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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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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Cannot install in VM or through wubi
I've tried VMs and now Wubi, and whenever i use a VM to install, i get "must run in low graphics mode" with a black screen or it freezes afterward.
When I install on my real machine through wubi, I ...
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Resizing wubi installation [duplicate]
I've recently installed Ubuntu using Wubi on my windows 7 computer.
My goal is to instal Team Fortress 2 onto the Ubuntu part so I can play TF2 in Linux.
So far everything has gone well from ...
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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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WUBI installer carrying in pendrive [duplicate]
can I copy all the downloaded WUBI related files and use it for installation in other PCs??? please help me. I have an assignment tomorrow
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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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Windows and Ubuntu: Can I have Both? [duplicate]
So this is the first time that I'm trying out Ubuntu to get a Tux the penguin plush on TF2 and I'm scared that I might lose Windows 7, my favorite OS. Do I get to keep Windows after installing Ubuntu? ...
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ubuntu-12.10-desktop “amd64” and “i386” .iso [duplicate]
Now when i tried to download Ubuntu for win7 installer, it gave me an iso with "amd64" in it, assuming that it's based on the processor, so i decided to check for any other downloads and found "i386", ...
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ubuntu 11.10 and external monitor not recognized
I have a laptop and it's being a nightmare to properly set up an external monitor I use.
I had ubuntu 11.10 installed through wubi and it worked as I wanted, I started the laptop with the lid closed ...
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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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Dual booting on a non-64 architecture processor [duplicate]
I have an Asus Eee PC netbook, and I want to install Ubuntu on it via Wubi, or whichever way so that I have dual-boot on it. I installed Ubuntu 11.10 using Wubi on the same PC, but now when I install ...
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How to get past Grub prompt during boot? [duplicate]
I am new to Ubuntu and am stuck. Please help as I do not know much about Linux or command line. I am a Windows 7 user.
Here are the steps I took to install Ubuntu:
I downloaded ...
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Wubi won't use my 64 bit desktop iso
I downloaded ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso and wubi.exe from http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/. I saved both the iso and wubi in the same folder. However, when I try to install Ubuntu wubi starts ...
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wubi install problem [duplicate]
I've been trying to install Ubuntu onto my laptop. About a year ago I used wubi and installed Ubuntu and everything was working fine except occasionally Ubuntu would not boot and get stuck on some ...
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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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How safe is running Wubi's main.pyo using pyrun?
Wubi fails to run for me (see this unresolved question)
I have found out that I get the first wubi installation screen if I run pyrun main.pyo from the %TEMP%\pyl**.tmp directory.
If I proceed in ...
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Making Wubi bigger, or Upgrading to Ubuntu without loosing Windows?
I have 4 hard disks. I've got Wubi installed on one, and Windows installed on another.
The 300GB Drive for Wubi/Ubuntu is empty, except for Wubi. I'd like to let it take the full 300GB if it's ...
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How do I resize an existing Wubi installation? [duplicate]
I have Windows 7 as my default OS and 500 GB Hard Disk.
Following is the partition table of my Hard Disk:
I have installed Ubuntu with "install inside windows" option.
sda1 is the System ...
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Install Ubuntu 12.10 on Windows Using Windows Installer
I'm presently using Windows XP. When trying to follow instructions for an installation with a DVD, my system shows the following error:
How can I install Ubuntu if I have this problem?
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Uninstall Ubuntu without access to uninstall file
I tried to use the Windows add remove program to uninstall Ubuntu, but it says I dont have access to the uninstall-wubi. which is apparantly on my H drive which windows doesnt even know exists. is ...
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System frozen while installing dual boot ubuntu on Windows 7 - how do I correct this? [duplicate]
I was trying from last night to install Ubuntu 12.10 on my Windows 7 laptop through wubi.exe.
Everything went smoothly at the beginning, but when I booted into Ubuntu to complete the install, it ...
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Wubi (32 bit ISO) freezes on “almost finished copying files” [duplicate]
Basically what it says on the tin. After accidentally installing the 64 bit version, I uninstalled it and tried to install the 32 bit version, but the installation freezes. I've seen some answers ...
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Ubuntu screen goes purple then black on boot [duplicate]
I'm new to Ubuntu, and have not much experience with computers.
I installed Ubuntu with Wubi, all went correct, but when I'm on the screen to chosse Windows or Ubuntu, and I chosse, Ubuntu, the ...
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I have no account installing with wubi
I've just installed ubuntu with wubi two times, and in both times I had to unnistall, because I had no account, no password for do something, I hadn't privileges for nothing.
What can I do for make ...
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Startup Error Problem
I installed Ubuntu with the Windows Installer, reboot laptop and choose Ubuntu in startup options.
But then the console said what Windows cannot be launched and asked for a disk with OS.
Also it ...
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Cannot log in to wubi installed Ubuntu
I can boot into ubuntu just fine as a guest but it refuses to accept my login name and password that were set during the wubi install. I reinstalled it again with basic login and password just to make ...
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Dual installation with Wubi [duplicate]
I have tried installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 8 with the Wubi Windows installer. Now at startup when I click on Ubuntu (as opposed to Windows) I get the following message:
Windows Boot Manager
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Unable to run wubi on XP
I am trying to run wubi on Windows XP Professional 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.120821-1629: SP 3)
I have Administrator rights
I downloaded wubi from here
I have installed Python 3.2 and my PATH is ...
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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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Does UEFI support mean Wubi will now work on laptops shipped with Windows 8?
According to this news , there is an official fix for secure boot. Will Ubuntu adapt it?
If so, how long should it take? And does it allow booting new computers from Wubi?
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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:
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How can I uninstall Ubuntu when installed through Windows 7? [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu without doing a partition, I ran the .exe from my Windows 7 OS. For the past week i've been trying to uninstall Ubuntu unsuccesfully.
I went to the Windows 7 control panel to ...
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System is responding too slow after installing Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu12.10
My monitor was flickering after booting Ubuntu 12.10. The problem was increasing if I start moving my mouse and when it is kept idle, the flickering used to stop.
My system has an AMD 32 bit ...
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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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How to get around “failed to set mode on [CRTC:6]” errors during installation?
I've tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my PC with Wubi from Windows.
After rebooting the system, and after selecting Ubuntu as OS, there's an error:
Try (hd0,0): NTFS5: errors: "prefix" is not set.
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Do I have the full OS installed?
I installed Ubuntu using WUBI.exe last night which is running alongside my Windows 8.
When I boot up my laptop, I get given a choice between Windows or Ubuntu.
Am I running the full Ubuntu OS?
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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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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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Cannot download Ubuntu using the Windows installer
I've tried three times to install Ubuntu using Windows installer. The first time it hung up in Wubi.
Second time said it would take 6h 10 min. Began running then disappeared after 30 minutes.
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Im not getting the installation drive on ubuntu 11.10
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 in D: drive on Windows 7. While working with Ubuntu, I'm getting D: drive data while the other drive's data is available. How can I fix this?
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Ubuntu 12.10 not installing via USB stick
I have a Dell Inspiron 15R (N5010) and I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 onto a 4 GB memory stick. Nothing comes up about installation. The only thing that comes up is Install Ubuntu (F:) in AutoPlay. I open ...
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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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¿What happened with grub? [duplicate]
My problem is that I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 using
Wubi, and since I have Windows XP I decided not to
partition my hard drive. The installation went
through fine, and when it finished I restarted ...
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What happens with Grub Rescue?
My problem is that I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 using Wubi, and since I have Windows XP I decided not to partition my hard drive. The installation went through fine, and when it finished I restarted ...
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Install by Wubi: 'No medium found'
I want to install Ubuntu by Wubi. But when I reboot to finish installation, it returns this:
（initramfs）stdin:I/O error
/scripts/casper-premount/20iso_scan:line46:can't open /dev/sr0: No medium found ...
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Blank Screen after Wubi Install [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
I just installed 12.10 using wubi. After restarting per instructions a blank purple screen shows ...
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Installation Failure Please help
I have tried several times to do an installation using the windows installer. I have moved the location of the downloads and I have googled for help but I keep getting the same error screen. I need ...
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How to define disk usage during Ubuntu Installation
I am trying to install Ubuntu on D: Drive (228 GB) with Wubi. Installation size is by default 15 GB. Will I be able to utilize the balance 213 GB of empty Disk space or do I need to partition/shrink ...
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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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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. ...
