installed ubuntu, now firefox does not work in windows

[Clifford Haynes]

Richard Bourne wrote:

> I reinstalled windows and am going to wait a while before i try and
> play with ubuntu
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:35 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   
>> On 06/25/2008 07:02 PM, Richard Bourne wrote:
>>     
>>> Alright this is how it worked
>>> I tried to boot ubuntu and create a new partition with ubuntu's
>>> partition editor.  failed
>>> i defragmented my HD in windows and tried again failed
>>> I decided to try and use WUBI
>>> wubi worked fine, i was getting ready to reboot into ubuntu but i
>>> thought i would check some of the drivers i would need for wireless.
>>> firefox wasnt working.  then i checked my email to see if that page
>>> still worked.  wasnt working properly.  i reinstalled firefox thinking
>>> that was the problem, still didnt work.  then i thought maybe if i
>>> restarted windows i would have better luck.
>>> Windows shut down never to be able to boot up again.
>>>
>>>       
>> Status? Did you get this sorted out?
>>
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Have been watching this thread for a while.

Here is what I did & I have had no problems with M$ Windows or Ubuntu.

Formatted 350GiB hard drive into 3 partitions.  
Drive C (1st partition of HD 0) Clean install of windows

Drive D (2nd partition of HD 0) used for misc. files & basically storage

Drive E (3rd partition of HD 0) Install of Ubuntu

In drive C of windows,  I made a directory & placed 2 files in it.

The files are:  ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso   AND   Wubi-8.04.exe

Executed Wubi-8.04.exe from that folder.  When asked where to put Ubuntu, I chose Drive E

Now when I turn on my computer, I have the choice of M$ Windows or Ubuntu.

I have been using this set up on another machine as well with no problems for the past 2 months.

Machine #1 is a Compaq Presario, Intel Celeron 2.7 GhZ,  2 GiB ram,  350 GiB hard drive 0 with 

3 partitions (C, D, E) set with cable select.  The CD rom is a generic CD RW 

Machine #2 is home rolled set up, basically the same.

I also have another machine, Dell Optiplex GX1  ...  Set up the same, but using windows 98 & 
a much smaller HD  ...  3GiB

I too had problems at first until I put Ubuntu in it's own partition.

I am a noobee.  If someone has a better way, "lay it on me".

Tnx