Wubi installer vs live CD

[Ryan Gauger]

I will add to that real quick: it is installed as a Windows app, but is loaded and run from the Windows boot loader. Ubuntu (if installed using WUBI) is uninstalled as a Windows app, just as it is installed.

On Jul 4, 2012, at 3:41 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> Tim Frost wrote:
>> - wubi lets you run windows and fire up Ubuntu as a windows app
>> - installation from a CD means you have to reboot every time you want
>> to switch OS
> 
> Not exactly (unless things have changed recently). With Wubi you install 
> Ubuntu on the Windows partition and you start it via the Windows boot 
> loader. However it is not run as a Windows application, it is merely 
> another way of a dual boot system (Windows boot loader instead of GRUB). 
> IMHO there is only one problem with Wubi. The Ubuntu installation is on 
> a virtual partition, i.e. a big file on your Windows partition. If you 
> mess up your Windows partition (e.g. due to a virus) and you reinstall 
> Windows, you automatically loose your entire Ubuntu installation.
> 
> 
> Nils
> 
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