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Wubi installer is a free and official distribution of Ubuntu Linux for Windows operating systems.

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How does WUBI handle partitions upon shutdown?

Alright, so, basically, I'm trying to boot up Gentoo in a manner similar to WUBI; I have an installation on an ext4-formatted loopback file, BURG installed under the Windows Bootloader, and the kernel/initramfs available for booting. The booting…
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What filesystem is Wubi?

I want to convert by Wubi Ubuntu install to a partition. But what filesystem is it? Which should I use?
Mateen Ulhaq
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How is Wubi different from dual-booting or a VM image?

The only difference that I see between regular dual-booting and Wubi is that the latter has a more user-friendly installation process, but otherwise it seems to be the same. Am I missing something here? What makes it so special? Edit: If the file…
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Wubi-like installer for Fedora?

Is there an application like Wubi for other Linux distributions? More specifically, I'd love to install Fedora without a dedicated partition or changing my bootloader.
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Windows 7 Loading Very Slow

I've had a problem that only started to occur yesterday. When I boot into Windows 7 and log on to my user account, the computer gets very laggy and slow for at least 5 minutes. Icons take ages to load, and everything is rendered unclickable. This…
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Is there something like the Wubi installer for Linux Mint?

I want to use Linux Mint. I would like to know if there is something like the Wubi installer for Linux Mint? I searched on the Linux Mint website, but I couldn't find anything.
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Does Wubi virtually run Ubuntu?

I would like to install Ubuntu Linux next to my primary Windows 7 OS. I found Wubi which helps you with a simple installation/uninstallation procedure for Ubuntu. But the wiki says that Wubi uses a virtual disk. Is that similar to virtually…
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How to increase disk space in Wubi (Ubuntu via windows)?

I installed Ubuntu via Windows 7. I allocated only 8 GB space to it, but unfortunately now I want more space without reinstalling or creating another partition. Is there any way to increase the disk space in the Ubuntu? Please help me to figure it…
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How to take a copy of wubi ubuntu system as it is?

I have installed ubuntu (as a dual boot) using wubi (Windows-based UBuntu Installer) installer for windows, and have been working in linux since then. Now that I have many projects with many dependencies, I'd want to install the same ubuntu to other…
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Removing Ubuntu boot option?

I had installed Ubuntu inside Windows, then decided I didn't need it, so I tried to uninstall. It needed the disc, which I didn't have at the time, and I really needed the space, so I just deleted the installation folder. The option to boot into…
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How does it hurt to use Linux (Ubuntu) as a guest OS for all my tasks?

I have a machine running Windows, where the disk has two partitions C (50 GB) and D (250GB). I do research in Information Retrieval and need to work with a large corpus (more than 50 GB) and in Linux. So if I want to install Linux on the existing…
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GRUB doesn't recognize partitions on one harddisk

I have a dualboot computer with Windows Vista (on hd0) and Ubuntu 9.10. The bootloader is GRUB and the windows bootloader lets me decide between Vista and Ubuntu-Installation (broken WuBi). But now (i don't know why that changed) I can't use start…
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How to fix "GRUB error 17" problem on laptop without working CD reader

I broke the laptop. How did I break it? I remember feeling happy about wubi. Now I feel bad about wubi and everything that I did. I used the partition editor within Windows (System Tools - administration) and removed my 11 GB partition of ubuntu.…
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installing ubuntu in offline mode

I have made a dual boot of fedora 16 and windows 7. I wanted to make a triple boot by installing ubuntu 11 which i just downloaded (iso file 695 MB) from their official website. Can i install it in offline mode using Wubi ? If not is there any other…
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Are there any disadvantages installing Ubuntu from Windows with Wubi?

I will install Ubuntu on my machine on another HDD (an empty partition for Ubuntu). I will do this with Wubi to avoid having to burn a CD and is more practical at the moment. Is there any problem doing this? With this approach, will I be unable to…
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