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Trouble of installing Ubuntu into HP dv6

Asked by Chizheng Wang

I bought a new HP laptop, pavilion dv6. I tried to install Ubuntu within Windows. However it show error ,
" Error executing command
>>command=C:\Windows\sysnative\bacdedit.exe/set
{6a9b1377-f698-11e0-bebd-b675bbc43cf8} devide partition=F
>>retval=1
>>stderr=An error has occur setting the element data.
The request is not supported.
>>stdout="
Can anybody help me? Thank you.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you download the Ubuntu desktop ISO, MD5 test it then install daemontools or magicdisk. Mount the ISO and then run the Wubi installer from there.

Personally I'd resize the NTFS partition within Windows7 then install Ubuntu to the new free space.

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Chizheng Wang (chizhengwang) said : 		#2

I tried that way, but failed again. All my disks are dynamic. Will that be the problem?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Possibly, you can always switch back

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Chizheng Wang (chizhengwang) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.