OS'less using puppylinux via flashdrive

Is there anyway i can install ubuntu to my pc...a buddy of mine attempted to install ubuntu on my pc during installation it asked to backup windows i said hell no :) well it backfired and there was a problem installing it and now im stuck running puppylinux via flashdrive we tried to install ubuntu through a flashdrive but we kept getting that one error when trying to boot from a flashdrive... does anyone know of a way i could install ubuntu onto my pc through puppylinux (that ios running off flashdrive... im thinking the rason it wouldnt run through the flash is because my pc is a from 2004 to 2005 i believe and maybe they weren't capable of starting up an os through FD but then again im running puppylinux on one so i dont know any help would be greatly appreciated

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