I tried GParted live to extend and create primary partition but it is taking a lot of time. When will the process get finished? Also, whenever I tried to dual boot Linux. windows partition is shown with other small primary partition but other partition is shown as single. I don't want to loose data.
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The small partition before Windows partition is probably needed to boot your windows partition and you mustn't touch it.
You can try to follow these steps to install Ubuntu:
- Move the content of
/dev/sda4
(1.39GiB) in a secure place (like Windows partition or an external USB); - Now reboot your PC from Ubuntu live drive (DVD or USB) and delete
/dev/sda4
partition: select the partition, right-click on it and choose delete; - right-click on the
unallocated
space (grey box) and choose new. Now select the wished partition size, format it asext4
and be sure to make it as primary partition.
Note: keep a smallunallocated
space as big as your RAM. This is needed for swap area. - Once you have created a primary partition repeat the previous step
and create swap area choosing
linux-swap
instead ofext4
as file system. - Apply the changes and wait for the end of work.
- When you are ready, start Ubuntu installation and when you reach section Installation type choose Something Else.
- You should see a similar screen as
GParted
. Right-click onext4
partition and select Ext4 journaling file system instead Do not use partition and select as mount point/
. After this do the same for swap partition and select Swap area instead Do not use partition. In the end, choose/dev/sda
drive (default) to installGRUB
bootloader. When you go ahead with installation check that it will use the correct partitions.
Following these steps you should be able to install Ubuntu.
Edit partition through Windows
If you can't edit your partition in Ubuntu, you can try to do this in Windows. So right-click on This PC
and choose Manage
. Now from the list on the left select Disk managent
. After this you should see something like GParted
(similar image here). Then select the 387GB partition, right-click and choose Delete volume
. Now you can come back to Ubuntu and you should be able to edit that partition as you want.
I hope this could help you.
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Do review the warnign sign in partition. I was unable to play with any partition.. Apr 13, 2016 at 1:21
/dev/sda4
). You can resize it.