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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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 installer stuck at expanding
I am trying to install ubuntu 12.04 on windows 7. After running the wubi installer it downloaded the files but now the setup is just showing expanding and its been over 2 hours.
Any solution ?
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Before installing WUBI, should I defragment the disk?
Is it might help? Is there something else that whould make it better?
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How to permanently migrate to 12.04 from Windows 7 without losing anything?
I recently installed 12.04 using WUBI to see if I would like it or not. Now I'm loving it and I want to permanently migrate to Ubuntu.
In the meantime I downloaded all the packages and customized it....
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Will Wubi Ubuntu installer conflict with my current Grub Menu?
I have a desktop where I dual-boot Windows XP and Lubuntu. Given that Wubi makes use of Windows Boot Menu, If I install Ubuntu 12.04 from Wubi installer on Windows, will it be present on Grub Menu? ...
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Why did Wubi install Gnome when I gave it the Xubuntu ISO?
I downloaded the Xubuntu ISO file from the official site. But after installing it through the wubi installer I still got gnome interface instead of Xfce. What's gone wrong? What should I do? I double ...
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Part-time Kid-PC: is Wubi better, or Ubuntu in a virtual machine?
I have a new Win7 box and wanted to try out Ubuntu (total noob, no experience in linux). Which option will have the better performance (side by side, or in a vm). I'm guessing sidebyside, but figured ...
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How do I install Lubuntu without a USB or CDROM?
The CD-ROM does not work. My PC is very old and does not boot through USB.
I want to install Lubuntu through Windows. Wubi does not support Lubuntu (That is what I think).
Is there a program like ...
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Ubuntu With Windows Safe?
Is it safe to run Windows and Ubuntu together on one PC?
Will it "mess with" my computer? I'm using Windows 7. Thanks!
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How to tell if Ubuntu is installed inside or alongside Windows?
I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a computer with Windows on it (and later upgraded to 11.04 and 11.10). Now I can't remember whether Ubuntu was installed inside Windows (Wubi) or in its own partition. How ...
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Wubi Windows installer downloads wrong Ubuntu image
I downloaded offical Ubuntu Wubi installer as I wanted to install Ubuntu besides my Windows 7 setup.
I launched it and noticed that it started download AMD 64 bit Ubuntu ISO, while I'm on Intel and ...
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Wubi vs "proper" installation"? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What's the difference between Wubi and a regular installation?
Why should a dual-booter do a "proper" ubuntu installation instead of through wubi? In other words, how is a ...
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Unable to uninstall ubuntu installed using Wubi
I've installed Ubuntu 10.04 using Wubi from Vista. I'm unable to uninstall it as the uninstall.exe in Ubuntu folder isn't doing anything after double-clicking. Also I checked Add/Remove programs & ...
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Make W7 install as small as possible and increase Ubuntu size
How do I do this all from Ubuntu? When I used Wubi there was a max size, and i ended up liking Ubuntu 10.04 so I kept it installed, but now i want to do just run W7 as a VM. I have around only 58GBs ...
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While installing using WUBI Kubuntu just reboots on boot
I've installed Kubuntu 16.04 with a Windows application called "Wubi", but when I boot into Kubuntu to complete the installation it shows me the pulsing blue Kubuntu logo for about 20-30 seconds and ...
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Installing wubi on Windows 8.1 [closed]
can anyone guide me how to install wubi on W8.1. I have heard that there is a UEFI related issue on W8.1.
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Formatting the loopback device?
I'm very new to Ubuntu, I used the Windows installer to install it aside with Windows 7. I chose the same partition as it has enough space. I got this message when the computer rebooted and I'm afraid ...
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boot-repair fails (UEFI and pre-installed Windows 8)
I have bought a new laptop, Toshiba Satellite NB10t-A-101, with pre-installed Windows 8, after one day of figuring out how to install Ubuntu in UEFI I finally managed to do it (which wasn´t easy, as ...
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Tried factory resetting computer, crashed
I have an ASUS EEEPC 1201ha, with Windows 7 starter, and Ubuntu 12.04 lts via Wubi.
I tried to factory reset it, but when I did, it started saying BOOTMGR is missing, and now it only shows a blinking ...
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Installing Ubuntu 14.04 within windows 7
Can you install Ubuntu 14.04 with Wubi within windows 7 so that it can be uninstalled from windows 7 if desired.
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Wubi installation creates equal size separate virtual disks for root and usr
I like wubi install better than a standard install in a dual boot configuration but I have some issues here, namely I was never able to resize the usr virtual disk so I be able to install more ...
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Can I connect to my Ubuntu session from my Windows 7 session, both installed in the same computer?
I have a Windows 7 computer where I installed the Ubuntu Desktop using the Wubi installer.
Therefore, when I start my computer I can choose between the Windows and Ubuntu sessions.
However, I was ...
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Wubi install fails: Could not retrieve the required installation files
I have an old machine and the only way I can install Ubuntu is to use Wubi, but i get an error.
Here is the log: http://pastebin.com/a5YjaaKv
01-11 23:09 ERROR CommonBackend: Invalid md5 for ISO C:...
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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 ubuntu-12.04.2-wubi-...
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Triple Booting - Windows, Ubuntu, and Ubuntu Studio
I've Windows and Ubuntu, and want Ubuntu Studio, so I downloaded Ubuntu Studio 12.04 iso file, and I want to have triple-booting on my laptop.
I have installed Ubuntu using Wubi.exe
What should I do ...
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Retrieving files from broken wubi installation
My wubi installation of Ubuntu 12.04 is stuck in an infinite login screen loop. I have tried following the advice on other posts but nothing has worked so now I'm trying to retrieve a few files from ...
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How to remove the option to boot from Ubuntu in the Windows Boot loader? [duplicate]
An year and a half ago, I installed Ubuntu on my computer using Wubi. After a while I decided to install Ubuntu on a separate partition. So I uninstalled the Ubuntu using Wubi, and installed Ubuntu on ...
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Cannot find Windows 7 in Grub Customizer
Once again, I find myself back to the "anywhere, Anything" forum of Ubuntu... Just awesome I say...
Any ways, After I installed the Grub Customizer 3.0.(1)? I ran it and I am not seeing Windows7.
I ...
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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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Wubi install freezes 3/4 through
I downloaded Ubuntu on a USB stick, then the Windows installer, and ran wubi.exe. When I rebooted to complete the installation, it froze 3/4 of the way through. After 30 minutes of waiting I removed ...
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why cant i install xubuntu using wubi installer?
I have tried a couple times to install Xubuntu using WUBI. All I get is this error:
An error occurred:
Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
For more information please see log ...
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Can't Download Wubi
I want to download Ubuntu with WUBI but, the WUBI download page redirects here and this page doesn't load anymore.
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Ubuntu missing dual boot
I have a dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Now Ubuntu is missing after Windows checked /tmp for errors. Windows boots fine, but Ubuntu boots to a GRUB prompt. I looked in the \ubuntu\disks\ ...
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Wubi installer is taking ages to download [closed]
I am downloading Ubuntu 12.04--Wubi installer but for reasons unknown, it is taking ages to download. I have no choice but to abort it. FYI, I have installed Wubi before but have uninstalled it not ...
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Why does du show that an 83GB file uses zero space?
In home/{user}, I have a file called ntfs.txt whose total size of files is 83,3GB and whose size on disk is 0B. Its owned and group are both root. The last time it was accessed is the 24/07/2012.
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Will Wubi work on a Truecrypt Full Disk Encryption Windows partition?
I have a windows machine using Truecrypt 7.1a FDE. I would like to use wubi to install Ubuntu within windows. Will doing this cause any issues with my system booting up? From what I understand Wubi ...
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Kubuntu Problem when Installing - metalink unable to download therefore ISO [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Wubi fails to install Kubuntu: “cannot download metalink…”
I installed ubuntu with no errors, when I try to install Kubuntu using wubi.exe
I get this:
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How to install 11.10 with wubi?
All that is available for wubi installation is Ubuntu 12.04, but I strongly prefer 11.10. Is there any way that I can use wubi installer for 11.10?
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WUBI - Super Block Error
We had installed ubuntu 10.04 using Wubi on my machine. After a reboot it stopped working. Its says super block corrupted
Is there any tool or how can I get my data from the Ubuntu OS which is ...
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Can I reinstall and keep updates and software from my wubi installation?
I already have Ubuntu 11.10 which I installed it using 'wubi'. Now I noticed that this kind of installation have some limitation like I can't hibernate and etc.
Now I want to reinstall my Ubuntu ...
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Wubi: Permission denied: 'C:\\boot.ini'
I got a problem with installing ubuntu with the help of wubi.
My configuration is a laptop with single hdd, Windows XP SP3 and my user account with admin rights. Wubi version is rev245.
I can ...
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How do I get rid of Windows during Wubi migration?
So I read How do I migrate to a real partition, and/or get rid of Windows entirely?, but nowhere does it tell me how I go about replacing windows entirely. Is there a simpler/faster way than making ...
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Permission denied: 'F:\\wubildr' when install using Wubi
I run into problem when tried to install Ubuntu 11.10 on Windows 7 using wubi installer. During installation popup with error similar to this appears:
Permission denied: for more details see the log ...
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Mounting Wubi part from another Linux installation
hope someone can help.
I need to access 11.04 ubuntu files residing on a second hard drive (dual boot XP/Ubuntu) from a 10.04 hard drive installation. The 11.04 system co-exists with XP on the second ...
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Wubi doens't work anymore - shows 'No wubildr' error
Basics:
HP Mini 311
Ubuntu netbook edition 10.04 (installed via Wubi)
Symptoms:
I load to Windows Boot Manager as usual. Options are Windows 7 and Ubuntu Netbook, like usual. Selecting Windows 7 ...
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After update, grub is broken
Some months back I used wubi to install ubuntu on an hp laptop with vista. After not using it for a month or so, I loaded ubuntu and installed many updates (including kernel update). Windows boot ...
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Keyboard/Mouse not recognised during installation
I have a Logitech MX5000 keyboard/mouse combo. I'm using the Logitech Bluetooth dongle, and I use it in USB emulation mode (not native Bluetooth).
I tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 using WUBI. After the ...
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Is there any Linux based ubuntu installer like wubi?
I have a kali live CD and I'd like to install ubuntu on my HD, unfortunately I have no USB drives so I was wondering if there is some wubi like installer for Linux, or an alternative way to install ...
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Remove Wubi boot menu entry
I had a Windows laptop and I installed Ubuntu 17.10 with wubi. Soon after, I needed to clean up Windows and I restored it via its own restore function, which deletes all data and preferences and ...
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Ubuntu stops loading
I recently tried to install Ubuntu Desktop on my laptop, but it wasn't successful, as I had the same problem on every startup.
The Ubuntu version I tried to install is 14.04, and it was downloaded ...