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67 questions linked to/from How to convert Wubi install into regular install?
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How do I transition from WUBI to a native installation? [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid installed through wubi on my laptop (it came with Windows 7 preinstalled). This was my first foray into Linux, and I'm here to stay. I have no use for Windows, and yet I ...
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Can I use the Ubuntu installer to replace Windows Vista? [duplicate]
Can I use the installer to install Ubuntu and then go and delete Windows Vista while I'm running Ubuntu?
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How to change from Ubuntu Dual Boot to a Single Ubuntu Boot(Used Wubi Installer for Windows) [duplicate]
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I am quite new to Ubuntu and I would like to know how to change from a ubuntu-windows dual boot to a single boot of ubuntu. I ...
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Making Ubuntu my only OS using WUBI [duplicate]
I have never used Ubuntu before. I am currently running Windows 8 and have installed Ubuntu 12.10 using the wubi install kit.
My comp. will not recognize a DVD drive for now.
I want to destroy ...
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How to migrate from Wubi to a regular installation? [duplicate]
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I recently installed Ubuntu through Wubi and I love it enough that I am ready to ditch Windows! My set up is like this:
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How to remove Windows after install WUBI? [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu using the Windows installer and I was wondering how to get rid of the old windows install, deleting it and everything with it.
I tried to just install it from my external hard ...
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How to migrate Wubi install to a new partition [duplicate]
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Sorry if this has being asked before.
I have 2 partitions one is my Windows install the other is blank.
I installed Ubuntu 11....
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How to uninstall windows xp using ubuntu 12.04 if they are in same partition? [duplicate]
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So I have installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 using windows installer and they are both installed in same location. Can anyone help me ...
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Moving Ubuntu from one computer to another [duplicate]
i have my laptop pc with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 as secondary OS. I was using wubi installer to create ext4 partitions for ubuntu in the same partition as Windows. I have a lot of complicated ...
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Migrating wubi to a real partition [duplicate]
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I have three partitions,
/dev/sda1
File System: NTFS
Mount Point: /media/System Reserved
Size: 100 MiB
Free: 42.88 MiB
Flags:...
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Does Ubuntu rely on Windows if I install it using the Windows installer? [duplicate]
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If I install Ubuntu to a new partition using the Windows installer (Wubi), will I be able to uninstall Windows, and have ...
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Can I migrate from wubi Dual boot to Regular Dual boot? [duplicate]
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12.04 LTS wubi "F:\ image on partition" and "windows7 on C:\"
Wanted to test before using full install. However I kinda ...
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Uninstall Windows 7 from ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have installed ubuntu inside windows 7 via wubi. How do i uninstall windows 7, keeping ubuntu as my primary OS?
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Wubi Installation [duplicate]
I have just (finally) installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Acer Aspire One netbook, using Wubi.
I have tried to install with a USB stick many times, but failed.
So, now I have a dual boot with Ubuntu ...
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Regular installation from Wubi [duplicate]
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How to convert Wubi install into regular install?
I have Ubuntu installed on my D drive using Wubi. There are some other files on D drive. Win 7 is installed on C drive. What ...
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How do I remove Windows 8 from a Ubuntu 12.10 WUBI install? [duplicate]
I have used Windows all my life, but now I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 WUBI. I'm absolutely new to Linux, and although Ubuntu is installed as dual boot along with Windows 8, I only want to use Ubuntu. ...
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How to increase size of primary partition? [duplicate]
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How do I give Ubuntu 10.10 more space (when installed inside Windows 7 (via wubi))?
I have installed Ubuntu from Windows 8 ...
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Help with migrating WUBI to it's own partition [duplicate]
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Ok i really need help now. I've began building android from source code, but i'm using a wubi installation. And sadly, 30 GB ...
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Remove Ubuntu installed by wubi to install Ubuntu alongside Windows? [duplicate]
I currently have Windows 7 installed on a laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 installed via Wubi. So when I boot up I have the option to load up either WIndows or Ubuntu. I am going to install just 14.04 on its ...
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Can I delete windows after Ubuntu using wubi? [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 using Wubi, and it works great.
I need storage space, and would like to stop using Windows 8, so can I delete Windows and keep using Ubuntu?
Since I installed Ubuntu using ...
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Uninstall Windows [duplicate]
I have a question about removing windows. I installed Ubuntu from the windows desktop because the live cd did not work. How can I delete Windows without removing Ubuntu?
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delete xp without removing ubunutu [duplicate]
I have installed ubuntu 13.04 over Windows xp through wubi.exe because i have tried installing ubuntu through usb but it seems like my laptop usb is not supporting it though it shows
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How Do I Get rid of Windows and having Ubuntu as main OS [duplicate]
I have used Ubuntu exclusively now for the past year. I installed it with wubi. I now want to get rid of windows and have just Ubuntu. Cant this be done easily?
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Changing from wubi to complete install? [duplicate]
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How to convert Wubi install into regular install?
So I have been successfully running ubuntu along side windows with the wubi installation but keep finding myself running out ...
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Moving from Windows Install to full install for Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 inside windows but would now like to do a full install. Is this a matter of uninstall and reinstall or is there a short cut given that all updates are downloaded?
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Unstalling windows which installed ubuntu through wubi [duplicate]
I had a windows7 installation on C:
I installed ubuntu through wubi on D:
Now I want to uninstall windows on C: and re-install it on C: only. Will it be okay to do it? Will my Ubuntu installation ...
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No Ubuntu partitions on installed dual boot system [duplicate]
I have both Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 and dual booting. Ubuntu has 10GB of space and I'm running out of space. I want to increase this to 100GB, so I went to the Windows disk manager, it shows 100MB ...
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Safely removing and reclaiming Windows partition when Ubuntu was initially installed via Wubi [duplicate]
I wish to reformat a Windows 7 partition, reclaiming it for use under Ubuntu 14.04 already running on the machine. Windows is no longer needed.
The partition is mounted in Ubuntu and its files ...
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How to remove Windows 7 if I have installed with Wubi? [duplicate]
So, I just recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 with a windows installer (Wubi) and I want to delete Windows 7 completely leaving Ubuntu alone. Does anyone know how to do that without having to do ...
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Export Ubuntu to a pendrive [duplicate]
how can I make an exact copy (like migration) of my Ubuntu 12.10 (I installed it through Wubi) in a capable pendrive (like 32 gb)? That would be useful in future since I could also remove Wubi and ...
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expanding the current running operating system partition [duplicate]
I have dual booted my pc from windows to ubuntu 12.10v. I actually had done it by shrinking the 500GB volume to half a part to windows and half to ubuntu. Now I am facing an issue called low disk ...
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How to uninstall Windows after installing Wubi? [duplicate]
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How to convert Wubi install into regular install?
Okay so I'm not so great at this but I was trying to replace Windows Vista on my computer with Ubuntu. I thought I did this ...
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Backup, install and restore Programms/Settings of Ubuntu (Wubi ) Installation [duplicate]
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How to convert Wubi install into regular install?
I would like to now how to backup my Ubuntu (Wubi) instllation correctly. I would like to install Ubuntu on my harddisk and ...
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How do I backup my Wubi install? Hoping to resize, add new partition, and move away from Wubi [duplicate]
My Wubi install is near ~22GB, I have an external hard drive with that amount of free space and SOOOO much more.
What I want to do is be able to install everything exactly as it is now, or as close ...
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How can I check how much space there is left on WUBI versus how much space it takes on my HDD?
Using 11.10 for the record. It would be easiest to do it on the Terminal.
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How to install with Wubi when it says "Could not retrieve the required disk image files"?
I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 with the Wubi installer while running Windows, because my PC does not accept my BootCD as a bootable medium.
But Wubi showed me this error:
Ubuntu-...
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Delete Windows 7 after installing Wubi.exe
Long story short, I need Ubuntu on this net-book installed CRITICALLY by tomorrow. I don't have any flash drives, but the net-book already has Windows 7. If I install Wubi.exe, will I be able to get ...
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Is it possible to extend the disk space available to a wubi install? [duplicate]
I installed ubuntu 10.04 using wubi. I now wish to allocate more disk space to my ubuntu install. Is this possible?
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Can I re-install windows without affecting Ubuntu?
I Installed Ubuntu 12.04 using Wubi.
I still use Windows 7 from time to time and now I think I have a virus on it (system crash twice a day without a reason)
My question is, If I will re-install ...
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How to get rid of Windows
I think the answer must be very simple, but I still don't know it.
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 in my Windows 7 laptop.
After installing Ubuntu and started using it I decided to restart my laptop. ...
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Moving a Wubi install to a different Windows 'drive'
I was wanting to move my wubi install from drive E: to C: as to have a working backup location that is not on the drive which I will be migrating to a regular install. (I want to make the E: drive a ...
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I can't boot of Ubuntu OS when my Windows 7 hibernates
I have Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7 Home Basic in one machine. After I put my Windows 7 to hibernate and then when I press the power button, instead of loading the BOOT OPTIONS or GRUB screen it ...
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Difference between Ubuntu Partitions and Windows Partitions
I had first installed ubuntu using wubi through windows, on my drive D, the drive contains some windows files as well, no I want to move my wubi install and make it a regular install on Drive C. ...
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Is it possible to copy Wubi install to another computer?
I am new to Ubuntu and Linux overall. I am using Ubuntu on dual boot in my Dell netbook.
I installed Wubi yesterday and did lots of customizing and installing things.
I have a desktop with no OS in ...
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Disk Space Issues
I have total 70 GB in drive from 160 GB of hard drive in which ubuntu is installed
and in that drive 20 GB is free space, still ubuntu keep giving me pop up that not enough free space.
Here is the ...
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root directory almost full but still lots of free space on the partition
some time ago I installed 12.04 from windows xp on a separate "linux" partition via wubi. this partition was allocated 50 GB. my problem now is that obviously the root directory does not have access ...
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Why is my dual-boot Ubuntu partition showing up as a peripheral "root.disk"?
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04, which I had been booting from a usb key, as a dual-boot on my machine running Windows 7. From what I had read online while researching, I was prepared to have to ...
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How to install ubuntu and remove windows, but keep your data
I am looking to install Ubuntu and remove windows, it very easy for me to do the with a live CD (boot-able SD Card). But, I want to keep all of my files that was made when i had windows in Ubuntu, use ...
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Migrate 12.04 Wubi install to new partition with corrupted win7 install and small hard drive
The move from Win7 to Ubuntu 12.04 has been honestly awesome. But I've come into a snag because my Win7 inevitably broke.
I can still boot into Ubuntu even though Win7 is broken (won't boot, can't ...
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Problem in installing Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit
I have downloaded the link provided in home page of Ubuntu i.e., 12.04 for desktop ubuntu. I got downloaded a file which of size 733 MB in ISO format and then I extract files from the ISO image and ...