Wubi Thinks it is Missing installation.iso

[SeanFromIT]

I didn't boot to Ubuntu for some months, when I did the other day it suddenly thought it needed to complete an installation and was missing installation.iso. So I uninstalled, downloaded the latest ubuntu desktop image and wubi, and re-installed. The fresh install is throwing the same installation.iso error. When I look, there is a C:\ubuntu\install\installation.iso. Why am I getting this error?

[bcbc]

I'm not sure, but I'd run chkdsk from windows and defragment (wubi relies on the host file system being clean) - plus if you can boot an Ubuntu live CD and run the bootinfoscript (http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/) the results might help figure out what the problem is.

[SeanFromIT]

File system is clean, chkdsk found nothing. It looks like the "partition" wubi makes is not being seen. I tried installing off of a burned installation.iso and all I see are the NTFS partitions.

Boot Info Script 0.60 from 17 May 2011


============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.

sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type ''
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2 206,848 488,394,751 488,187,904 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)