<p>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="gmail_quote">On Oct 15, 2012 2:58 PM, "David L. Anselmi" <<a href="mailto:anselmi@anselmi.us">anselmi@anselmi.us</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_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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