Questions about Wubi, a way to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows without partitioning. Wubi will be discontinued as of Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail).
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PXE-E53: No Boot Filename Received
I get the message
PXE-E53: No Boot Filename Received
When I am trying to run the Live USB Ubuntu demo on my laptop using WUBI.EXE
I think this has something to do with DHCP and networkbooting after ...
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Wubi install Ubuntu key combinations not working
I have installed wubi it is frozen but the key combinations suggested (https://wiki.edubuntu.org/WubiGuide#How_to_reboot_cleanly_even_when_the_keyboard.2BAC8-mouse_are_frozen) won't work.
It has ...
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Fan speed & temp
When using Windows the fan speed and temp works fine, the fan run fast, and temp get higher only when playing a very high graphics games.
Now on ubuntu , i can hear the fan noise, and i can feel my ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.10 Keeps rebooting randomly
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 using the 'Installing Ubuntu with the Windows installer' (wubi) feature on the www.ubuntu.com to install it on my computer. My computer is a ASUS with 6 ggs for ram and ...
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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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How do I undo Ctrl+Alt+Backspace?
I'm installing Ubuntu from wubi and I pressed that and it went to a full screen cmd prompt looking thing and I think the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace did it.
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CPU fan kicks in to full gear when i try to install ubuntu 12.10 or LTS
Whenever I try to install (DUAL BOOT WITH WINDOWS 7) both versions of Ubuntu desktop on my PC the CPU fan starts spinning so fast that I couldn't even go through the installation for fear of my CPU ...
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Increase size of Wubi install
I want to increase the disk space for Ubuntu that I installed using wubi. I followed the instructions in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ResizeWubiDisk. Unfortunately, these commands could not be ...
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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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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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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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HP Pavilion ZE4900 Kernel Panic
I have an HP Pavilion ZE4900. It's old, but I have previously seen people successfully running Ubuntu on the same machine. I used the Windows installer (Wubi), and when I reboot and select Ubuntu I ...
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After installing with Wubi, can't boot into Ubuntu
I installed Ubuntu (12.10) through Wubi and when I go to the dual boot screen, I choose Ubuntu. But all it does is showing me a Grub menu which says:
this is a minimalistic command (something ...
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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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Ubuntu OS option never shows no matter what I do [duplicate]
I've been trying to install Ubuntu 12.10. I've tried the Win7 wubi installer, and making the Ubuntu ISO disk...The install appears to go smoothly, but when I restart my computer when Ubuntu tells me ...
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Fixing grub menu after migrating wubi to partition
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 via Wubi a couple of weeks ago, and today used the script on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MigrateWubi to move it to a new partition. Now I'm having a bit of confusion ...
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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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Setting Ubuntu As The Default Operating System When Using The Windows Installer [duplicate]
How do you set Ubuntu as the default operating system after you have installed Ubuntu with the Windows Ubuntu Installer?
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Windows 7 Wubi installation stuck on Expanding stage - Ubuntu 12.10
I have tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 numerous times, I previously tried the older version 11 something. Anyway, I have finished downloading the files and it sped through the other stages at a fast ...
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How can i install Ubuntu (NOT WUBI!) without delete Windows [duplicate]
I want to install Ubuntu without Wubi...BUT i am afraid to delete Windows.
Pls help.
PS: sorry for my bad english i am from Germany.
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Wubi installation stuck after “CPU interrupts Balancing Daemon [OK]”
I have a Gateway LT4004u with an Intel Atom Dual Core 1.6GHz processor (N2600) with built in GMA 3600 series. When I try to install Ubuntu with the run alongside tool (WUBI) after it dowloads UBUNTU ...
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Is it fully possible to install Ubuntu on a “slave HDD”, by using Wubi, I've Windows 7 as primary HDD?
Is it fully possible to install Ubuntu on a slave HDD, by using Wubi, I've Windows 7 as primary HDD ?
I mean will Wubi installation go normal on "slave HDD", like no blue screens of death , or any ...
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Attempt to install Ubuntu 12.10 from Windows but get GRUB instead
I have a Ubuntu ISO that I have just downloaded from ubuntu.com and used the Windows Installer (Wubi) to install Ubuntu, but when it boots, instead of Ubuntu I get some GRUB ... something.
I have ...
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Ubuntu worked only once with windows [duplicate]
I am a windows 7 user and wanted to change to Ubuntu gradually. I downloaded the ubuntu iso and installed it using the windows installer and everything went well and after I restarted my PC, ubuntu ...
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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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Cannot find installation.iso?
I've been attempting to install Ubuntu for a few hours now, and I keep getting an error after the reboot telling me the installation.iso wasn't found.
I've tried using the Wubi installer, and tried ...
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Does the windows installer replace windows or format the disk? [duplicate]
When installing Ubuntu 12.10 with the Windows installer (from Windows 7). Does the installer just replace the Windows "software" but keep all my files, or does it completely format the disk and delete ...
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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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Installation stuck at copying files after booting
Used windows installer to install Ubuntu in a Toshiba Qosmio F50, using windows Vista.
After rebooting, Ubuntu installation started but got stuck at roughly around 70% as it mentions "Almost finished ...
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Wubi for Windows 7 on Sony Vaio is not Working [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu using Wubi on my Windows 7 machine (Sony Vaio). Everything installed perfectly, but whenever I reboot my system there is no Ubuntu (there is no dual boot menu). I checked my ...
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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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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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Removing Ubuntu [duplicate]
So I installed Ubuntu using the Wubi Windows installer however I've decided to go back to Windows 7 and was wondering how do I uninstall everything and go back to Windows 7?
I've tried to run the ...
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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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Dual Booting Windows and ubuntu, Ubuntu won't load. Grub help [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu using Wubi. It has been working fine for the past 5 months, but I tried to boot it recently and instead of loading Ubuntu I get the Grub terminal. What commands do I need to enter ...
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Wubi install, lost home folder, recovery options?
I have been running Ubuntu for over a year on my laptop and I've really come to enjoy it. So much that it has replaced Windows in my day-to-day activities.
Yesterday an error occurred on my desktop ...
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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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How to install WINE on Wubi?
I would like to install WINE on my Wubi. I am not good with Linux as I am a new user of ubuntu I thought my first install will be Wubi until I am comfortable with it. Now I want to use a Windows ...
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Wubi's Ubuntu files
Can I access to Wubi's files from Windows? I saved a few files on my Ubuntu desktop and I'd like to access them even when I'm running Windows. Any help?
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Can I turn suspend Bitlocker encryption on Windows and run WUBI on the same partition as Windows?
My windows pc has bitlocker enabled on drive C but i want to install wubi on the same drive, can i do it by suspending/disabling bitlocker when i need to run ubuntu?
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Is “install alongside windows” the same as Wubi? [duplicate]
When installing Ubuntu from a LiveCD on a Windows system, the following options are available:
Install Ubuntu alongside Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Replace Windows with Ubuntu
Other
Is "Install Ubuntu ...
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How do I use Wubi in a “Frozen Disk” environment (aka computer labs)
I teach computer skills in a computer lab which uses a disk management system on to keep WinXP in a know state between reboots. I'd like to add a Wubi installation, but I keep getting the same error ...
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How do i install from USB disk?
I've tried booting from my usb flash drive even after creating a bootable USB disk and several attempts to alter my bios into booting from the usb proved futile.
Also, when I tried the assisted ...
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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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Wubi after upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 8
I've seen a lot of questions about Ubuntu and Windows 8 on a new machine with Windows 8 pre-installed and that UEFI stuff, but nothing useful about upgrading from win7 to win8 and Ubuntu.
I have a ...
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Is there Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome version with Wubi installer?
The question says it all. I want to have Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome version. I can't find any Wubi version. Is this even possible?
