Wubi error during 11.10 installation "error executing command"

Asked by Zachariah Hodges

I am trying to install wubi/ubuntu 11.10 into windows but i always get an "error executing command" error. I tried it with the "wubi.exe" file on ubuntu.com and also through a burned dvd from the .iso file off the site.
The error occurs at the end of the install.
In my settings, I have tried it on both of the partitions on my hard drive (the windows partition [C:], and the partition for my documents). I set the size to about 20GB and have tried installing Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu from the "wubi.exe" file with the same results. Every time it fails, the next time I try it tells me to uninstall first so I uninstall then install again. I have also tried restarting and downloading more "wubi.exe" files in case the download corrupted it but I still get the error.
I took a screenshot of the error and uploaded it to tinypic
http://tinypic.com/r/dhct9k/5
http://i39.tinypic.com/dhct9k.png

On a side note, I tried installing Kubuntu from boot earlier and when it was at the partition page it automatically selects the whole hard drive to format. I chose "manual" to fix that but the unallocated space on my HDD says "unusable space" in the Kubutu partition manager. I couldn't get beyond that screen since I do not want to get rid of my windows install.

Thank you so much for your help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Did you MD5 test the ISO you downloaded?

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Zachariah Hodges (iamepyon) said :
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I just did to the ubuntu ISO. It says the check sums are the same.
http://i41.tinypic.com/ztbwxd.png

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mycae (mycae) said :
#3

You may need to run the program in administrator mode - windows is denying you access to the bootloader.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/error-the-boot-configuration-data-store-could-not/9e995bc8-141c-4ed0-9b17-2dbe92369202

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bcbc (bcbc) said :
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See this for how to fix it. (It's a windows problem) http://askubuntu.com/questions/73585/wubi-installer-error

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