Partitioning Issues

[felinoel]

Ubuntu 9.04

Just bought a new laptop and didn't want to lose the Windows that came with it so I tried to lessen the partition it used to minimal and just install Ubuntu in the new, free space but that space was called unused and I can't do anything at all with it now?

[cj.surrusco]

You have to create a new partition in the free space for Ubuntu to install on. You can do it at the beginning of the Ubuntu installation process.

[srs5694]

This is an extremely common problem. Here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1571332) is one of several recent threads discussing it. Please refer to it, and if you have more questions, feel free to post back to this thread with more details. A screen shot of GParted or some other disk partitioner, or the output of "sudo fdisk -lu" (preferably between a
string and a string for legibility) would be helpful, too.

[felinoel]

This is an extremely common problem. Here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1571332) is one of several recent threads discussing it. Please refer to it, and if you have more questions, feel free to post back to this thread with more details. A screen shot of GParted or some other disk partitioner, or the output of "sudo fdisk -lu" (preferably between a
string and a string for legibility) would be helpful, too.

I thank you much, for both your assistance and the speediness of which it was received, this is one of my major reasons for choosing Ubuntu, speedy and reliable help.