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How to solve the problem above?

I want to install Windows 7 on my computer but while installing Ubuntu I erased all data and now I don't have NTFS partition to install windows. I have a single sda1 of 490GB extended to 4.1GB of sda2. I have tried GParted and Disks to completely format the hard disk but it is not unmounting.

Please help me to create a NTFS primary partition to install windows. How can I solve this problem?

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I recommend you to boot a live session, use the partitioning tool GParted, save the changes and then quit the Ubuntu live session without installing.

By doing so you can format your partitions as you want (be careful not to remove the sda1 partition but just resize it to make room - unallocated space - for a second partition or more).

Then install Windows on the new unallocated space or create and specify a NTFS during the Windows installation process.

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  • can i join sd2 annd sd5 for windows 7 require minimum 8 Gb space
    – Rahul
    Jan 21, 2017 at 19:18
  • Yes but you can also resize sda1 from 494Go to 394Go so that you get 100Go of free space
    – Aegefel
    Jan 21, 2017 at 19:40
  • can i join sd2 annd sd5 NO, you can't. They're one and the same. Not really, because sda2 is just an extended partitions that contains sda5 (swap) only, but that's the idea. The only one you can resize is sda1. Again, from a live session only.
    – user589808
    Jan 21, 2017 at 23:40

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