Good evening, I confess, I'm a begineer. I've just heard about Linux and wanted to try it on my just turned Windows 10 PC.     wubi and Windows 10   Yet, I met a first issue with wubi which told me that the Ubuntu 14.04.3 installer cannot download the metalink and therefore the issue. It also gave me a reference to a log file I don't know how to reach! c:\users\antoine\appdata\local\temp\wubi-14.04-rev286.log I am aware that having windows 10 may prevent me to use wubi. The second issue I met was when I tried to install it manually.   Live CD   After having downloaded ubuntu on a CD, I accessed to the boot interface in order to change the booting. After removing the safe-I-don't-know-what I only had three choices of booting IVP4 IVP6 Windows No Cd booting.   Live key   I also have a liveLinux key a friend of mine gave me to help me instal Linux  My questions are: Is there any chance to boot to my CD in order to really install Linux on my device? Is there any way I can install Ubuntu thanks to the wubi? How can install Linux thanks to this key that doesn't have any .iso file?  Thanks for considering my worries!
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I would like to see a full how-to guide on how to install Ubuntu.
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I tried to install 13.04 alongside with Windows 7, but it completely fails and just reboots.  So now I tried to install 12.10, which I have had previous success, fail.  I ran the demo and it worked just fine. It was exactly what I expected.  I used Wubi in Win 7 to install Ubuntu Studio, everything seemed fine until I restarted and was booted into Ubuntu 12.10, not Studio.  I have none of the production software, and the interface is completely different.  How can I get the version of Ubuntu Studio?
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I've got Windows 7 with Wubi 11.10 installed. I would like to upgrade to 12.04 but I'm not sure what the best path would be.  I'm not skilled enough to use Ubuntu all the time, and my iPhone requires me to run some Windows version for the damn iTunes software. I would love to run Windows XP but I can't figure out how to install it via USB -- my computer has no cd drive.  I'd like to run Windows XP and Wubi 12.04 on top of that. Or, perhaps, Ubuntu 12.04 natively and Windows XP alongside of that. So I guess I have 2 questions:   (lazy) Should I upgrade my Wubi from inside Ubuntu, or should I remove Wubi 11.10 from within Windows and install a brand new Wubi 12.04? (proper) How can I install Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04 alongside each other?   Update: I am going to create a separate question post about the above #2 question... I realize it's wrong to ask two questions in one post when they are that different.
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Do you have tips or a guide how to install Ubuntu in Microsoft Virtual PC?  I have found some (older) information, but I wonder if this is still valid. And it looks very "unfriendly".
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So i'm trying to install Ubuntu on my laptop, it seems to work fine until it tries to install grub. I haven't seen progress the past hour and this is the second attempt.  I'm trying to install 13.10, using a Linux Live USB. I don't care about the contents of the laptop.   I've been trying to find instructions about installing grub before starting the installation, hoping that would solve my issues, but I came up empty.  Laptop is 2 years old, it used to run dual-boot windows 7 and Ubuntu. I'm now doing a fresh install of just Ubuntu.  I hope anyone knows how I can find out why it is happening.
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Okay, I apologize if there are similar threads... but I've scoured the internet and never have I run across a helpful answer. So I'll ask here...   I have an old laptop, an Acer Aspire 5515... It was running Vista and was taking 5-10 seconds to just do anything, even as simple as opening a folder. So I decided to install a windows-user-friendly version of Linux - something I've wanted to try for a long time. I ended up settling on Kubuntu because I read somewhere that it's medium-light weight, and good for people used to running windows, after all, I can always replace it with something different later on.   I went to the ubuntu site itself and downloaded  "kubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-am64"  Then the problems started flowing in. Some of it user error I admit... first the CD I got wasn't big enough, then I forgot you can't copy past an iso file, then I couldn't get the Acer to boot from cd drive  Eventually, I fixed these... I burnt the iso image right, used a larger DVD, and changed the bios to boot from the cd. I went to try to just 'try' Kubuntu but that just wasn't working very well, so I just went and tried to go ahead and replace the OS. I knew it would kill everything on the Vista, but I already transferred the files I wanted to keep and the computer was unusable as it was, so I figured why not.   I went through with trying to do the installation, and the first time got to about 80% when I got the Errno 5 Input/Output Error  Alright then... it said something about heat so I placed the computer on a low running box fan as a make shift computer fan (It was getting hot anyway), and I tried again. Made it to about the mid-60s and got the same error.   This time, I went and I double checked the iso... it's indeed the most recent one on the Ubuntu site, and then I used winMd5sum, which says the checksum is correct. I then got another disk and downloaded imgBurn and burnt a new disk at the lowest possible speed (tried for 1x, but it did 2x).   Tried again and it still pulled the same error around the same spot.  So this time at the bootup screen I pressed shift and chose Check for Defects, it returned with Errors found in 1 file  The memtest86 says no errors.  So I'm assuming that means there's a problem with the CD/iso? The check sum was supposedly correct and it was burnt on the lowest possible burn with trusted software. Also, the cd drive works just fine and the disk itself is brand new without a scuff on it.  I'm pretty stumped what to do. I'm going to try to find a cheap flash drive at the dollar store or something to try to boot from USB, but if there is any troubleshooting I could do to get this to work without having to spend money I can't really afford, that'd be really helpful.   As it stands I have a nearly 10-year-old computer with no OS whatsoever on it because the windows section is all deleted, but the Ubuntu section is not fully installed.
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I have installed Ubuntu 20 alongside Windows 10, then removed Ubuntu and grub issues were also solved, now I am unable to install Ubuntu 20 again. I am installing through USB and a black screen comes with some lines.  It is when I am booting the installer. Ubuntu is not installed on my system.
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I am running Windows 10 and am starting to learn how to boot from USB devices.   I have a 16GB USB (USB 3.0) drive and I want to do the following:   Make the 16GB USB drive run Debian Linux. Keep Windows 10 on my C: drive. Not partition my hard drive or set up a dual boot. Run the OS from my USB drive. Let all of my files and programs be saved to the USB (so I don't think that a live OS would be suitable). It should work as though it was a dual boot as in the way files are saved. Make it work on any computer it is plugged in to (assuming the BIOS is compatible).   I already know how to boot from a USB in my BIOS but I am unsure as to where to get an ISO file and how to install it to the USB.
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I have Kali Linux currently running on my laptop. I want to install Windows 7. I don't have CD ROM ,how do I make bootable USB having Windows ISO?   Which software will help me?  Or just how to make usb bootable?  I want to install Windows 7 again.
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is a tool that let you install Grub on a USB flash drive. I really like it because it lets me boot from ISO files and let me put a bunch of ISOs on my USB and choose which one to boot.  The problem is, this is a Windows tool, and I don't know how to do it through the command lines. I would also like to know how to install Grub (2) this way, Grub Legacy seems to be easier...  EDIT: I'm not asking for a tool (and definitely not a Windows tool). I want to know the commands that I have to execute to have the same effects. I'm having Ubuntu in my mind right now, but if there is a general way that I can boot any ISO in the USB then that would be better.
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I am trying to install a fresh version of Ubuntu in my computer without touching the windows 10 dual boot! In the Installation Type, the first option seems exactly what i wanted to do.  My question is, is this feature is safe to use? because i don't want to lose any windows files and other NTFS partitions on the hard-disk. Please eliminate my confusion. Note as that i dont need any files or media which are in the ubuntu partition, Thanks.
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I have the Ubuntu 11.10 ISO downloaded but I want to install the Wubi for some specific reasons. When I do the click on the Wubi installer, it starts downloading files. Since I already have the ISO with me, is it possible to make use of this ISO during the installation?
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Alright so my computer is 64-bit and I only want to use Linux to install Steam, play Team Fortress 2 and get that penguin item but It's not working out for me. The version of Ubuntu I installed was the "Wubi.exe" which let's me use it along with Windows. But when I get it up and download the Steam .deb file, it tells me "Wrong Architecture 'i386'". What do I have to do to run Ubuntu alongside windows without using a CD/USB stick?
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I have been trying for a week to install (not live cd) Ubuntu on an external drive.  I am totally new to Linux and would love to try it out. That's why I want to install it on an external drive and not dual boot.   I used two USBs, one with a live Linux system, and another to install it onto. I chose the boot location as the external hard drive when installing Linux. But when I boot the PC (without the drive inserted)  GRUB appears and stays there. However when the drive is inserted and I boot the PC GRUB appears and gives me the option to go to Ubuntu.   So it seems as if Ubuntu is installed on the USB, but something important for booting seems to be installed on the PC and therefore when I use the drive on a different PC it doesn't boot (which is the main reason I'm installing Linux).   Please help me fix this!
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I've posted a question  that I have a 32bits windows 7 on a dual boot machine with ubuntu 10.04 upgraded to 11.04. From the responses I had from the questions, I decided to reinstall the windows 7 but this time a 64bits version.  I've install the grub on the first section of the HDD on which ubuntu is install, meaning the 2nd Drive.  I still want guidance before I proceed.  What would you suggest me as best way to achieve that without disturbing the boot loading.  thank you for reading this.
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I have installed Ubuntu several times on my thumb drive. First times were on 8 GB thumb drives. I noticed I could not save anything as when I rebooted, it was all gone.  So, I got a 30 GB drive, tried installing again... and same thing.  Now I've found out I am running a LIVE version... not actually an installation.  So, for the somewhat novice who cannot do command-line installs,  step by step is there a way to install ubuntu-12.04.3-desktop-i386.iso using, unetbootin-windows-585.exe to a 30 GB USB stick using my Windows 7 machine?
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I recently installed 12.04 using WUBI installer in a separate partition. Because of some problem, I had to reinstall my Windows.   Now the problem is that my Windows has recovered, but Ubuntu is not showing up at the boot menu, even though the Ubuntu partition is intact.