Wubi paranoid friendly?

[scott]

On 12/07/2010 01:15 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I date from the era of vacuum tubes and 026's.
> Though I've programed, I'm a user not a programmer.
> I am a Windows(tm) user who wishes to be a *nix user.
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> I wish to try Ubuntu.
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> Full install OBVIOUSLY *NOT* acceptable ;/
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> Dual boot *NOT* acceptable as it requires repartitioning my hard
> drive. I've had bad experiences with repartitioning.
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> I've already gone the "live" CD/USB route which proves that my
> hardware is minimally compliant
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> !!! *BUT* !!!
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> I'm looking for something indistinguishable from a full install,
> think equivalent of "Turing Test" ;/
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> Basic question is:
> "How does Wubi mess with my hard drive?"
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> I've searched multiple Wubi related pages without an adequate answer.
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WUBI actually installs like any other MS application. It doesn't change 
your partitions on the drive at all. It installs as a single file. You 
can uninstall it the same way you would uninstall any other application.