I am trying to install Ubuntu on dual boot with Windows 7. I already created a partition, but for some reason Ubuntu does not give me the option to install along side Windows 7. So I thought let's install Ubuntu in that partition manually. Only thing is that Ubuntu is not detecting my partitions in the hard drive. What do I do? It says that I can create a new partition table, and all other partitions will be deleted. Will I lose my stuff like that?
Create new partition table
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stillblue
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Hold the phone!
Did this new partition happen to be the 5th? Ubuntu require a primary partition or logical inside and extended partition. Some manufacturers put windows on 4 primary partitions and that is the maximum allowed by a system. If that is the case in your system then you need to either delete one of the partitions or convert it to a non-primary. For example, if one of the partitions is for diagnostic tools then you can probably get away with deleting it. To be safe make a back-up image and then go to a discussion group in your vendors site for advice on what to ditch safely.
Ijack
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As Ubuntu is not detecting partitions I don't think it can be a question of too many partitions (and I'm pretty sure that gparted won't work). My best guess would be that your Windows disk is a dynamic disk, not a basic one, and that you have created a volume on it rather than a partition.
How did you create the partition?
Did you format the partition? If so, which file system did you use?
Have you checked in Windows Disk Management that the disk is a basic disk?
Whatever you do, don't accept the suggestion to create a new partition table; that will, effectively, wipe your disk clean.
How did you create the partition?
Did you format the partition? If so, which file system did you use?
Have you checked in Windows Disk Management that the disk is a basic disk?
Whatever you do, don't accept the suggestion to create a new partition table; that will, effectively, wipe your disk clean.
Ijack
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Well, the OP does say that Ubuntu doesn't detect his partitions and that Ubuntu offers to create a new partition table. That sounds to me as if it is not reading the partition table at all. This would, of course, happen with a dynamic disk, hence my suggestion that this is a possibility.
I think it's reasonable to suggest this as something to check, if only to eliminate it.
I think it's reasonable to suggest this as something to check, if only to eliminate it.
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