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[wubi] wubi won't boot nor will Win 7. Win 8 works fine

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I have an HPE h8-1360t with dual boot windows 8 and windows 7. I just now downloaded and installed wubi. Now when I try to boot ubuntu for the first time I get "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer. 2. Choose your language settings and click next. 3. Click "Repair your computer." If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance. File: \ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr Status: 0xc000007b (Hardware)

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Submitted by linuxfan on 12/03/2012

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ubuntu wont boot up after I installed Windows 8. get this error

Windows Failed to start. " A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.

It seems that after I ran WUBI in Windows 8 that everything was correctly installed. The problem I have is when I re-boot, Windows loads some sort of boot manager that asks me what OS I want to boot from. When I select UBUNTU, I'm getting error messages. Here is what my screen says: Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software issue is the cause.

i have tried several times to install ubuntu using wubi, i can't use a disc as i have a notebook computer and there is no optical drive.

the download and installation all seem to work well but whenever i try to boot ubuntu at the windows 7/ubuntu menu it comes up with this error screen.

I have used both the C: drive and the D: drive to install Ubuntu several times each, it's always unsuccessful.

Can I use a Windows 7 system restore disc and system image disc (of Windows drive C) to restore WUBI if my computer crashes? I use Deja Dup for backups, and have a CD of the WUBI .iso installation file?

I don't want to run Ubuntu in a separate partition because I find it convenient to run Ubuntu as a WUBI because I can use Windows drivers etc.

Thanks for any advice.

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