iAge
November 25th, 2009, 02:55 PM
I am on a HP Pavilion dv4-2049wm and im trying to dual boot linux. Earlier when I went to install it and it showed all the partitions perfectly, but I couldnt make free space, so i remembered that I need to create some free space. I went into Windows 7 and to the Partitioner and shrunk my C drive by 30gb. Then when I went into the ubuntu insatllation again, it showed as Unusable. So I went back in to Windows 7 trying to figure it out. Tried formatting the unallocated space and it gave me an error. Figures...
Then I tried installing Norton Partioner and that has compatibility issues with Vista and 7. That wouldn't open. Then i downloaded GParted to try and make some space using that but that showed my entire drive as unallocated. I had thought that me trying to format the unallocated space deleted windows from my laptop completely. It didnt. So i went into the installation again and now thats showing all as unallocated.
Now I cant even find the unusable partiton. I used recovery to recovery windows 7 to the way it was. And now its installing all the drivers, idk if it will fix the partitions or not.
I know exactly what I have to do but that would require me to format the entire HD, then install a pirated copy of windows 7 install of the HP version installed, and create the partitions from there without the HP partitions. But I would like this laptop to be clean and use the OS it came with.
One thing I noticed when I extended my C drive back the 30gb is that the HP TOOLS partition disappeared. Idk how that happened. But i didnt erase that at all. Maybe they were in the unallocated space but idk if thats possible.
I would just like to create a partition so I can install ubuntu. Nothing is working for me... Any help? Ill be grateful :D
Then I tried installing Norton Partioner and that has compatibility issues with Vista and 7. That wouldn't open. Then i downloaded GParted to try and make some space using that but that showed my entire drive as unallocated. I had thought that me trying to format the unallocated space deleted windows from my laptop completely. It didnt. So i went into the installation again and now thats showing all as unallocated.
Now I cant even find the unusable partiton. I used recovery to recovery windows 7 to the way it was. And now its installing all the drivers, idk if it will fix the partitions or not.
I know exactly what I have to do but that would require me to format the entire HD, then install a pirated copy of windows 7 install of the HP version installed, and create the partitions from there without the HP partitions. But I would like this laptop to be clean and use the OS it came with.
One thing I noticed when I extended my C drive back the 30gb is that the HP TOOLS partition disappeared. Idk how that happened. But i didnt erase that at all. Maybe they were in the unallocated space but idk if thats possible.
I would just like to create a partition so I can install ubuntu. Nothing is working for me... Any help? Ill be grateful :D