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the_hawk22
December 25th, 2010, 10:25 PM
1. Downloaded Ubuntu iso and put it on a usb stick

2. Booted from USB and on the Install - Allocate drive space window, I don't see an "Install alongside other operating systems" option

I current have Vista on a Dell Inspiron 1525 and ~45 GB free space.

What should I check/do? I'd be happy to go with the 'Specify partitions manually' option, but am not clear on how to use it.

I read something about using GParted to setup a partition, but GParted shows that I only have one partition that's 230 GB in size (which is my entire hard drive) which just doesn't seem right... (screen shot attached)

Thanks for your help

AbeJarano
December 25th, 2010, 11:21 PM
That gparted disk information has to be wrong so I wouldn't trust the image on that stick. If the image on there checks with no errors then I wouldn't trust using the stick itself with that image. Can you try mounting the iso file in Windows and installing from the virtual DVD/CD??

the_hawk22
December 26th, 2010, 12:47 AM
Ended up getting it to work --

1. Installed Partition Wizard Home on Vista

http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

2. Right-clicked Unallocated Space -> Create -> Primary Partition

3. Restarted and booted usb stick with Ubuntu iso on it and "Install alongside current operating system" option was available this time

Quackers
December 26th, 2010, 03:54 AM
What machine are you using and how many partitions were already on the disc?

the_hawk22
December 26th, 2010, 07:54 AM
It's a Dell Inspiron 1525 that came with Vista. There were 4 partitions originally, but deleting one wasn't enough I guess.

I was left with the original primary partition (with Vista on it), two sets of unallocated space and one smaller partition. The "install alongside current operating system" option only showed up after I set one of the unallocated space partitions as a primary partition.