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I downloaded the Ubuntu ISO, burned it to a disk and rebooted my computer to run Wubi. My first issue was that before the Wubi options came up, it said Error: Prefix not set.



I tried the second option (Install Ubuntu), but that kept giving me a black screen, where nothing was happening, so I manually restarted my computer. I then went into the first option (Try Ubuntu without installing), and from there chose the Install Ubuntu program.



However, now that it's installed (and my C: drive has been shrunk), the Windows bootloader doesn't come up to give me the option of booting into Ubuntu.



Any ideas?



Also, I'm running Windows 7, 64 bit.



EDIT: It doesn't show Ubuntu as being installed in Add/Remove programs, but my C: drive has definitely shrunk. There's also no C:Ubuntu. I'm starting to think it didn't get installed or something. Is there a way to reclaim the space into my C: drive and restart the installation?



EDIT2: Apparently it created a partition? Here's what disk manager says: http://files.droplr.com/files_production/acc_1820/pKhU?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJSVQN3Z4K7MT5U2A&Expires=1338226683&Signature=JR2w%2FzC023uCFMqCE407EVRrfuU%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3D%22Screenshot+on+5.29.2012+at+1.36.58+AM.png%22


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The best way for installing Ubuntu is a separate partition. You may do a control of the actual situation. Download Gparted (it is for free) http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php, burn it to a disc, and boot you computer from this disc. This will give you an idea what is going on. You can make a separate partition for ubuntu (ext4) and a swap (max. 2Gb), and install Ubuntu in this partition. See here: http://opensource-sidh.blogspot.com/2011/10/install-ubuntu-1110-and-windows-dual.html


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