wubi installation help

[pow155]

Hi, I download wubi 8.10 and install on my c drive. After rebooting my computer, ubuntu froze on formatting swap space in partition. I then uninstall wubi and defrag my c drive and reinstall wubi. After reboot, same thing happen? Is there a way to fix this? Thanks
another question: I'm currently trying out the read only demo. In the read only demo, on the desktop, there is a install icon. Does this install file permanently convert my computer to linux? I wanted to try linux first before making the switch.

[inobe]

welcome to ubuntu forums

it may appear to be frozen when it's actually doing something.


how long have you waited, it does take a wile !

[pow155]

i waited for at least 30 min. After 30min, it is still at 0%, formatting swap space in partition.

[pow155]

problem fixed... I manage defrag my c drive again and the installation works.
How do I access the files that are on window xp on wubi? or is there no way to access those files once I'm in wubi?