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Tech-Recipes: Ubuntu 8.10: Easily Install Inside Windows for Dual Booting

  • xtian · 1 year ago
    Installing Ubuntu at "Drive D:"
    what if "Drive D:" still have some file like movies, mp3, others files...
    will those files be lost when installation?
  • shamanstears · 1 year ago
    The files will remain intact. Ubuntu is installed into its own directory.
  • xtian · 12 months ago
    thanks it worked!

    but i have another concern, after I installed ubuntu into my Drive D: it seems that i can’t accessed previous files in my Drive D: like mp3’s and avi’s.
    I can only accessed my previous files from Drive C:

    how do I accessed/solved this?
  • gou · 11 months ago
    you are not clear, you can't access them from windows or ubuntu?

    if you can't access them from ubuntu try creating a few GB partition for it and installing it there.
  • computrnrd111 · 11 months ago
    how much hard drive space does it need and can i install it to a flash drive?
    oh? and will it work on xp sp3
  • ravi · 10 months ago
    all is fine with ubuntu when done this way but my windows vista began giving me BSOD very frequently now...
    i have to uninstall ubuntu now, not happy
  • MPP777 · 10 months ago
    And if I want to install Ubuntu from Windows and with a DVD iso of ubuntu modified to have in the DVD multiboot for UBUNTU and XP etc...

    When I proceed to install from XP it make an error after having proceed the checsum.

    I think that the CD or iso can not be modified to install ubuntu from Windows.
  • Norb · 10 months ago
    This is a great step foward from (and for) The Ubuntu Community!!!!
  • SuperRon · 10 months ago
    Hi, i have tried this today and after installing and being asked to reboot there is no option of selecting ubuntu it just loads straight into windows.

    Any chance anyone can help me with this?
  • Nephilim · 10 months ago
    I have recently stumbled across this site and am impressed with what I see so far. At the same time, I would like that a touch more information were provided with such tasks. Such as what the benefits and disadvantages are to installing a 'buntu distro within Windows. How does it do this? Via a virtual drive, or a simple folder structure? Will I lose any functionality? Will this affect read/write access to NTFS/FAT12/32 partitions?

    I am not asking for a full featured guide, but a few more words here and there would go a long way to ensuring all bases are covered.

    Thanks.
  • RAMAKANTH · 9 months ago
    6TH STEP IS NOT BEING DONE IN MY SYSTEM
  • linuxgeek · 8 months ago
    try typing esc all the time while booting... this is a common problem
  • Pravardhan · 9 months ago
    I am facing a problem while installing Ubuntu 8.10 inside Windows.

    I am getting the Ubuntu option with the Windows option, and it will boot to the graphical mode and then checks for installation and gives a error as :
    "No root file system is defined.
    Please correct this from the partitioning menu"

    I have got just 855MB free space and after installing, the free space is reduced to 145MB and i can see the .iso files * many files of ubuntu in "ubuntu" folder.....
  • Mike · 8 months ago
    I am trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 in this method. The whole process goes fine, escept on reboot I do not get the windows boot manager menu. I went into advanced system sentings and it does show a ubuntu boot option, but during reboot, even if I hit escape, the ubuntu option does not show up. Any ideas? I am installing ubuntu amd64 inside windows vista ultimate x64 svc pk 1.
  • Rob · 8 months ago
    I'm trying to do this in Windows 7 but I don't get the boot menu when I restart, and it defaults to Windows. How can I get it to work??
  • Edcel John · 8 months ago
    Everytime I boot with the newly installed Ubuntu, a window with a loading bar appears. I waited but then I saw that there was no improvement when it came to 82% "Scanning the mirror". I tried to wait for about more or less an hour. Okay, I tired this 5 times. Still, it happens. Even when I use the Live CD and then install or even emulate it. Help please.
  • JuanONE · 7 months ago
    Guys this is great!!
  • adroit · 6 months ago
    i successfully installed ubuntu 8.10 in windows 7. But when i did a reboot, the OS selection screen did not appear. My system booted automatically to windows 7.please help?
  • boreeaq · 3 months ago
    Ty this really help and was very simple
  • Lé-Vaughn Roper · 2 months ago
    i have two NTFS partitions[C: and E:]. When i install the ubuntu 8.10 into windows on the E: partition then restart. on restart and booting in Ubuntu iand while ubuntu is checking installation i get a "root cant be define" and that i should check partition editor....
  • artems2006 · 2 days ago
    i've installed ubuntu on winxp sp3
    it worked fine 2 months until now i get an error loading UBUNTU:
    windows is unable to find system file ntoskrnl.exe (text is not exact like this - it is translation from russian)
    windows works without any errors.