Wubi

Dual boot problem

Asked by hugh f

Running Vista and Ubuntu :both OS worked well. Yesterday upgraded Ubuntu with the Update Manager and now cannot launch Ubuntu at all.The choice of Vista or Ubuntu is there but when choosing Ubuntu the system reverts to back to the dual boot choice after going throught Bios start.Any suggestions ? Thanks.(Question 137557)
This is the same problem that I have, but what I did was to remove Ubuntu from within windows (this is on a acer laptop) then I try to reinstall it from the 10 4 disc at the set up stage where it ask for username and password it puts in a username but when I try to put in a password it says that the password does not match, now the problem is there is no password on the computer that I know of for windows, and the only one that was on ubuntu before this happened was the username that I had to use at the start up which I have tried but does not help, how came I get around this problem or find the password that it seem to have, so I can enter the same to get ubuntu to reinstall.
Regards Hugh

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#1

Did you installed Ubuntu ?:
   inside a Windows partition (project Wubi)
   side by side with Windows in its dedicated partition (packet Ubiquity)

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hugh f (hfegan) said : 		#2

Yes Delance
It was ubuntu through wubi that was installed before this happened and I am trying to reinstall it again, also when I tried to install it from the live cd it is telling me that ubuntu 10 4 is installed on my HD but I do not get the grub option to run ubuntu at start up. Hope this information is of some help if not ask again

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Best bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#3

When you uninstalled Ubuntu from Control panel, it completely removes the Ubuntu installation. So there is no password stored anywhere. When you reinstall, there are two password boxes and they have to match... that's likely the problem you have.

When you reinstall do not update packages grub-pc and grub-common. That's likely what broke your previous Ubuntu install. See this thread for Wubi issues and resolutions: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639198

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hugh f (hfegan) said : 		#4

Yes thank you delance and bcbc there is enough information here I think to solve my problem, but I have not done anything yet, after reading through it I think the fix is there so I am saying Problem solved

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hugh f (hfegan) said : 		#5

Thanks bcbc, that solved my question.