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Various tools are also available to perform full [[dual-boot]] installations from existing platforms without a CD, most notably:

* The (now deprecated) [[Wubi (installer)|Wubi installer]], which allows Windows users to download and install [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] or its derivatives into a FAT32 or an NTFS partition without an installation CD, allowing users to easily dual boot between either operating system on the same hard drive without losing data. Replaced by [[Ubiquity (software)|Ubiquity]].

* [[Win32-loader (Debian)|Win32-loader]], was in the process of being integrated ininto official Debian CDs/DVDs but has been discontinued.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Cyril Brulebois |title=Debian Installer Trixie RC 1 |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/05/msg00003.html |website=lists.debian.org |publisher=Debian |access-date=28 June 2025 |language=en-US |date=17 May 2025}}</ref> It allowed Windows users to install [[Debian]] without a CD, though it performs a network installation and thereby requires repartitioning<ref name="lHWXD">{{cite web |author=Debian Webmaster|url=http://packages.debian.org/testing/win32-loader |title=Debian - Details of package win32-loader in Lenny |publisher=Packages.debian.org |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605104509/http://packages.debian.org/testing/win32-loader |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[UNetbootin]], which allows Windows and Linux users to perform similar no-CD network installations for a wide variety of Linux distributions and additionally provides [[live USB]] creation support