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The file i download is winrar file after extracting i get this..
So clearly something is wrong with your original .iso file or you made the image incorrectly.
Please try downloading Ubuntu from the official source: https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop again so you know you have a real copy.
https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop again so you know you have a real copy.
This is what I see if I run Windows with an Ubuntu 16.10 disk inserted in a DVD drive, yours is version 16.04 in a USB socket but it should look almost identical.
So clearly something is wrong with your original .iso file or you made the image incorrectly.
Please try downloading Ubuntu from the official source: https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop again so you know you have a real copy.
Reformat your USB stick make sure the size after formatting is the size of your stick. It is possible to hide partitions on a stick which are invisible to Windows but use up some of the space and make it unavailable. You want all the space to be available, Ubuntu will partition it automatically during the install.
When you have done that, boot the computer from the USB stick. Remember that Linux is not a program, you don't select it in Windows and run it like you normally do, it is a complete alternative to Windows and does not need Windows to even be on your computer at all. You certainly have booted your computer before, you do it every time you turn it on. Booting is the process where the computers hardware searches for and loads the operating system then transfers control to it. On your present computer, when you switch it on, the hardware finds your hard disk, looks for an OS and finds Windows, it loads Windows (part of it) to the computer memory then runs it. What you have to do is tell it to look in another place for the OS, your USB stick. There it will find Linux OS and load that instead. Normally, your computers hardware will give you an option to boot from different devices if you press a key just after switching on, the key is different from one computer to another but F2, F12 or the Delete key are the ones usually used. Look for a message flashing up on your screen for just a few seconds after switching on, it will tell you which key to press. Look carefully, the message may only flash up very quickly!
Brian.
i found this after searching .img file is this file we need to write in usb stick???
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