Convert Wubi To Full Install

But still, depending on the version you are using and the hardware / model you have, you might need all or some of the steps provided in this answer. Jan 13, 2018 - You want to install Ubuntu on your Windows. Or even do a full install for. The easiest way to use / test Ubuntu providing you are not running windows 8 is Wubi. I've heard you can convert a Wubi install to a full blown install using LVPM. I was lazy when I installed Ubuntu at work and used Wubi.

Possible Duplicate: 12.04 LTS wubi 'F: image on partition' and 'windows7 on C: ' Wanted to test before using full install. However I kinda customized the looks and got lots of SW installed and now I don't like the idea of reinstalling the whole thing all over again:D.

Due to previous cloning my broken 320GB HDD to 500GB HDD I had ca. Anthem Black Uhuru Rar more. 180GB unallocated which I made as NTFS and it's drive F.

I would like to make that drive ext with full ubuntu 12.04 but I'd like, if possible, to make my current wubi installation a full one. Now I read that it's possible to migrate wubi to full. Is it safe with Grub and windows 7 installed? Is there alternative how to keep all the installation/current state of ubuntu and get it to the new full install?

You should be able to use tar to backup your /home, /etc, /usr, /bin, /sbin, /lib directories. Failed To Load Hardware Monitor Driver Msi more. After the new install you can then extract the 'tarred' files to the proper directories. Adapted from user Heliodode on Ubuntu Forums: Hi, and welcome to the Heliode guide to successful backing-up and restoring of a Linux system! Edited out: interesting but unneeded banter. 1: Backing-up Edit: more banter To do this, become root with sudo su and go to the root of your filesystem (we use this in our example, but you can go anywhere you want your backup to end up, including remote or removable drives.) cd / Now, below is the full command I would use to make a backup of my system: tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys / Edit add: The file you create will be very large.

Cisco 3750 Switch Ios For Gns3 Lab on this page. You may wish to direct this backup to an external device. If you do then change the file name (backup.tgz) to /media/ external-device/backup.tgz. Then, exclude the /media directory ` --exclude=/media Now, lets explain this a little bit. The 'tar' part is, obviously, the program we're going to use. 'cvpfz' are the options we give to tar, like 'create archive' (obviously), 'preserve permissions'(to keep the same permissions on everything the same), and 'gzip' to keep the size down.