Hi Chris,
If you boot from the Ubuntu 9 CD and use the try it out option does it work? If it does then the distro works and it's the upgrade that's gone wrong. 
If that is the case then I would run off the CD, connect an external USB drive, backup all my documents then do a clean install from the 9 CD rather than an upgrade. 
Cheers,
Paul. 
 
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From: "Chris. Aubrey-Smith" <cas194@???>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:25:38 
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Subject: [Hampshire] Upgrading Ubuntu
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