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I would like to install Ubuntu 14 on my new HP Probook 450 G2 with windows 7. At the step "Installation Type", I don't have the choice "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7". I looked at the choice "something else" but I don't understand well what to do.

When I try Ubuntu on my USB live it works well. And the hard drive is divided like this: sda1 : system sda2 : HP recovery sda3 : HP tools.

Do you know why I don't have the choice "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7" and how to do a not too comlicated installation? Moreover do you know any problem with this model of computer or this brand?

Thanks

Marcel

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I guess you just simply don't have space to allocate extra partitions.

You may resize your existed partitions by using GParted with Live USB or shrink partition by windows built-in Disk Management. And I would highly recommend you to backup important data before resizing your partitions.

And, personally, I would leave space in the end of disk, It's easier to fill up by later, and then created a extended partition, since only 4 primary partitions or 3 + 1 extended partition are possible, and Linux works perfectly fine in logic partitions (you can have unlimited logic partitions in extended primary partition).

Good luck.

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