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I have windows 10. I have primary partitions in windows and I did some shrinking on one of them and made a 50 GB free space. I wanted to install Ubuntu 16.04 on this, but when I get to the installation part, it does not show any free space available at all.

Screenshot Ubuntu Installer

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    It looks like MBR(msdos) partitioning which has a 4 primary partition limit. You have to convert one primary partition to an extended partition which acts as a container for as many logical partitions as you need. My laptop already has 4 primary partitions: how can I install Ubuntu? askubuntu.com/questions/149821/… Also make sure Windows fast start up is off. askubuntu.com/questions/843153/…
    – oldfred
    Apr 12, 2017 at 14:19
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    It would help if you included a screenshot of the entire relevant window instead of the forum page you were looking at. That said, your extra space is almost certainly right there as sda4. Please fix your image so we can be sure though. Even better, run sudo parted -l from a terminal in the Ubuntu live session and show us the output. Are you sure you are looking at the right disk?
    – terdon
    Apr 12, 2017 at 14:31
  • It's impossible to tell from the screen shot you've provided, but another possibility is that you've accidentally created a dynamic disk (aka LDM) configuration, which would require more serious hoop-jumping to fix. See here and here for more on this topic. DO NOTHING ELSE UNTIL YOU DETERMINE IF THIS IS THE CASE!
    – Rod Smith
    Apr 12, 2017 at 18:15

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