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Burkingam:
You know, I don't understand why we absolutely need to use a USB key or a CD to install Ubuntu on a drive normally. Why isn't there some program to install it directly from windows? I don't see how that would be a problem as long as you install it on another drive than windows.
Bob2004:
--- Quote from: Burkingam on January 25, 2012, 02:31:30 PM ---You know, I don't understand why we absolutely need to use a USB key or a CD to install Ubuntu on a drive normally. Why isn't there some program to install it directly from windows? I don't see how that would be a problem as long as you install it on another drive than windows.
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There is, actually, or at least there used to be. A Windows program called Wubi, which you could install on Windows, and it would download and install Ubuntu for you on another partition. It even had an uninstaller, so you could uninstall Ubuntu again from Windows. It still installed Ubuntu as a totally separate OS, but it was quite convenient.
Duki3003:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer
If you don't want it as a separate OS you can always play with it with VirtualBox.
Burkingam:
I don't want to run Ubuntu along side with Windows. I want to have it installed on my computer but I don't want them to run at the same time. That's what I meant by "install Ubuntu on a drive normally"
kitamesume:
^errr, just do the usual dual boot mode, where you install two OS on one computer and boot on either at start-up...
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