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How is Wubi different from dual-booting or a VM image?

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The only difference that I see between regular dual-booting and Wubi is that the latter has a more user-friendly installation process, but otherwise it seems to be the same. Am I missing something here? What makes it so special? Edit: If the file system is emulated, then how is it different from ru…

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wubi install doesn't require you to create partitions - that's a major distinction. The filesystem under a wubi install is contained in a single file. Because of the emulated filesystem-in-a-file, there might be performance differences, and lack of …

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