Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 *NOT WUBI*
Why Ask Ubuntu recommends it
Ask Ubuntu answerers point people to it as a step-by-step guide when someone asks whether and how to install Ubuntu alongside Windows.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2012 to 2012.
What it is
A short screencast tutorial showing how to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 using a proper partitioned install rather than Wubi. It walks through burning the ISO, setting the BIOS boot order and installing Ubuntu next to Windows, and warns about the four-partition limit on the disk.
What people said
Recommends Pranit Bauva · 2012-08 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Can I install Ubuntu on My Windows 7”
Yes, it is very safe. You will have to dual boot your system. Visit this for how to install it. [LINK] This video can help you in this. [this video]
Recommends Simon Hoare · 2012-09 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Cannot install LibreOffice”
This is a great tutorial on Youtube about dual-booting. [this video] If you follow his instructions to the letter (don't pick "install alongside Windows") , everything will go swimmingly.
Cites user116828 · 2012-12 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Windows 8 not booting any more”
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 8 after this guide [this video] . Now I can't boot Windows 8 any more. When I choose it in the GRUB screen, it shows me some kind of error, and after pressing enter it says: "A disk reading error ocurred, press ctrl+alt+del to reboot". When I reboot, it's just the same again. Ubuntu is booting normally...