How to migrate from Windows to Ubuntu. (Wubi) allows you to install Ubuntu inside of Windows. Way to rehearse fixing hardware compatibility issues before committing to a full install.

Please refer to: This above Wiki has a downloadable bash script that migrates a Wubi install to a partition. It also has a link to the manual instructions required to migrate a Wubi install, although these are not recommended because the script contains many additional safety checks.

The script does the following: • Checks the current install being migrated e.g. Wubi?, size?, type of grub? • Checks the target partition(s) and swap if included.

The target partitions must be type '83 - Linux', empty and large enough to hold the install being migrated. • Provides feedback to the user of any errors, or notifies the user what changes the script will make and asks the user whether or not they wish to proceed. • Formats the target partition(s), copies the current install to the new migrated install. • Updates the /etc/fstab and enables hibernation (see README notes) • Chroots to the migrated install, removes lupin-support, then generates the grub menu (grub.cfg) and installs the grub2 bootloader if requested. For grub-legacy migrations it replaces grub-legacy with grub2 (on the migrated install only) • Exits chroot, and updates the current installs grub menu to include the migrated install.

The following is based on the README file included with the script: The script is based on the wubi-move-to-partition script from Agostino Russo taken the Wubi Guide (). The first version updated the wubi-move-to-partition script to correct a few problems and deprecated commands, as well as to update it to support Grub2. It only worked on Wubi installs from 9.10 and later. The current version supports Ubuntu installs from 8.04 to 12.10 and adds the following features: • Supports migration of a normal (non-wubi) Ubuntu install. This can be useful to create a working backup, move your installation between computers, or create a working copy to experiment with. • Supports migration of a Wubi install from just the root.disk file (option --root-disk= ). This can be performed from an Ubuntu live CD/USB or another Ubuntu install.

The named root.disk must be a fully-contained, working Wubi install, or if there are separate virtual disks for /home and /usr these must be in the same directory as the root.disk. (This option does not support Wubi with grub-legacy i.e. Originally installed prior to the 9.10 release). • It supports migration of a Wubi or Normal install that uses grub-legacy - however it will replace grub-legacy with Grub2 (only on the migrated install). It does not update the current install's menu.lst so it is recommended to always install the Grub2 bootloader (or modify menu.lst manually). Spring awakening piano conductor score pdf.

• The option --shared-swap can be used if you will be sharing an existing swap partition with another install. It bypasses the 'mkswap' command to avoid modifying the UUID. • It supports the ability to migrate to separate /boot, /usr and /home partitions. • It suppors the ability to synchronize a migrated install (e.g.

For a bootable backup) Usage: sudo bash wubi-move.sh [OPTION] target_partition [swap_partition] e.g. Note: this was from If you use Wubi (the Windows installer) to install Ubuntu, then Ubuntu will be installed inside a disk image file in your Windows partition. The Windows boot loader will be configured to give you a choice between Windows and Ubuntu, and when you select Ubuntu, the disk image inside the Windows partition containing the Ubuntu system will be mounted and used. Once you boot into a Wubi system, no part of the Microsoft Windows operating system is actually running.

But the Wubi system still needs the Windows boot loader to start, and it needs the Windows partition to reside. Therefore, completely removing a Windows system will also remove the Wubi system it contains. If you created a second Windows (NTFS) partition to contain your Wubi disk image, then you could remove Windows and still have the disk image, but you would not have a Windows system to boot into it. Thus, while a severely broken Windows system can effectively host a working Wubi system, Wubi depends on Windows and if you think you may not want to keep Windows, you should strongly consider installing Ubuntu in the standard way (booting from the Ubuntu install CD/DVD or USB flash drive). You can keep your Windows system while installing in this way by telling the installer to install alongside (rather than instead of) the existing operating system. It is possible to, but this is a hassle, and it is probably best to plan ahead so as to avoid having to do so.

There is no c drive. Thats a windows thing. But to get rid of windows, you delete the partition. Make a new one in its place, but leave unallocated space. Use the deja backup tool, run a backup, then get rid of the wubi partition. Create a new partition(ext4 is recommended) and install ubuntu to it. Restore it from the backup of the wubi.