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Can't install Ubuntu on Windows 8
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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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Flashing white green and purple screen when starting up [duplicate]
I'm really new to Ubuntu and Linux in general. I installed Ubuntu a few days ago using Wubi, the installation went fine but when I started Ubuntu for the first time all I got was a screen which ...
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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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Install 13.04 as base OS without ANY windows. Install on RAW disk [duplicate]
To whom it may concern,
I am having an issue finding a live install iso for Ubuntu that I can boot my daughters laptop with to install Ubuntu again. Her last installation of Ubuntu 12.04 (upgraded ...
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QUESTiON: Dual Boot Launch Windows Noramlly Ok? [closed]
Ok I am new to Ubuntu and have a question. I have a Ubuntu live CD and copied all the files from it except for Wubi on to my 500 GB external har dive. I changed my boot option for #1 as being ...
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How can I edit my 'Boot Index' to remove Windows? [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 from Wubi, because the CD seems to fail in both Live and Install method (Infinite loading).
So in order to remove Windows, I had an idea: I modify my Boot Index list ...
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Ubuntu installation and startup problem [duplicate]
I am a newbie to Ubuntu. I just installed Ubuntu in my friend's computer and it completed successfully. But when I tried doing the same in my computer, it didn't turn out to be successful. I installed ...
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Laptop won't turn on every second attempt
I have dual-booted my Windows 8 laptop with Ubuntu using WUBI, and every second time I boot into Ubuntu the screen goes blank and nothing happens. This is fixed when I hard-reset my computer. Why is ...
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How can I install Ubuntu 13.04 on my USB stick and make it bootable to Windows 8? [duplicate]
I used the instructions listed on http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows and I used a 4GB flash drive to try to install Ubuntu on my Lenovo P500 preinstalled with ...
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Ubuntu upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 failed (interrupted) - cannot access Ubuntu
Ubuntu upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 -> failed (interrupted) and now I want to get my data back. Is there any way, without uninstalling the Wubi?
How it happened:
13.04 decides to download around 1 GB ...
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I've downloaded wubi 12.10 but it throws me an error [duplicate]
I have Windows 7 and I've downloaded wubi 12.10 and installed it without problems,
but when I boot my computer and select Ubuntu it appears an error:
try (hd0,0): NTFS5: No wubildr
try (hd0,1): ...
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My screen turns off [duplicate]
I just download Wubi for my laptop and install it. But when i try to load Ubuntu in my pc, it just appear a violet screen, later my screen turns off (but my laptop is still running) and i hear a ...
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No dual boot option,no boot priority order
I installed Ubuntu yesterday.I partitioned my C: when it was asked to give memory allocation to ubuntu. The version is 12.04.I was completely able to install ubuntu.
"Ubuntu is successfully ...
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Can I use wubi if I have a UEFI motherboard and Windows Vista?
Am I safe if I am not using Windows 8?
Also, I built the computer myself, it was not a computer pre-built with Windows 8.
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How to start Ubuntu with Windows XP?
I have installed the latest version on my old PC running Windows XP with the Windows installer.
When I select the OS from the list it starts but then comes up with a page like a command prompt with ...
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wubi and old computer
ubuntu 12.10. x32.
old computer (msi 865pe neo)
2 hard disks. 1st - 80 Gb with Win XP (ata channel, 3 parts C (main, active) ,D(logical),E(system))
2nd - 500 Gb (Sata channel, 2 parts F(100gb, free), ...
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TRY(hd0,0) NTFS5 error while booting Ubuntu installed as Wubi
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 using Wubi installer. When I boot Ubuntu from boot menu then it shows the following and it sticks there forever:
TRY(hd0,0) :NTFS5:
What's the problem and how do I ...
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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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Wubi install no longer boots
I dual-boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 with Wubi. I use two partition on the same HDD. My ubuntu partition was starting to run low on memory, so i added 10 GB to it. Now it won't boot into Ubuntu, it ...
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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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Cant launch Linux(I've tried many methods) [duplicate]
Im a newbie in Linux, so I dont know how to fix these problems:
I have Intel core i5 , 3 GB RAM and nVidia GeForce 310m(512 mb)
I really want to try Linux, But I cant even launch it. When I boot ...
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install/boot issue [duplicate]
first off let me say any help is greatly appreciated. alright, every time i try to run ubuntu(or a derivative of ubuntu) i freeze at the black screen before it even loads. this is the same for wubi ...
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Installing with Wubi - cannot edit BCD error [duplicate]
Everything download and installs and right before the installation is finished I get an error and it says something about BCD, I think Wubi cannot set the bootsectors properly but why is that? I tried ...
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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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WUBI 12.04 hangs on startup [duplicate]
After looking around this site for a while I can't seem to find a working solution for WUBI. So I installed Ubuntu 12.04 the other day via a WUBI install with Windows 7 Home Premium, giving it 18 GB. ...
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Installed Ubuntu using Windows installer 12.10, doesn't boot up [duplicate]
When I try to use the Ubuntu OS, it doesn't start and I instead get an error saying something to the effect of this:
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software might be the cause.
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Error while booting with WUBI with RAID
I have a Sony Vaio Z21 under Windows 7 x64 with RAID-0 setup.
I installed WUBI.
But when I reboot to Ubuntu, I get the following message :
Completing the Ubuntu installation
For more ...
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Why won't Ubuntu 12.10 install?
I've been trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on my Dell Optiplex 960 for the past two days to no avail. I started off by burning a DVD and trying to install from the DVD, then I tried installing alongside ...
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Can you uninstall using wubi.exe and not have the boot screen? [duplicate]
Please help with this! I want to be able to unistall this but am scared of it screwing over my PC. So my q. is can i remove Ubuntu after install if i dont like it?
thanks in advance
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Wubi-installed Ubuntu 12.10 boots to purple screen [duplicate]
Today I installed Ubuntu for the first time using the Wubi installer, everything went well until I tried to boot. I turned off the PC, turned it back on, chose Ubuntu as the OS to boot, and then I ...
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Can't Install Ubuntu Dual Boot With Windows 7 [duplicate]
Two months ago I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 on my new Fujitsu laptop.
I downloaded Wubi and installed Ubuntu with it. When I restarted the computer after the installation, I got a error while ...
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Error while booting into Ubuntu 12.10 [closed]
i installed Ubuntu using the windows installer, It downloaded it and all that but when i choose Ubuntu from the boot menu it gives black screen for bout 10 seconds then it gives me this error saying ...
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How to boot Ubuntu (installed using Wubi) on Windows 8 successfully?
I used Wubi to install Ubuntu so I don't have to deal with making a dual boot on my own, and when I try to boot to Ubuntu using windows 8's UEFI, it says windows can't start in a BIOS-esque box. ...
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Installed Ubuntu with Wubi on Windows 7. When I'm booting up the computer, my keyboard won't respond and I can't switch to Ubuntu
After I installed Ubuntu with Wubi, I rebooted my computer and Ubuntu loaded up fine. I then restarted the computer to see if I could switch in to Windows, which I could. And then once again I tried ...
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How can I boot into Windows after I set Ubuntu as the default operating system? (I'm using Wubi)
I followed this guide here to set the default operating system at boot-up to Ubuntu. Since I installed Ubuntu using Wubi, it involved setting the default operating system of the Windows boot-looader ...
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Wubi created a usb partition on my disk
Wubi has managed to make the operating systems, including Ubuntu installation, recognize the partition as an USB drive. How can I mend them back together? This issue is causing the boot system to boot ...
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Can't get past boot menu after WUBI installation
I just tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 using the Windows Installer from the Ubuntu website on my Windows 7 Home Premium ASUS gamers laptop and while it appeared to install correctly, when I rebooted the ...
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Purple screen on boot-up after install Ubuntu with Wubi
I have problem with Ubuntu 12.10. I got the purple screen and I don't know how to solve it. It shows only the purple screen, not the Ubuntu loading screen, not even so I can use the keyboard, just ...
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Ubuntu kernel not present? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Ubuntu 12.04 (Wubi) not starting - root.disk corrupted
When I launch and attempt to boot Ubuntu through the Windows Boot Manager, it takes me to a grub prompt, and when ...
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Ubuntu is not booting (Windows Ubuntu Installer)
Its the first time I used the Windows Ubuntu Installer (WUBI).
I installed Ubuntu and everything went great, it then asked me to reboot my laptop and I kindly did , it went well, showed me the ...
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Boot time is more than one minute with ext3 FS recovery everytime
It takes more than a minute for Ubuntu to boot up on my new laptop. I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 installed using Wubi.
From dmesg, I see the following:
[ 2.934384] EXT3-fs (loop0): recovery ...
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When I boot I do not get asked which OS I want
I just installed Wubi on my computer which is running Windows XP. Everything went exactly like the official guide said it should, and I was told the installation was complete and to restart my ...
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How do I boot windows?
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 wubi but am a bit unnerved by the fact that all of my windows files and settings are not visible to me and I can't figure out how to boot windows. Can someone help a guy out ...
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Ubuntu is not booting - “No init fount. Try passing init= bootarg.” , Install from Windows (Wubi)
Unbuntu 10.04 installed from Windows 7 (Wubi filesystme), Now Ubuntu is not booting giving this error.
Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init.
No init fount. Try passing init= bootarg.
BusyBox ...
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Just installed 12.10 with WUBI and get error
when I boot WUBI it goes to the terminal screen and says:
[drm:drm_crtc_helper_set_config] *ERROR* failed to set mode on 'crtc:10]
From what I gather, this is an issue with my monitor. Not sure. I ...
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Deleted windows partition, now I can't get into Ubuntu
Back story: I installed ubuntu with wubi. I had windows on one NTFS partition, then I made a new NTFS partition in which I put wubi in and where My ubuntu OS was born. Eventually I moved /home into ...
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Crash when booting system error no wubildr
erorr no wubildr then boot with red pix-elated screen after i log in it freezes and lines of code pop up. I think it may be a hex dump. what do I do? I have a fx 4100 and a radeon 6670 graphics card.
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12.10 on Elitebook 8560w w/ WUBI
I am trying dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu on my Elitebook 8560w via WUBI. Between Microsoft and HP they used up all my primary partitions so I decided WUBI was the best way to go. It all goes ...
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Installation with WUBI is asking to boot from live CD?
I installed 12.04 with WUBI along side my Windows 7,
When I did a reboot, there is a choice to choose between "windows" & "ubuntu", but when I selected ubuntu, WUBI doesn't seem to read the ...
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How to install wubi alongside Windows 8? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system
So, I tried to install wubi alongside my Windows 8. I did all the steps shown in the tutorial.
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