Wubi or cd

[quotidian]

I'm looking to install ubuntu onto my laptop along side Win 7 so I don't mess any of my school stuff on my windows partition up with my programming things.

Does wubi actual make another partition or do I need to use the cd ?

 

[quotidian]

Thanks for the replies,

If I installed ubuntu using wubi would I get the same protection from messing up my windows files and programs as it being on a separate partition?