I have tried to boot from a USB drive using three different programs, LinuxLive USB creator, Universal USB creator, and UNetBootin. I am using a Dell Latitude E5410 running Windows 7 and am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.

Each time I select boot from USB device, I get to a menu with options to try Ubuntu without installing, boot into Ubuntu, and install on Hard Disk. No matter which option I choose my screen goes to a not-quite-black color and nothing happens. I have to disconnect my laptop from its power source to restart it.

I was wondering if there might be a problem with my USB stick (Sandisk Cruzer 8GB). I tried using the check drive for errors option from My Computer > Removable Disk (F:) > Properties > Tools but it said no error found. Also, later I tried another USB stick and had the same problem.

It was suggested to me that this might be a problem with my video card. My video card is an Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator HD (Core i5).