Installation of Ubuntu dually with Windows 7 using wubi

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i am Jay.. i've been trying to install ubuntu dually with windows 7 using wubi.

this error message pops " could not retrieve the required disk image files "

here's the log file> c:\users\jay-o\appdta\local\temp\wubi-12.04-rev266.log

i took the following steps in attempting the installation:

downloaded the wubi.exe file from https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
converted the .exe file to .iso since the error message above popped
moved both of the to an empty file
ran the installation as administrator
tried getting help from you.

Also 12.04 expires in April, so best to install 16.04 or 14.04. Also most Windows 7 installs used all 4 primary BIOS/MBR partitions, if so: http://askubuntu.com/questions/149821/my-laptop-already-has-4-primary-partitions-how-can-i-install-ubuntu — oldfred, Feb 15 '17 at 14:34
Where did you find a link at https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop for a wubi.exe ? Currently, there are linked downloads for 16.04.1 LTS and 16.10 which don't contain a wubi.exe. Possible duplicate of is there a replacement for Wubi — ngng, Feb 15 '17 at 22:48

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '17 at 14:05

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Wubi installs are no longer supported.

Use the standard Ubuntu installer to install Ubuntu either by itself, or in a dual-boot configuration. You could also install Virtualbox into Windows, and Ubuntu into Virtualbox.

answered Feb 15 '17 at 14:05

heynnema

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See this link and links from it for more details, https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2229766 – sudodus Feb 15 '17 at 15:13

Installation of Ubuntu dually with Windows 7 using wubi

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