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I'm currently running Windows 7 and decided to dual-boot with Ubuntu. I made a different partition (by referring to a tutorial).

The disk management window looks like: enter image description here

Once I boot it from my optical drive, it says:

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I can't see an option to install Ubuntu alongside Windows so I thought of trying to make it manually. The problem is that it doesn't recognize either the unallocated free space or the Windows partition space.

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What should I do?

Edit: I have seen the link in the answer to "Installing Ubuntu alongside windows 8.1", but it is quite complicated and I'm not very experienced at partitioning.

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  • similar question askubuntu.com/questions/412648/…
    – JoKeR
    Jan 29, 2014 at 16:58
  • Answer to that question is quite complicated as Im not a professional in partinioning.
    – user240179
    Jan 29, 2014 at 17:19
  • Hi! Could you please post a screen after selecting the last option, which is Something else.
    – AzkerM
    Jan 29, 2014 at 17:43
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    Refer to the official GPT fdisk website.. It has a tutorial on how to achieve this.
    – AzkerM
    Jan 29, 2014 at 18:38
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    I don't know if Im blind but it doesn't say anything about commands all it says - consult with....
    – user240179
    Jan 29, 2014 at 19:20

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You can't simply install Ubnutu on a GUID Parted Table that is GPT in short which is commonly used by Windows 7, 8... If you want to install Ubuntu on a GPT disk (you can check it via the sudo parted -l command), you will need either an EFI partition (if your BIOS is setup in EFI mode) or a BIOS-Boot partition (if your BIOS is setup in Legacy mode). How to create a boot partition provided in this documentation.

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  • Ok, can you explain how do I do it? Im like a noob.. :D I guess installing on a GPT disk is a more secure way without losing any data. Anyways, as you said, I've tried to check it via the sudo parted -1. As I understood I needed to type it in the Terminal. However, CTRL+ALT+T does not bring it...
    – user240179
    Jan 29, 2014 at 17:40
  • it doesn't matter in secure ways on a non-GPT is much easier to install it. During installation choose try Ubuntu and after it loads you must able to run Terminal Ctrl+Alt+T or try Alt+F2, F1 if it won't start but it's should start, notice system will be a little more slower in test mode.
    – JoKeR
    Jan 29, 2014 at 17:51
  • Ok, so I've tried it and here what it says imgur.com/cNXlxCt After this I rebooted and nothing has changed. :/
    – user240179
    Jan 29, 2014 at 18:09
  • it's sudo parted -l not "-1"
    – JoKeR
    Jan 29, 2014 at 18:15
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    @Rmano I see that but still tried to provide a solution even though indeed it's not that easy.
    – JoKeR
    Jan 29, 2014 at 19:11

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