I have been trying to dual-boot my Sony Vaio for a few weeks now.  I am able to get to get to the installation menu, however, I am not given the option of running Ubuntu alongside Windows 7.  So, I chose "Something else" and see this:   I seem to have four primary partitions already.  Does this mean that I would have to delete a partition and then free up space from another?  If so, how would I go about this?  Which partition would I be able to delete without messing up my hard drive and losing everything?  Regardless, I don't understand why Ubuntu is not recognizing my Windows 7 partition.  I have done quite a bit of research and have noticed that a lot of people have had a hard time dual-booting with their Vaio's, but I have not seen a solution that pertains to my situation.  I have also included an image of my partitions in Windows:   Any help would be much appreciated.  Thank you!
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I would like to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7 on a HP G62 Notebook. Although I have installed  Ubuntu in a dual-boot many times before, I found out that this model has already four partitions.    Partitions:   SYSTEM (NTFS, 199MB, used 66.59MB) Partition without any tag: NTFS (579GM, used 129GB)  RECOVERY (NTFS 16.74 GB, used 2.42GB)  HP_TOOLS (FAT32, 103.34 MB, used 13.23MB)   Since I am not an expert with partitions I would like to get advice on how to do this.  My first idea is this one:   Free some space from /dev/sda2 (I don't know if could also free some other space) delete the HP_Tools partition (I have already created a backup) create an extended partition with the free space in #1 containing three parititions: swap (1gb); / (EXT4, 30GB);  /home (EXT4, 120GB)   Another option is to use wubi instead.  What do you think? Is there any other way to achieve this?  PS: I really think this HP policy of using 4 partitions is not a coincidence  PS: I tried using gparted from the live CD and I got a warning message saying that if I freed some space from /dev/sda2 I could create serious issues in the system
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I am new to Ubuntu (AMD64) and am attempting to install it on my laptop which already has Windows 7 Home Premium x64.   I currently have two partitions on my HDD and I was planning on repartitioning my secondary partition to make room for a third to use for Ubuntu. However when I attempt to install I get the following message:  "This computer currently has no detected operating systems"  Choosing "something else" takes me to the partitions. However, it only detects a single unpartitioned space (my entire HDD) even though I actually have 2 partitions taking up plenty of space.  By no means can I detect my two partitions using any method. Is it possible the 32 bit installation might be more successful? (I doubt it but I had to ask)      Edit: 250gb. I have two partitions for windows (one main and another for storage) as well as an empty third partition with 20gb that I intend to use for Ubuntu. None are detected, however.  FINAL EDIT: I finally fixed the problem. when I ran  sudo fdisk -l   it gave me several partitions in the list, so I tried running fixparts on individual partitions, which ended up being inconclusive (and confusing)  Then I decided to try to run fixparts over the entire unpartitioned space  sudo fixparts /dev/sda   AS OPPOSED TO  sudo fixparts /dev/sda1  sudo fixparts /dev/sda2   (individual partitions) and so on.  After simply running the command on the entire hdd, it quickly finished and alas it was fixed! Going back to the installation, it detected my Windows 7 installation, and also detected all existing partitions in the custom install mode. Furthermore, my data on my other partitions was left completely unscathed. It fixed my problem at no cost.
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I just bought a new laptop with Windows 7 installed and I'm planning on installing Ubuntu 11.10 for a dual-boot.  Here's my rather basic problem :  I have a 750go hard drive, pretty much partitioned like this :   Recovery : 25go C: (Windows 7) : 295go D: (Data) : 380go   That is the factory configuration, the hard drive is still fairly empty (I removed all the bloatware and didn't install anything yet).  This is what I'd like to obtain :   Keep my recovery partition A partition for Windows 7 A partition for Ubuntu A "big" common partition for Windows and Ubuntu data, all the files I'm going to create.   How can I do that? Do I have to resize/create the partitions in Windows 7 before installing Ubuntu? Do I have to do it while installing Ubuntu using Gparted?  I'm quite confused and I'd like to make it right so I guess I need your help.  Thanks a lot everyone.
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I installed Ubuntu 14.04 onto my Acer Aspire E15. The PC has a 500 Gigabyte HDD.   During the installation it divided the HDD into separate partitions. However every time I turn on the PC it goes directly into Windows 8.1. It doesn't allow you the opportunity to select which OS you want to use.   Question 1: How do I set the PC so it will allow me to select the OS?  Question 2: And if #1 isn't possible. How to I remove Ubuntu from the PC and recover the partition for Windows
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A few months I decided to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my PC alongside with my Windows 7 partition. In order to do that and avoid any mistake, I followed the steps of  tutorial.  Everything was going well until I decided to update to the 12.10 release. I don't know what happened, but after I updated my Ubuntu, it stopped working, it didn't even launched, when I turned on my PC and choose to run "Ubuntu 12.04" on the Grub Screen, a weird messaged appeared.  Well, so I decided to install the Ubuntu 12.10 and forget about the 12.04 partition, no problem.  I erased the partitions used for the Ubuntu 12.04 with EaseUS partition Manager.   However, when I start my PC, there is still the option of "Ubuntu 12.04" to chose, is that bad?  And what about now, can I use the  of Ubuntu to install the Ubuntu 12.10 ? What should I do to have Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7 in dual boot again?
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I've already installed Ubuntu 12.04, but I did not make any separate partitions beside the one the operating system is installed on.  Now I want to make a new partition.  Is this possible?
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I have a dilemma and I don't know what to do.   Currently I have Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit installed along side Windows 7 64 bit and everything works wonderfully.   I recently started a course about Assembly on Linux and the professor recommended downloading Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit.   I downloaded the iso file and loaded it on to a USB.   When I first installed Ubuntu 14.04, it gave me the following 3 options:  1) install Ubuntu alongside Windows  2) delete Window and install Ubuntu 3) Something Else   I choose the first option. However, when I attempted to install Ubuntu 12.04 32bit along side Ubuntu 14.04 64 Bit and Windows 64 bit, the first option was gone. Instead I was given the following 3 options:  1) Delete 14.04 and install 12.04 in its place  2) Delete both 14.04 and Windows 7 and install 12.04 as replacement  3) Something Else   My question is this: is it advisable to install Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit along side Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit and Windows 7 as the Ubuntu Installer no longer gives me this option? Should I just go ahead and replace 14.04 with 12.04 for the duration of time that I would need it. I don't want to delete 14.04 but I will if need be. I also like the current Dual boot option Ubuntu has put in place so if making a 4th partition through way of "Something Else" would delete that, I would much rather delete 14.04 to make room for 12.04. Again my preference would be to have Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit appear alongside Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit and Windows 7 when I boot my computer, but short of that, I would settle for Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit appearing alongside Windows 7 for the time being. I look forward to your advice.
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I created a partition for Ubuntu so I could dual-boot Windows Vista with it. However, Windows is no longer necessary and I want Ubuntu to take up the entire hard drive. I was wondering how to safely resize the Ubuntu (11.10) partition and take Windows out all together, without having to reinstall Ubuntu and lose all of the files.
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I purchased a PC six months ago for work related tasks. I do 95% of my work on Ubuntu (web development). Now, I want to install Windows on another partition to play a few games on my relax time. Which steps should I follow? Any suggestions? Every guide I found suggest to install Windows and, after that, Ubuntu. Being this my main development machine, I cannot afford the risk of wiping everything.
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I have a laptop, and I'm going to install Ubuntu (I have experience, and I have  successfully installed , Ubuntu, , , , , , etc.), but installing  (Utopic Unicorn) alongside , Ubuntu can't detect Windows.  It shows me like there's no OS, but I have Windows&nbsp;10.  I have two primary partitions by the way if I manually install. If the Ubuntu installer can't detect Windows&nbsp;10, will it be detected at ?
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I am going to install Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows 8 soon, but one of my friends warned me that partitioning my hard drive will slow my computer down. I run on a 500GB HDD and 8GB of ram if that helps at all. Is that true if I do it?
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I want to install Ubuntu 13.10 on my pre-installed windows 7 pc and I want a dual boot. I have no empty partition on my hard disk drive. I don't want to re-install windows 7 and don't want to install ubuntu on c drive. I want to install on a different partition but I want to resize it. How should I do it? Please answer in steps. Also suggest the amount of space I should allocte to ubuntu 13.10.
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A fair while ago (~ 2004) I was told to always create a separate partition for the boot directory.  And since then I always have.  But after reading a few questions about partitioning questions, I'm curious.  Do I still need a /boot partition?  Note:  If helpful, I'm dual booting (Win XP or 7) &amp; Ubuntu 10.04.  I also have one partition (using ext2/3) which I use to share files between the two operating systems.
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I want to uninstall Ubuntu, so I need to delete its partition.  I saw that many people asked this before. For example: . I followed the instructions there and here's a screenshot of the terminal after typing the suggested command (df):    But this doesn't tell me anything...   This has also been discussed before  and the answer was: EFI and primary. But I have a lot of primary partitions and I'm not sure which one to delete.  Here's a screenshot of Disk Management in Windows:    Here's a GParted screenshot:    So can anybody tell me which the Ubuntu partitions are? (I numbered them from left to right, so to make it easy just tell me numbers please)
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After trying to install both OS during 2 days, I'm confused and getting mad... I have SSD 128 GB and HDD 500 GB both empty. My laptop is Asus K55VM. BIOS support UEFI.  What I have done:   Install new SSD (Samsung 830 128GB) Use GParted on liveCD to create new table of partitions (GPT) and create 3 partitions (in the SSD) for different purposes:   Partition 1: 80 GB (w7);  Partition 2: 30 GB (Ubuntu 12.04 -Just / -);  Partition 3: 10 GB unused (for future extesion of the other partitions)  Install Windows 7 (with UEFI) in Partition 1. This create:   /dev/sda1 -> 100 MB for System (UEFI boot I guess) - FAT32 /dev/sda2 -> 100 MB aprox. for MSR /dev/sda3 -> 79.800 MB aprox. for Windows7 data    In this point everything works fine. I have W7. Now I install Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 (with UEFI) as follows:   Install / in Partition 2 -> /dev/sda4 30 GB ext4, and in the hdd I install /home and swap. I select bootloader in /dev/sda1 (where it's supposed to be the UEFI boot). I install updates and reboot.   Problem: Now just appears grub menu with Ubuntu entries and not Windows 7.  Alternative solution found: When I turn on laptop, before loading GRUB I press ESC key and appear BIOS boot, so I can select to boot the Windows partition, Ubuntu partition, DVD, USB, etc... but I think is not the best way to boot different OS.  I've tried: sudo update-grub2 with no success.  What can I do??
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I want to dual boot windows 10 and ubuntu but I can't see the option to install alongside windows 10 during ubuntu installation. Yet ubuntu installer recognizes windows 10. My pc has 4 partitions. Please help
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I just installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 7. Now I cant boot Windows 7 because it automaticaly boots Ubuntu without displaying boot menu. How can I get menu with options to choose which Os to boot? Can anyone help?