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I'm sorry to post this as I am sure it is a duplicate of someone else's question, but I am totally new to this and do not know my way around when it comes to using file management in Ubuntu.

I am trying to install Ubuntu alongside Windows. I have two hard drives, a 1 TB HDD that I use solely for disk images and file backup and a 500 GB SSD that I have Windows installed on and that I have created a new 40 GB partition on for Ubuntu.

Here is how things look from Windows Disk Management.

Windows Disk Manager Screenshot
When I go to use the Ubuntu installer from the USB I can only see my 1 TB drive and do not see any partition from my 500 GB SSD as an option.

Edit: here is what Gparted shows for the drive, it says more than 4 partitions as not allowed, is that related to my issue? gparted info

RichardFeynman
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Open gparted on your USB Ubuntu (try software option). I dentify the partition. It has to be formated to Ext4. You then have to set it as root directory "/". When istalling you may have to choose this partition as "something else", that is, not overwrite everything whith Ubuntu.

Yuval Harpaz
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If your disk uses dos partitioning instead of gpt, you have a limit of 4 primary partitions (which are already present, so no more allowed). You either need to convert your disk go gpt partitioning which allows 128+ partitions (Microsoft offers a tool which might work for you since you presently have only Microsoft filesystems), or temporarily backup/delete a primary (the 400M diag one), create an extended partitoin over all the now free space, then create logical partitions within the extended partition, restoring the 400M primary you backed up, then you can create another logical partition for Ubuntu.

If you think sdb3 and sdb4 are useless, just delete them and make the 65G+ unallocated space into an extended partition. You can then make logical partitions in the extended partition, or just let the Ubuntu installer grab the whole thing.

ubfan1
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