Problems Installing ubuntu 12.04 with wubi on win8

[akbarrkhan]

from past 3 or 4 days i am really trying hard to install it but the problem is it starts downloading some file of 500 mb + from internet, but the downloading is so slow and after every 5 or 6 hours there is a black out in here so its always interrupted

i heard that there is a bug or some problem with windows 8 installer

can any body suggest me anything how to overcome this problem

[grahammechanical]

The Windows installer is not compatible with Windows 8. It is as simple as that.

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-with-windows

Dual boot. But do your research. Many have problems installing with Windows 8 already on the hard disk. Here are two samples of what to expect:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2179028

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2170615

Regards.

[hakuna_matata]

but the problem is it starts downloading some file of 500 mb + from internet, but the downloading is so slow and after every 5 or 6 hours there is a black out in here so its always interrupted
IMHO slow downloads are not a wubi problem. Wubi works fine on win8 without UEFI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface) and GPT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table). Problem is that a lot of preinstalled win 8 systems use UEFI and GPT and boot loader (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_loader#Modern_boot_loaders) of wubi is not compatible.

If you use wubi on win8 with UEFI and GPT, you can download and run the windows part of installation. After reboot menu entry for Ubuntu runs an incompatible boot loader.

Try dual boot, but I am not sure if that solves your download problems.