Since most laptops come with preformed partitions and manufacturer recovery partition, Linux newbies like me, who are not full-time Linux users, but love its beauty & concept and want to enjoy it risk-free, find wubi as a life-saver. My question is to know if wubi will continue to be a safe and dependable way of installing and using Ubuntu, long-term.
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2Hi and welcome to AskUbuntu. The question you have posted does not fall in the scope of questions discussed here. Please refer to the [FAQ] to see what kind of questions you can ask here. Regards. – Nitin Venkatesh Feb 23 '12 at 20:48
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Sorry, I might not have worded it right. Just looking for an answer to: Will wubi harm my Win 7 PC is I use it a few hrs a day, long term. Reformatting the existing partitions or disturbing a functional manufacturer's recovery partition is not an option for me! Thanks. – Linux-Fan Feb 23 '12 at 23:13
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Please write a new question with your concern, some one is bound to answer it as I think it definitely falls within the scope of the site :) Also, this question might provide some insight - What's the difference between a Wubi install and a regular installation? – Nitin Venkatesh Feb 24 '12 at 00:31
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Wubi (Windows Based Ubuntu Installer) is just an alternative to users that want to install Ubuntu from Windows. It is one method of installing Ubuntu, there others being Ubuntu from a LiveCD, LiveUSB, Via Network, Via cloning and any other way of installing Ubuntu.
Wubi is not a standard but a way of installing Ubuntu. And from my experience is the last one I would recommend since installing any distro inside the windows partition limits a lot of stuff and from time to time Wubi has been known to create installing/booting problems for Ubuntu in comparison to the LiveCD/LiveUSB ways of installing it which are more safe and less prone to problems.
In the long run you will still be able to use Wubi to install Ubuntu.
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