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Drive on which ubuntu will install.

Asked by Errol

A friend interested me in Ubuntu, so I managed to create a partition on an external disk and designated it the H-drive. Before that, however, I downloaded Ubuntu to my C-drive. Using Ubuntu advice, I made the H-drive a bootable usb ( I think! I am a layman on computers). Once the "booting" program ran, I found I could boot to either Windows or Ubuntu. I therefore assumed that Ubuntu had been installed. But, when I boot to Ubuntu I get an icon "Install Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS. I am now unsure about the state of affairs and would like to know how I can install Ubuntu on my external disk, will it install to the H-drive, or how do I instal it without destroying any other program and data files on either the internal or external disks. Please use laymen terms to help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you use Unetbootin to put the installer on your H:

Is the H: on your internal storage or is it a USB storage?

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Errol (errolhicks) said : 		#2

In answer to your questions, I can unfortunately not remember if I used Unetbootin. Is there some way to check this?
Secondly, the H is on a usb storage. Thanks for reacting.

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Did you use Unetbootin to put the installer on your H:

Is the H: on your internal storage or is it a USB storage?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

As long as you used an application.

Did you MD5 test the ISO you downloaded?

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Errol (errolhicks) said : 		#4

I did use an application. Looking at the files on H I see the tite of 2 text files is "Uni-Usb-Installer" and the application is "wubi". The ubuntu file at present is on my C drive (internal disk). I have an Acer Aspire laptop.

Reading up on "MD5" I see it is a test to check that a file was received intact - no I did not do such a test. Are there programs for that, and di I do it on the ubuntu "download"

Sorry for the time lapse, but was busy.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#5

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