Can I use Wubi to instal Utubu and then get rid of windows?

Question

I am having problems with my widows installation and I'm having problems with getting a new installation. So please don't say "don't get rid of windows." It is the entire point of my question.

Answer 1

Hi, I am a Linux user. Wubi is just for trying out Ubuntu. You can't get rid of Windows this way.

After burning a successful disc image with no errors on it Run Ubuntu in live cd. I am assuming u already tried it, liked it, and Linux ran well on ur hardware. When u start Ubuntu installation then get rid of all partitions. Now Windows will no longer be on ur hard disk.

Partitioning ur hard disk is a bit tricky in Linux. Assume u have a 100gb hard disk.

1.The first partition is called the root partition. It has a mount point of "/" and uses the ext3 file system. Make this partition of 20gb maximum. This is where Linux and all its updates will be installed.

2.The second partition will be ur home partition with a mount point of "/home" and uses the ext3 file system. This partition can be made of 78 gb. This is ur home partition where u keep all ur stuff like music etc and some of ur programs will be installed here.

3.Now 2gb is left, make this a swap partition with the mount point "swap". This is like extra ram and 2gb is what most people keep. This partition is also there for ur power management options like suspend to disk in Linux which is hibernate in Windows and deep sleep in OS X.

The rest of the installation is pretty simple. If u have any questions u may ask me or some one on yahoo answers or u can visit http://www.ubuntuforums.org

I hope I helped, welcome to Linux.

Good Luck and take care!

Answer 2

I've installed Ubuntu and Kubuntu 7.04 by booting of the CD and following the wizard. It should require you to have to use any other software. Note that it'll delete your hard drive totally so I hope you already backed up your files that you need.



if ever you want to have windows back running with your UBUNTU, use VMWare to create a virtual instance of it. Works well together (i have windows host and kubuntu as guest though).



Good luck!

Answer 3

wubi installs ubuntu 7.4 alongside of windows so when you bootup you can choose which OS you want to play on.

The only way I know I do see on ubuntu site you can put on another partition with a livecd but Im not that smart. here is wubi installer but it wont get rid of windows http://wubi-installer.org/index.php

Answer 4

ok. #a million) you'll want a domicile windows 7 dvd #2) Make the CD because the boot device to load the domicile windows setup procedure. this is diverse counting on your computing device yet usuall calls for you to press F1, F2, DEL, etc on your keyborad as your pc boots. #3) Run by ability of the domicile windows procedure and format the force that has Linux

Answer 5

You can, by using LVPM to transfer ubuntu to a dedicated partition, then using a gparted cd to stretch the ubuntu partition to use the entire hard drive