How can I fix 'no wubildr' error in WUBI on Windows 7? [closed]

Solution 1:

I never found a real fix for it when I ran Wubi on my laptop. For me, it came down to finding the version of Wubi/Ubuntu that worked. For example, 10.04 (64-bit) refused to install properly, but 9.10 worked like a trooper (until kernel panicked a few days later, but that's a different story).

"No wubildr" turned out to not be a problem in 9.10 -- I just had to wait a couple minutes and then the loading finished fine.

Strangely, I have no issues running Wubi on my new desktop -- the "no wubildr" error doesn't show up at all.

Solution 2:

It is posible that wubi is looking on the hidden 100MB NTFS partision, that windows 7 some times makes, instead of your C drive. That you are getting two bootloader steps one with Vista options sounds like you have installed grub in the normal fashion. I strongly advice you to use the CD installation for Ubuntu, on this setup, instead of Wubi.