echapp
December 19th, 2011, 06:24 PM
Hi, I am trying to install ubuntu side by side with windows.
I have 4 primary partitiones with my hp laptop.
ubunto only sees 4 primary partitiones so i tried to delete sda 3 and 4, trying to make them extended and divide c drive into 2 primary partitions. (1 partition for my windows of 200GB, and 1 partition for ubunto of 400GB)
This is what I started with:
sda/1 - boot(windows)-2GB
sda/2 - cdrive (600GB)
sda3 - recovery (windows)-25GB
sda/4 - hp_Tools- 100mb
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I went into terminal -- fdisk to divide my 600gb drive into 2 partitions.
terminal
fdisk
partitioned my c drive, and made the 600GB drive a 200GB for windows to save all my data and pictures. now I have 400GB unallocated under computer management-storage.
I inserted ubuntu and when it came to partitioning screen, it would not allow me to use the 400GB free space, it says its unusable.
How do i make this usable.
I went into terminal-fdisk and deleted recovery partition and hp_tools partition, and created a primary partition with the 400GB free space. I am trying to make and extended partition for recovery, and this worked. when i went to make an extended partition for hp_tools, it says values out of range.
I am a beginner, so if anyone has any idea of this problem please help...
I have 4 primary partitiones with my hp laptop.
ubunto only sees 4 primary partitiones so i tried to delete sda 3 and 4, trying to make them extended and divide c drive into 2 primary partitions. (1 partition for my windows of 200GB, and 1 partition for ubunto of 400GB)
This is what I started with:
sda/1 - boot(windows)-2GB
sda/2 - cdrive (600GB)
sda3 - recovery (windows)-25GB
sda/4 - hp_Tools- 100mb
--------------------------------
I went into terminal -- fdisk to divide my 600gb drive into 2 partitions.
terminal
fdisk
partitioned my c drive, and made the 600GB drive a 200GB for windows to save all my data and pictures. now I have 400GB unallocated under computer management-storage.
I inserted ubuntu and when it came to partitioning screen, it would not allow me to use the 400GB free space, it says its unusable.
How do i make this usable.
I went into terminal-fdisk and deleted recovery partition and hp_tools partition, and created a primary partition with the 400GB free space. I am trying to make and extended partition for recovery, and this worked. when i went to make an extended partition for hp_tools, it says values out of range.
I am a beginner, so if anyone has any idea of this problem please help...