hours then it said some of my programs would not work or were not supported by the new version. so i let it remove those programs then restarted. like i said in my previous post it worked fine for a couple of days. i did not make any changes after that other than download a new media player. vlc or something like that from the software center. that was the same day as the upgrade. after that it started freezing while doing things. then it would not even boot. it does not give error codes, it goes to bios screen like normal then to the operating system select screen, as i said before i have a dual system with windows 7. at wich point it would normally either load what i choose or automatically load ubuntu. but it freezes and does not let me choose what operating system to load, i let it set for a few minutes to see if it would automatically load ubuntu like it normally would but it did not i have also tried getting into the bios menu with the f keys and can not do that either. so i can not change the boot menu or any system settings. i cannot even get into safe mode to diagnose. thanks for any help you can give me.

[warner]

well apparently like everything else involved with this linux crap this site is useless ill just wipe everything and go back to windows at least when i ask for help there i get it so thanks for nothing

[MikeTbob]

Come on now, we're trying to help you here. You need to remember that we are just volunteers and are not paid or compensated for our time in any way, our only reward is to help you get up and running. Not everyone knows how to deal with this particular problem and sometimes it takes awhile for the right person to answer such a thread. Having trouble with one distro does not mean that Linux is "Crap" or that this site it any less suitable than any other site.
I'm closing this thread as I feel it has run it's course and turned into a rant, plus you are upset and there is nothing more we can do for you until you decide to calm down. If you disagree, please feel free to start a new thread and be as informative as you can.
You might consider checking the install medium and the downloaded .iso, they could be bad.
It could be a bad GRUB install, it could be a number of things.