Questions tagged [wubi]
Questions about Wubi, a way to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows without partitioning. However, it's been abandoned for years and is depreciated.
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Wubi installation doesn't complete
I have a problem with the Wubi installation on windows.
I open the installation, put the info, click "Install" and wait. But at some point, the program closes, without giving me any error or "Reboot"...
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wubi boots into grub after 12.04 install
I would just like to recover the files off of the wubi install and then install a proper version of ubuntu, is there any way to recover the files?
for further information.
I had ubuntu 11.04 and ...
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Can't boot into Ubuntu after upgrade from Ubuntu 11 to 12.04 on dual boot system
Running Dell Inspiron 15r notebook with Windows 7 Pro and 11.10 Ubuntu (also have Windows CR). All worked fine until attempted upgrade to 12.04 system which 'locked'.
Via Windows, uninstalled and ...
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Can't find iso file to burn CD
I want to use Ubuntu to format an external HDD to EXT3, but not to run on my PC. I downloaded Infrarecorder and the windows installer download on the Ubuntu download page. after rebooting ...
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Boot loading problem after Wubi installation of Ubuntu 12.04 on Windows 7
I was new in Ubuntu OS and I was just trying to use wubi windows installer to get a Ubuntu first for hands-on.
I followed exactly the same as the instructions and after reboot win7, there is no ...
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Dark purple screen with graphic corruption at boot, using wubi
Decided to give Ubuntu a try using the stand alone wubi.exe. When I'm done installing, and rebooting for the first time, I only get a black screen with a blinking text input cursor, and my caps lock ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation error from wubi
I am trying to install ubuntu 14.04 LTS via wubi on windows 7 system. after downloading is complete, in the end I am recieving the error.
09-18 15:06 ERROR root: [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'C:\\...
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unistall Ubuntu when Wubi fails
I installed Ubuntu using Wubi on my Windows 7 laptop about a year ago. I hadn't used it for a while until a couple of days ago. I checked for software updates and got a bunch. I began to install them. ...
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Error when booting 12.10 after upgrade
Since upgrading to 12.10 from 12.04, I get the following error every time it boots:
/scripts/init-premount/devpts: line 21 mountpoint not found
It does, however, skip over that and continue to boot....
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Can't install Ubuntu on my Windows 7 laptop
I tried installing Ubuntu in two different ways:
First, I tried the Windows Installer, and it goes well until I reboot the system and, when booting on Ubuntu, I get the error:
No root file system ...
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There is other ways to install Ubuntu? (not wubi, not live CD)
I had problems while installing ubuntu 12.04 on a samsung laptop, the problem is the AHCI sysmtem, after a lot of searching, I found that this is almost impossible to "fix" and the only way i found is ...
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Black screen when booting on an Acer Aspire 5732Z
Since I´m getting more and more into linux I got the idea that I should start dualbooting on the family laptop.
First I downloaded wubi to dualboot Ubuntu with Windows 7 home premium on an Acer ...
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Is Ubuntu 15.10 missing some files?
I downloaded Ubuntu Desktop from here and when I mounted the .ISO file I have folders and files like bellow:
then I compare to Ubuntu 15.04 ISO file which was mounted:
I tried to re-download Ubuntu ...
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How do I install Kubuntu with WUBI on another drive (a second one)
I want to install Kubuntu with WUBI on my second drive. but it doesnt seem to work
When turn on the machine it by defaultly asks me to select a os, I picked Kubuntu and when it booted it says:
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How to increase Wubi virtual disk space
I just installed Ubuntu MATE on a separated partition on my Windows 10 machine, but I forgot to select 128Gb as the disk space so it installed the default which is 20Gb, is there any way I can resize ...
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Can you install Ubuntu to another partition from Windows?
I have a dual boot PC whose Ubuntu installation is broken. Moreover due to a problem with BIOS I'm not able to boot from USB. I wonder if I can reinstall Ubuntu using a Windows program. I think this ...
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Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported in Wubi Ubuntu
Installed ubuntu along with Windows 10 using Wubiuefi.
After rebooting to Ubuntu, GRUB menu is loading with Error
Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible ...
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OS selection screen not coming up on starting laptop HP N208-TX
I installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 using wubi installer whose download link I obtained from GitHub. After completing installation the selection screen which comes up for selecting which OS to use doesn't show....
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Surface Book Wubi Ubuntu 18.04 - Failed with grub boot loader configuration
I just used wubi to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my Surface Book that uses UEFI. During the installation, it said grub failed to installed. Then after I restart, I can no longer log back into Windows. I'm ...
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Ubuntu terminal startup instead of desktop
Good day
I am VERY much an amateur when it comes to software and coding in general. However, I am willing to learn.
I am in desperate need of running TITAN Radar software on my system. This program ...
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Error during the installation of Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 14.04 but whenever I try to install it from a DVD or just by the Wubi setup itself I get an error message saying:
An Error occurred:
Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ...
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Changing disk partition
I installed my ubuntu and everything is cool, but I have only 11GB of space and it's a little bit not enough. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installed from Wubi (I sellected 18GB, 'cause I didn't ...
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Fresh Install of Ubuntu, After Windows 10
I have a Windows 8.1 HP Pavilion model 2000. My younger brother decided to put Windows 10 on it, he didn't partition or back up the Windows 8.1 OS... I've tried reverting back to Win8.1 but can't. So ...
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Error while installing ubuntu 14.04 alongside windows10 using wubi
I am using windows10 in my system.
I tried to install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside windows 10 using wubi.
It shows the following error. If I click "ok", then it shows the same error again.
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where can i download windows installer for ubuntu or wubi?
Where can i download wubi or windows installer for ubuntu?
I have search the whole ubuntu site for the download link but dint find.Then i downloaded it from few other site but all of them gave me ...
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How to dual boot Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu on the same hard drive?
After being away from Linux based machines for a long time, I've recently come into possession of an ASUS X551MA running an Intel Celeron N2830 @ 2.16 with 4 GB of RAM and a 500GM HD. I decided that I ...
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Moved Wubi to different partition, unable to boot after editing grub
So, I've tried to move my wubi installation between disks and followed this:
Move WUBI installation of Ubuntu to a different partition in Windows
However once I start applying the edits to the grub, ...
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Booting up to Grub Screen
Yesterday I noticed that my ubuntu drive (installed with Wubi) would suddenly go read-only. This happened several times yesterday, but I would reboot and everything would be fine. it seemed like ...
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Dual Boot Ubuntu in Windows 8 OEM System when USB is not detected
Ok... So I trying to dual boot Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit and Windows 8.1 Asus OEM on my laptop, and it DOES have UEFI BIOS. So, in accordance with the instructions, I disabled Fast Startup, SecureBoot, but ...
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Weird Wubi.exe installation?
I would like to get Ubuntu on my old laptop (HP Compaq). So I ran the installation and it completed (I installed 13.04 with the Wubi installer). When I booted it up, it went to the login screen. This ...
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Ubuntu "Wubildr.mbr is missing or contains errors."
I want to get Ubuntu on my laptop (HP Pavilion) but every time I try to install it using Wubi, I get this error:
Wubildr is missing or contains errors.
What could be the problem?
I had Ubuntu on ...
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how to overwrite windows 7 with ubuntu on hp mini 110-3100
My hp mini 110-3100 does not have disc drive. It has windows 7 ultimate on it. I want to overwrite the windows 7 with Ubuntu 14.04 i386 but each time I run the wubi installer, it will stop at ...
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How to recover partition when uninstalling wubi?
I have uninstalled wubi on my laptop, the problem is, my Hard Disk space wasn't restored. It went from 500gb to 250gb when I installed wubi, but when I uninstalled wubi/ubuntu, my hard disk space is ...
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Cannot install Ubuntu 14.04 64bit
I got a new computer and am looking to dual-boot Ubuntu and windows 7.
I have my partition made (50gb), and my 64bit boot disk made but when I try booting from it I just get a black screen, with the ...
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wubi installation and standard ubuntu installation together?
I have installed ubuntu through wubi in my machine. Now I want to install ubuntu in the normal way (maybe through live CD or bootable pen) and I don't want to uninstall my wubi ubuntu at this moment.
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Ubuntu 14.04 dual boot install
I have Windows 7(64 bit) installed on my system along with Ubuntu 12.04. I want to upgrade to 14.04 version of ubuntu but since I do not have a good internet connection I am unable to upgrade it using ...
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Trying to launch from USB - "could not retrieve the required installation files"
Let me just say I am totally new to Linux. I'm a basic Windows user.
I am trying to launch Ubuntu from a USB so I don't have to install on my laptop.
I used pendrivelinux to save it my USB, and then ...
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Can't access recovery mode, for dual booting comp, by holding shift
I used Wubi to install Ubuntu without a CD or USB.
I cannot get my (username - password) combination to work even though I'm 100% sure I typed them in correctly when installing via Wubi. I read this ...
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Cannot open Ubuntu, stuck with intramfs
I'm using Ubuntu 13.10. I'm trying to upgrade to 14.04. After the upgrade Ubuntu is not opening up. I'm stuck with this black screen saying:
mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or ...
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How to move Wubi partition to a whole drive?
I have Sony Vaio laptop with Windows 7 home premium installed by default in it.There was only 1 drive in it,(i.e) the C: drive.It could contain 300 GB of memory.I split the C: drive into another E: ...
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Wubi set up and Wifi with no ethernet?
I am extremely new to using Ubuntu. While I have a basic grasp of scripting for git/linux and scripting for windows, ubuntu scripting isn't super clear for me.
I'm wanting to set up a wifi driver w/...
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wubi installed Ubuntu 12.04 in Windows XP not to open
I have downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 with Wubi installer according to the proper instructions
and when restarted I am not able to start Ubuntu.
It is installed in the D: drive in Windows XP. When ...
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Unable to uninstall Ubuntu 12.04 from Wubi
I have installed ubuntu 12.04 using wubi, I lost my user interface on ubuntu after uninstalling pyhon by mistake... now I want to uninstall ubuntu but uninstall-wubi is not diong anything after ...
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Unable to dual boot in dell xps 14 with windows 8/8.1
Hi can anyone help me in dual booting the windows 8/8.1 to ubuntu 12.4/13
when I am using the wubi file and I installed the ubuntu and It reboots and finally it showing me an error of 0xc000000f ...
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Serious installation problems
I am trying to install Ubuntu alongside Windows. I downloaded the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS desktop installer, extracted it and ran the wubi.exe as an administrator. An error window opened, saying: "The ...
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Ubuntu does not display on my laptop's screen, but does display when connected to TV
I installed Ubuntu 13:10 using the Windows executable through wubi.exe. The image of the OS does not appear on my laptop screen, but when I connect it to a TV via an HDMI cable the image appears ...
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Opening Ubuntu Error
I just downloaded ubuntu using wubi.exe on Windows 7. Whenever I start up my computer, I see the Windows Boot Manager with two options - Windows or Ubuntu. I try opening Ubuntu, which leads me to the ...
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How can I fix Ubuntu
When I turn on my computer I have the choice of Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I click Ubuntu and it shows wubildr is missing error:oxcoooooof. To fix that error I run bcdedit in a Windows cmd-prompt, but it ...
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How do I increase the size of Ubuntu which was installed through Wubi?
First, this is question is not same as this or this. It is similar but its somewhat different in a way. Particularly, I want to change the path of where my disk copy is generated. The problem is: I ...
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If i Install Ubuntu on an External Drive using Wubi, does it do anything to my C: Drive?
I have installed ubuntu using wubi on my old computer and Broke Windows (I had to re-install it). So excuse me If I am acting paranoid.
I was all ready to install ubuntu using Wubi then it hit me. ...