unetbootin VS wubiuefi

Use a tool like Rufus or UNetbootin to create a live USB stick.

format your USB drive and then you can retry with your software again, or you can try with a piece of software I know works successfully. https://unetbootin.github.io/

Linux on a USB large enough to hold your files. Linux does not care what OS made the file. You mat be able to Boot from the USB. Access the BIOS and try it. UNetbootin can also be used to load various system utilities. https://unetbootin.github.io/

I think UNetbootin could create a bootable installer directly from your current drive.

This is what you want. Bootcamp is the old way to do it. You want to use This for making a usb

use rufus or unetbootin to make setup the drive

You want to test out? Get a live image. You can put it on a bootable flash drive, too (e.g., unetbootin). Changes to the computer then require your explicit consent. (If the Ubuntu partition is encrypted, you might not access the data from an other Linux except with the credentials, though.)

It has a fork for UEFI systems but it's also not updated anymore https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi Though it still works more or less

wubi was also awesome letting install and use Ubuntu as a single file on your Windows drive

There is a modern fork which more or less works https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi

Looks like someone already did! https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/releases

Went down a rabbit hole clicking that link and discovered a modern fork of it that still works today! https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi

Link: https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi

I wish Ubuntu didn't kill Wubi tho. We used that at my first workplace on laptops with Windows and it was so damn good. There is a new fork [0] but it's a hit and miss with modern UEFI and especially with Windows 11 (had to use it for some reason). And other distros never had an option like this afaik, none does as of today. But I know it's all about Docker, VMs, or WSL nowadays yet Wubi covered a niche segment which was pefect.

0, https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi

Wubi. It creates an iso inside your partition and you can delete it without any hassle. It's a little slower than running on bare metal though.

If you have Windows installed, you can try WubiUEFI (if you have a UEFI system). It installs like any other windows app and can be removed if needed. https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/releases/tag/20044r344

Yeah ther's a new version of it https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi .