<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Charles,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Thanks for the response. Keep in mind that my total computer training is one hour of html at the local library. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>OK, but for now there is no extended partition. So... are you saying that I have to change another partition, like C:, into an extended partition, and then move HP Tools to the extended as a logical partition.
I don't think GParted does that -- I mean converts an existing partition to extended.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Paul</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Charles Burton <charles.d.burton@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> CLUE's mailing list <clue@cluedenver.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 15, 2012 4:48 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [clue] Requesting more installation help<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1680683419"><div>So you have to move one of the primary portions into an extended, I recommend the hp tools one. Then create a new primary partition in the un allocated space to install Linux on. <br>
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<div class="yiv1680683419gmail_quote">On Oct 15, 2012 2:58 PM, "David L. Anselmi" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:anselmi@anselmi.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:anselmi@anselmi.us">anselmi@anselmi.us</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv1680683419gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
M Paul Webb wrote:<br>
> Using Easeus Partition Master, I made a block of space on the hard drive unallocated for the<br>
> Linux partition. However, on trying to install, the unallocated space came up designated as<br>
> unusable. Going then to GParted -- it was noted only four partitions can be used, and that I had<br>
> to make an extended partition to put other partitions inside of.<br>
><br>
> At any rate, can someone tell me what to do with my friends computer, in order to have a<br>
> Windows/Ubuntu dual boot. Here is how the hard drive looks now.<br>
><br>
> *: System NTFS 199 MB<br>
> C: NTFS 94.39 GB<br>
> * unallocated<br>
> D: Recovery NFTS 17.35 GB<br>
> F: HP_Toos Fat32 103.34MB<br>
<br>
It's a pity the hard drive is so complicated. I wonder what the 199MB NTFS is for?<br>
<br>
It would help if you'd use Linux partition tools to show the drive layout. Your list doesn't tell<br>
us the partition order or where the free blocks are so you may run into issues that we can't anticipate.<br>
<br>
You can Google for DOS partition table and you'll find an explanation of how the extended partition<br>
works.<br>
<br>
Assuming that your 4 partitions are (in order) System, C:, D:, and F: you'll want to make D: and F:<br>
into logical partitions inside an extended partition that also contains your unallocated space.<br>
<br>
I think gparted can do that. It ought to be able to move D: and F: without copying their data. But<br>
I don't have a test handy that I can confirm that.<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
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