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    Ubuntu 10.10 windows installer question?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Laeadern, Oct 11, 2010.

  1. Laeadern

    Laeadern Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone used the Ubuntu windows installer? Does it partition your drive and make all the required setting changes or is there something that needs to be done first?

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    Are there any recommended steps before running the installer? Should I defrag my HDD first? From what i can gather it's just as simple as installing any windows program and it makes it's own partition sapce on the windows install partition.
     
    Laeadern, Oct 11, 2010
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  2. Koshinn

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    windows installer does not require partitioning. it makes a folder on your hdd.
     
    Koshinn, Oct 11, 2010
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  3. Laeadern

    Laeadern Notebook Consultant

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    Well damnit I had already downloaded the ISO and WUBI is making me download it again even though they are in the same directory.
     
    Laeadern, Oct 11, 2010
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  4. ALLurGroceries

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    wubi is on the ISO, so you could have just mounted (or burned) it, it'll autorun in windoze.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Oct 11, 2010
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    The iso that wubi downloads is old too. just use the wubi on the disc.
     
    Koshinn, Oct 11, 2010
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