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To whom it may concern,

I am having an issue finding a live install iso for Ubuntu that I can boot my daughters laptop with to install Ubuntu again. Her last installation of Ubuntu 12.04 (upgraded from 11.?) crapped out and locked up. I'm in the process of recovering her /home information to my NAS for her to reload her files onto the new hard drive I installed. I can't seem to find an installer without that god awful wubi.exe crap. Can someone please point me to the installer that does not first insist I'm running Winblows first?

I have one, and only one Windows machine that my daughter uses to play SIMS (off the network). Other than that every one of my machines is either Linux (Fedora/Ubuntu) or a Mac (my other daughter). I wouldn't have the Windows machine if she had a Mac too, because SIMS runs on Apple Mac's. Why do these developers not make it more apparent on the download page that this installer is for the starter people who want to test the waters within Windows. I'm not a STARTER Linux user! I want a base OS bootable iso that I can install the latest Ubuntu from. If not, then my daughters laptop's will become Fedora Laptops.

Thank you, Bill

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There are several things you can do with the Ubuntu Desktop version (the *.iso file) that you download from the Ubuntu site here. You can:

  • Run the Wubi installer, to install within Windows
  • Boot a Live CD/USB version where you can boot Ubuntu directly from the CD/USB
  • Install Ubuntu onto the hard disk

When you make a bootable CD/USB with this *.iso file, and:

  • If you insert the CD/USB while you are inside Windows, you'll be presented with the Wubi installer
  • If you boot from that CD/USB as you are starting your machine, you'll be presented with an option to either "Try Ubuntu" or "Install Ubuntu" to the hard disk.

What you're looking for is that last point. So, create a bootable USB/CD from that *.iso file that you downloaded, and insert it into that computer with the RAW disk, and you'll be able to install Ubuntu onto it.

Alaa Ali
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