Re: Dual Booting
The best option is always the manual install because you have total control where you create the partitions and where the bootloader goes. If you feel comfortable with it.
Another option is leaving unallocated space with the size you want for ubuntu on the hdd, and using the Install along side windows auto option. That way it should use the largest available unallocated space which in this case would be the space you left it. If there is no unallocated space on the hdd you will have to shrink one of the existing ntfs partition(s) to make some. You can shrink with windows Disk Management.
In the auto method the bootloader grub2 might end up on the ssd since I assume that's the first disk you boot from. The manual install offers you to select where you want grub2 manually.
Another important thing. Did you install win7 in uefi mode? Are you using uefi boot? Or the standard legacy boot? Ubuntu will need to be installed in the same mode as windows, so it will depend how you boot the ubuntu cd/usb.
Darko.
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