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My laptop uses MBR partitioning scheme. Currently there are already 4 partition on my disk, and 3 of them are primary partitions. A system reserved primary partition, the Windows C: partition (primary), another primary partition D: and an extended partition comprising 2 logical drives E: and F:

Partitions on my disk:

Partition on my disk (image)

I am planning to install Ubuntu 20.04 on one of the partitions. I am willing to allocate about 200GB to Ubuntu. Do I need a primary partition to install Ubuntu? In that case, I would have to delete the D: partition, but I am worried if it is safe to delete an intermediate partition? (as there are E: and F: partitions).

I want to install the Ubuntu bootloader (GRUB2) on the Ubuntu partition itself so that I don't mess up my Windows bootloader. I have read that for MBR partition scheme, the system can only boot from primary partitions. Can I use a logical partition to install Ubuntu on it, or should I only go for a primary partition?

I am asking for the best and safest way to dual boot with Ubuntu. Considering my partition scheme, can you suggest the best possible way to achieve this?

karel
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Do I need a primary partition to install Ubuntu?

Short answer, "No, You don't need a primary partition to install Ubuntu". For more clarification see this question.

First and foremost, backup everything that you think is important, messing with partitions are risky. Secondly, while installing you should choose something else option and create manual partitions for ubuntu installation alongside windows. In case after installation you cannot boot into ubuntu, check the boot order and change it to Ubuntu Grub bootloader.

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