What's wrong with Wubi install?

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I have a Windows 7 32 bit (Home Premium) on my HP Laptop. I decided to take the easy way to install Ubuntu and that is by using Wubi.

Having gone over a few tutorials on Wubi, I decided to let it do its task.
I let it install. I saw the Ubuntu option during boot and hence I selected it and pressed enter.

I saw the Ubuntu purple screen and then my screen went black. All the other lights in the laptop were on. The volume rocker, the wifi, power and so on. I let it sit for about 15 mins but since I did not get any response whatsoever, I had to forcefully shut it down.

Dismissing it as a fluke, I restarted the laptop and repeated the same procedure. I got the same result.

Well, what made it go wrong ?
For now, I have uninstalled it with the hope of reinstalling it once I know what went wrong.

That doesn't answer my question. Which Ubuntu OS are you trying to load with Wubi, 12.04, 12.10, or 13.04? — Thomas Ward, Sep 30 '13 at 02:40
@ThomasW. Sir, I am not doing anything apart from double-clicking the wubi.exe that I downloaded from site :) — An SO User, Sep 30 '13 at 08:32
@LittleChild - what version of Ubuntu did you download - the site offers 12.04 & 13.04 - it also offers 32bit and 64bit. Please add to your question what you downloaded. Thanks. — fossfreedom, Sep 30 '13 at 11:07
@fossfreedom here you go http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer It is 12.04 LTS I believe :) — An SO User, Sep 30 '13 at 12:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 29 '13 at 16:55

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WUBI is not supported with 13.04 and the newer versions. It's also not available with UEFI or windows 8. More here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-with-windows

answered Sep 29 '13 at 16:55

Pavak Paul

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