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    [Installation] Kubuntu created a new drive

    I downloaded Kubuntu 17.04 .iso file with the intention to make a bootable USB to test drive Kubuntu. But at the end of the download I noticed K had also created a new drive with variou folders such a preseed, pool, isolinux, etc.
    Why was that? What do I do next?

    I run a Win 8.1/64-bit PC, 6 Gb Ram, intel core i7.
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    If all you have done is downloaded an ISO in Windows then Kubuntu has done nothing. Maybe Windows has mounted the iso file somehow?

    There are instructions on how to make a bootable USB stick here: https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutoria...k-on-windows#0 Just load the ISO you want.

    Once you've done that, restart the computer with the stick in and away you go.
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      #3
      How did you download the file? From what site?
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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        #4
        Originally posted by Snowhog View Post
        How did you download the file? From what site?
        I downloaded it from https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/
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          Thanks Bings. I could not find that page on my own (duh) so I appreciate your pointing me to it.
          What should I do with that mysteriously created drive: I suppose I can just delete everything on it & eliminate it?
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            Did you you use a download utility from within Windows, or just navigate to the file using a browser and click on the .iso to initiate the download?
            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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              #7
              Originally posted by Snowhog View Post
              Did you you use a download utility from within Windows, or just navigate to the file using a browser and click on the .iso to initiate the download?
              I went to the web page with the browser & clicked on the "download" button.
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                #8
                I looked into the drive in more detail: it is a CDFS (CD File System) drive called Kubuntu & it is on my hard drive. I tried to delete this volume using Windows's Disk Management tool, but in the right-click context menu the "delete volume" option is greyed out, meaning it cannot be deleted. BTW, the .iso image is in my Downloads folder.

                I googled for it but there does not seem a solution. I do not understand why the Kubuntu download does this, but it is something I would expect from Microsoft or Google, but not from a Linux distro.
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                  #9
                  Kubuntu doesn't "do" this. Windows has done it. You're not running Kubuntu, you're running Windows. Kubuntu, as it is on your computer right now, is only a disc image. It's not "doing" anything except taking up space.

                  Maybe you're not googling the right question: https://www.digitalcitizen.life/intr...-file-explorer

                  Please Read Me
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