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Can't install Ubuntu on Windows 8 [duplicate]
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So I'm trying to install Ubuntu... but it won't install.
Currently I'm using Windows 8 and I have 2 HDD.
On 1 HDD I've installed Windows 8 and using it, primary partition, but the other HDD is ...
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Problems when installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I recently wanted to try out Ubuntu so I decided to get the Windows installer for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. After it finished installing, it asked me to restart my computer. After it restarted it booted up ...
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Wubi installer hangs on expanding
I downloaded wubi installer for 12.04 LTS (64-bit) after deciding to re install Ubuntu, but every time I try it freezes on expanding. i have also tried using a bootable USB but after I choose install ...
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Wubi is downloading file but I have full ISO [duplicate]
I have "ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso" and my PC has Windows 8 installed. In my previous windows i.e "Windows 7" I used Wubi to install ubuntu 12.04.2 and installed and work correctly. Now I try to ...
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Ubuntu Installation Hangs when using Wubi [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu 12.04.1LTS using Wubi Installer. It worked absolutely fine and I used it for a while and installed some updates too.
For some reason I had to uninstall Ubuntu. I uninstalled Ubuntu ...
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Uninstall Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I want to uninstall my Ubuntu 12.04 (installed using Wubi). My Ubuntu is on one of partitions that I don't want to delete my partition.i using win 7.
And I don't use grub
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Installation error at the end of the installation
I am using an HP Pavilion G7 1365 DX. It is an AMD A6 quadcore device. the problem I am facing is that whenever I use wubi.exe to download and install ubuntu it gives an error in the end and the ...
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Installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS with wubi and boot to black screen with cursor and a error [duplicate]
If I hit pause at boot it displays this (hd0,0):NTFS5: error "prefix" is not set. Does anyone know what this is? I've checked out the other Questions that may have an answer but could not get any to ...
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Backup and restore Window7 with Ubuntu installed as dual-os [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu (installed using the Wubi installer) on top of Windows 7 and I have only one partition on my drive i.e. C:\ with 150 GB capacity.
Now, I want to backup the whole image in the drive and ...
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Is there wubi.exe that can support ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-amd64?
I have downloaded Ubuntu 12.04.2 64 bit, and I tried to install it with WUBI. I put the ubuntu ISO and WUBI in the same folder. When I installed it with WUBI, it starts downloading ...
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Installing multiple Ubuntu distros via wubi?
I've installed Ubuntu via Wubi, and I want to install other distros/desktop enviroments, like KDE, XFCE, etc. Based on WubiGuide:
You can install your favorite distro from within Wubi (see the ...
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mount:can't read proc/mounts
I've installed Ubuntu, but when it is loading it gives following error:
mount:can't read proc/mounts. Can't fount such file or directory
However, OS continues loading but when I try to enter system ...
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Triple Booting - Windows, Ubuntu, and Ubuntu Studio
I've Windows and Ubuntu, and wanted Ubuntu Studio, so I downloaded Ubuntu Studio 12.04 dvd file, and I wanted to have triple-booting on my laptop. Here is the snapshot of disk management.
image ...
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Wifi needs long time to connect
I've installed Ubuntu using wubi, and I boot into Ubuntu. When I want to connect to Wifi service, it needs long time to connect.
edit: I'm using Acer Aspire V5-471, using Atheros AR5BWB222 wireless ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 installation incomplete, keeps freezing [duplicate]
I'm a newbie to the Linux world, which is why I wanted to download Ubuntu 12.04 using wubi (windows installer).
I was able to run wubi without any issue (I assigned 20GB disc space to it). However, ...
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What to do when my system freezes? [duplicate]
Ubuntu has suddenly stopped working and everything has become unresponsive, including the mouse, keyboard. I waited for almost an hour to make it settle itself. Finally, I had to shut it down and ...
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Wubi offline installation error; failed
I'd read a guide to install Ubuntu using wubi offlinely, but it's failed. Wubi installer is exact at root folder of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS desktop ISO file. This is some string on log file:
04-15 12:34 ...
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BlueScreen after installing Ubuntu 12.04 with wubi
First : I not good in english and totaly new with linux. I googling and it's say that ubuntu good for fresh user.
My problem here, I installed Ubuntu 12.04 with wubi. When my pc boot it give two ...
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Recover files from Ubuntu using Win 7, and repair start-up
About 4 months ago, I installed Ubuntu 12.04 via wubi onto my laptop to run alongside Windows 7. At start-up, I can select which OS I would like to use.
Last night, I was working on two reports, and ...
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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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“Could not retrieve the required disk image files” when using wubi.exe + iso in same folder
I've downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 iso + wubi installer and put the both of them in the same directory. I get an error when running the installer (with no internet connection). Here's the log: ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu desktop using wubi in Windows 8 [duplicate]
I began installing using WUBI and then ran it using "Legacy Boot" in Windows 8. I choose my language, then say install on first hard drive. Then code and stuff pops up and then stays there.
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No response from Wubi in Windows 8 [closed]
I have i5 2310 with dedicated mobo. I tried latest Wubi software for 12.04.2 Ubuntu version, but whenever I try to open wubi, it doesn't do anything and I am not getting any message.
So, what do I do ...
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Wubi doesn't work
Good afternoon.
I've tried to install wubi on my computer since I bought it last September, but it seems that wubi isn't compatible with it. I've tried to install the versions 12.10 and 12.04 LTS, ...
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I installed Ubuntu 12.04 using Wubi installer. and I thing storage is limited [duplicate]
When I install updates it says sometimes no enough space clear cache and I did that.
The thing is, I have Ubuntu installed on a partition with 20 GB free the whole partition is 20 GB. And I guess ...
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how to make pen drive bootable and from where I get .iso file? [duplicate]
I have Lenovo G580 (i5 3rd Gen) laptop with win7(64bit) ultimate. I want to install ubuntu 12.04.2 (64bit) with USB for dual boot. I download it from ubuntu.com with named ...
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Ubuntu Wubi 12.04 LTS won't mount
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS alongside Windows 7 32-bit as a Wubi install, but I get this:
An error occurred while mounting /tmp. I can choose to skip mounting or repair manually.
I ...
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No sound on 12.04 (wubi)
I've been struggling with this for quite a while.
I have no sound at all (system sounds, login sound, rhythmbox, vlc, youtube etc.)
The system detects my audio card (POD Studio UX2)
I've tried ...
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Using 12.04's wubi installs 13.04 instead
I have Windows 7 installed on my machine, and I used 12.04's wubi installer with the command wubi.exe --32bit. I have installed Ubuntu this way several times before successfully. For some reason, in ...
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Flickering screen and off-set screen after second boot in Wubi [duplicate]
I had this problem before with Fedora and solved it by deleting random lines in the GRUB2 launch commands.
This time I decided to use the Wubi install of Ubuntu. First boot was fine, but the second ...
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How to fix Ubuntu installation error with wubi? [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 inside windows installer in my system, partition E.
I just cut Ubuntu and paste into another location and after that, Ubuntu is not working. Whenever I try to install, it ...
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How do I change from demomode to “normal mode” when booting?
I installed ubuntu with Wubi to my Windows 8 pc.
I rebooted the computer and chose Demomode the first time
After another reboot I tried to change to "Normal mode" however it started demomode ...
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Failed 12.04 installation on W7 Machine, how do I resolve this?
I successfully installed 12.04 with wubi on a Windows 7 machine. but after a restart, remaining installation process failed to work.
About 2/3rds of the installation had completed..
How can I ...
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Duplicated sources problem [duplicate]
What should I do? I want to fix grub error. I already did that once from ubuntu LiveCD and it worked, but now I have this problem:
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise ...
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Installing ubuntu using wubi
I have installed ubuntu on my windows 7 machine using wubi. After installation when I reboot the system it shows a gibberish screen. Anaways, I turned off my system amd turned it on. When I choose ...
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Installed ubuntu 12.04 with wubi.exe ,backup whole ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
So as the question stated,
now I'm dual boot my laptop with window 7 and ubuntu 12.04.
Currently, I need to upgrade/reinstall my window 7 to window 8. But,I have to backup all my stuff in my ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 is sluggish
I have a Lenovo G580 (4GB DDR3, ~500 GB HDD, Intel i3). I installed Ubuntu using the in-Windows installer on my Windows 7. Ubuntu was (and still is) slightly sluggish.
By sluggish I mean, the OS GUI ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 using wubi won't load up
So I'm trying to install Ubuntu using the wubi client. Everything goes fine, but when it restarts and tries to load up ubuntu, I get to the purple screen and it says "Preparing to start up for the ...
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Unable to reinstall ubuntu on Acer One Netbook (can't change boot sequence)
I'm new to Ubuntu and Linux. I installed 12.04.1 onto my Acer One Netbook replacing Windows as my OS. After doing this I realised that I made a mistake in the partitioning and would like to reinstall ...
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could not mount the partition WUBI
I get this error when I use the WUBI windows installer on windows 8. It happens when I reboot, takes me to a dos screen.
could not mount the partition /dev/disk/by-uuid/A
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Windows 7 not booting after installing Ubuntu 12.04 from wubi
I tried installing Ubuntu 12.04 using live CD on my laptop (Lenovo Z580) which came with Windows7 pre-installed.
While installing, I created partitions for root (15GB) as sda1 and swap (4GB) as sda2. ...
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Password failure using WUBI
My problem is that I am experiencing issues with passwords on Ubuntu installs through Wubi (12.04 LTS x64 and it has happened 4 times) and I'm unable to access the account you set up through Wubi, ...
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Mouse stops working after running for sometime in Ubuntu 12.04
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit on a Medion Laptop via Wubi. It has a Dual core 2ghz Pentium processor and 3 GB of ram. Everything works fine apart from the mouse. For a while, everything ...
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error occured while installing ubuntu 12.04 using Windows installer for Ubuntu Desktop
While trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 using wubi on my machine which is already installed with Win7, at last it is throwing an Error Pop-up with error code 22 and also says that INVALID ARGUMENT. ...
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How can I dual boot with an Asus G55VW?
I just bought a new Asus G55VW ROG notebook. I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS alongside Windows 8 without success.
I tried several different things:
I installed from Windows using wubi. Now ...
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wubi 12.04 boots directly into busybox after installation reboot
I am trying to install Ubuntu via wubi onto my HP Envy 1030-US laptop alongside Windows 7 64-bit. I am quite experienced with windows but know very little about Linux. I initially tried repeatedly to ...
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moved ubuntu folder from C: to D: drive how to correct UUID entries
I had a previous Ubuntu 11.10 installation which was done using Wubi in
D: drive of my computer. The corresponding grub.cfg entries are:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1546414/
Now I wanted to use Ubuntu ...
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wubi uninstallation failure on a previous install from 11.10 to 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I uninstall Ubuntu Wubi?
I was using Ubuntu 11.10 on a laptop along with Windows 7 I first upgraded that Ubuntu 11.10 by do-release-upgrade after facing some ...
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Can I uninstall a previous release and then reinstall a newer release using Wubi?
I have Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat on my dual-boot laptop right now. However, I want to use the 12.04 LTS release instead. Since I used Wubi, is it possible to uninstall Ubuntu 10.10 from Windows ...
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Why is CPU usage higher in Windows 7 after installing Ubuntu 12.04 via windows installer?
For normal usage, CPU consumption is above 80% for windows 7. This happened only after installing Ubuntu 12.04 via windows installer.
Why is it so?
