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bluetard900
April 6th, 2009, 09:00 PM
trying to install 8.10 but cant. i get to the installer but only to step 4 and cant choose a partition. there isnt one listed. i already tried GParted and it didnt show my HD there either. any advice?

drs305
April 6th, 2009, 09:03 PM
If this is an NTFS partition did you unmount it cleanly "Safely remove hardware" from your windows machine. If that isn't the case, is it a new drive which you haven't formatted yet?

Does your BIOS see the drive?

bluetard900
April 6th, 2009, 09:07 PM
just formatted the drive before trying. and BIOS does see it