Wubi does not start in win7 64 bit

Question

I have win7 64 bit and wish to install ubuntu 12.04 via wubi. Seemingly I am unable to run wubi installer.

1. Made wubi installer as vista compatible.
2. Put the iso & wubi in the same folder.
3. Tried using the --force method.

In the log file it says to look for kubuntu alternate cd & cannot find it

Maybe python variable are active or how could i delete them.

Any help - much appreciated

Solution 1

I recently faced a similar problem but I figured out what's wrong

What I did was checked the temp dir(run>temp) and checked the logs file with notepad. (and recently found that WUBI checks iso file(any) in your hard disk)

In my case there was a iso file in my drive (E:/matrix_path_of_neo.iso) and WUBI tried to consider it as an Ubuntu iso.(I don't now if its a kind of bug)

I simply just renamed the file format of the file which was in E drive (.iso to .iso1) and this solves my problem as WUBI does not recognised it as a iso file.

So if you try to check the log file and read out the errors and try to solve it as I mentioned above this will work 100% of the time from my experience.

Solution 2

The latest version of wubi is compatible with windows 7. So no need to change the comparability.

• Get latest wubi here (For installation of 12.04).
• Download correct version of ubuntu.

More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide

ubuntu download links → http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Comments

[bcbc]

Post the log file or pastebin it so we can see.

[ASSAD]

I HAVE DOWNLOADED THE CORRECT VERSION - EVEN DONE MD5 HASH ALSO. BUT EVEN THEN IT DOES NOT START AT ALL I HAVE HAD LINUXMINT MINT4WIN INSTALLER FOR MINT 12 - IT WORKED PROPERLY. BUT NOT THIS WUBI.

[Web-E]

can you please turn off CAPS LOCK ? Note that you need a DESKTOP CD ISO. A DVD ISO may not work. Alternate ISO files are not supported. Which file have you downloaded? 32bit version or 64bit version?

[ASSAD]

its 32 & 64 bit desktop iso. got wubi as well. as i told you in the log file in temps directory it seems to look for kubuntu alternate 64 bit cd iso.