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I tried to look it up on the forum but I can't find a solution. I just got a PC laptop (I come from Mac…) installed Win7 and partition my hd in 3 parts, one for Win7, one unformatted for Ubuntu, and one NTFS for data. The Ubuntu installer doesn't recognize the partitions though. What can I do? My goal is to have a dual boot. Thank you so much!

Gparted screenshot note Warning: Can't have a partition outside the disk!

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    @Tim - the assumed answer is 'yes', as that is the standard install disk... user287418, could you please add a screenshot of the disk layout as shown in GParted
    – Wilf
    Jun 1, 2014 at 16:31
  • like this i.stack.imgur.com/wCxpN.png
    – user287418
    Jun 1, 2014 at 17:15
  • No, thats what the installer shows (it may show the same thing anyway) - when booting from the disc, select 'Try Ubuntu', and then search for and open GParted. It'll look like [this]( i.stack.imgur.com/wmnQG.png) (not quite, thats an already set up dual boot). You can also use it as said in Tim's answer.
    – Wilf
    Jun 1, 2014 at 18:01
  • Ok, in gparted it give me an unallocated 465.76GiB on /dev/sda and 980MB fat32 on /dev/sdb which is probably the usb flash drive
    – user287418
    Jun 1, 2014 at 18:15
  • Have a look at Partitions not showing while installing (K)ubuntu 14.04. If it does not solve your problem, then post a screenshot of the partitions in Windows Disk Management (like this)
    – bain
    Jun 1, 2014 at 21:00

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You probably need to partition it from the live CD, follow the link to the ubuntu HowtoPartition page.

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  • I read it but they assume I have a blank hard drive while I already have Win7 on it
    – user287418
    Jun 1, 2014 at 16:25
  • Do you have the Live CD?
    – Tim
    Jun 1, 2014 at 16:26
  • Yes I do. It says free space 500107 MB. Doesn't see the partitions at all
    – user287418
    Jun 1, 2014 at 16:30
  • Is that in gparted or the install?
    – Tim
    Jun 1, 2014 at 16:38
  • mmmm I don't know! :)
    – user287418
    Jun 1, 2014 at 16:42

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