Need "Safe Graphics Mode" option

I am trying to install ubuntu using wubi on a system that requires the "safe graphics mode" option to boot a ubuntu live CD.

EDIT: When I hit ESC directly after selecting ubuntu on the first reboot and select "safe graphics mode" I still am still having the problem below. What is the difference between the safe graphics mode on the live CD and the installer?

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After going through the windows install dialogs for wubi the computer restarts and from the boot menu I select ubuntu which starts the installer. The black and white ubuntu logo comes on the screen for a 15 sec or so then goes blank but the harddrive is still active intermittently. If I wait 5 min or so the computer will restart, at which point I assume it installed the ubuntu.

After the restart and I select ubuntu from the boot menu, ubuntu boots back into the black and white ubuntu logo then the screen goes blank again but this time if I wait it still does nothing with no hard drive activity. If I press "Ctrl+Alt+F1" or "Ctrl+Alt+F2" at the blank screen it does nothing. If I reboot and select recovery from the grub boot menu I can boot to a command prompt, if I type "startx" the screen goes blank again.

I have gone into more detail here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1440755
If you search the form for "blank screen" you will find hundreds of people with the same problem.

Go easy on my, I'm a noob. I am trying to figure out how to copy my log files over to the windows partition so I can post them.