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I installed wubi a while ago, but now have dual booted my laptop so have no need for wubi. I am trying to remove/uninstall/etc etc but i cannot. I have followed the instuctions here but to no avail.
Ubuntu is not listed in the add or remove programs and i do not have a C:/ubuntu
Any ideas?
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| Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:43 am Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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Oh yer, i'm using winblob xp pro.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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i'm not that stupid.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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never for a moment thought you were, my "humour" is often lost on people 
Did you specify somewhere other than C:/Ubuntu when you used WUBI? and have you tried the manual method?
I'm merely clutching at straws here as I haven't tried wubi in earnest for quite a while
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| Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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I have searched for any folders called ubuntu in C:/ (the only partition winblob can see) and only found some old iso images.
As i cannot find 'ubuntu' i havn't been able to do the manual (not that i have tried)
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| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:24 am Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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I'm wondering if the installation of a dual boot set-up with the same GRUB has recognised the WUBI installation and deleted that in the process of installing to a separate partition.
Does the GRUB boot menu (/boot/grub/menu.lst) show the WUBI boot option?
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| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:11 am Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 2d9c437a-59fe-4ef9-bf59-142ebcb1d325
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=2d9c437a-59fe-4ef9-bf59-142ebcb1d325 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 2d9c437a-59fe-4ef9-bf59-142ebcb1d325
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=2d9c437a-59fe-4ef9-bf59-142ebcb1d325 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 2d9c437a-59fe-4ef9-bf59-142ebcb1d325
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
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, so no wubi here. When you select Ms winblob another screen loads (providing I haven't hibernatted) and asks me whether i want to load ubuntu 8.10 or MS winblob.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:01 am Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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So it is using the Win boot loader have a look in boot.ini
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| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:10 am Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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As a matter of curiosity, with that option to load UB 8.10, what happens if you select it?
If it doesn't run, perhaps all except the vestigial remains in the boot process have been removed
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:34 pm Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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Erm, interesting story.... I didn't think of doing that dandnsmith.... well.... it sort of just loads a grub screen with some commands at the top.
(eg
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so erm, it may seem that it is not there. Now, how to remove that second boot screen....
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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my current boot.ini file is
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[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /forceresetreg
c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
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So do i just delete the last line? Is there a way to just comment it out without deleteing so if it breaks i still have it?
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject: RE: Uninstall wubi |
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or just use
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bootcfg /delete /ID#
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where ID# is 2?
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