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Firstly some information about my computer. I just have a C: drive and a D: drive. My C: drive just has a bunch of programs and my D: drive has all my work.

I am running windows 7 and I'm trying to also have Ubuntu on my desktop too.

  1. I burned a ubuntu14.04.1.iso file onto a DVD.
  2. Then I rebooted my desktop and changed my boot options to boot from the DVD.
  3. It loaded ubuntu and asked me to pick my language etc etc but then these dialogs came up and I didn't know what to choose...

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I didn't want to pick the first option because I was scared it might delete my windows or something so I clicked on Something else and got this window.

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Now from this window I had no idea what was going on so I just quit the installation, took the DVD out and went back to windows. How am I supposed to proceed?

I remember seeing a post that said I should get an option like this, which allows me to install ubuntu with windows 7 but I never got it.

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Any help is appreciated.

bain
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Ogen
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This is now kinda tricky because your windows installation was not recognized correctly. Make sure you fully shut windows down before installing Ubuntu (no Hybernate mode etc. (!)). You could start from the DVD again and run the live session and try installing Ubuntu from there.

The only problem I see is that you don't have any left over (empty) harddrive or partition so you can't install Ubuntu into it's own space.

Another option is installing Ubuntu on a (fast!) USB stick or switch completely which means backing up all your files and then click on

Erase disk and install Ubuntu

Bent
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You could shrink some space on your hard drive used by C: or D:

In Windows press WinKey+R, input diskmgmt.msc, press Enter. It will open Disk Management where you can right-click on C: or D: and choose Shrink volume. You will see a window where you can specify space to shrink.

It will give you an unallocated area, which you can format in ubuntu installation and use for Ubuntu. It will not make you erase anything.

adjstts
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This is a guide for Windows 8.1 but I found it very helpful. I think it will work for Windows 7 + Ubuntu dualboot. Since your main problem seems to be the partitions, check it out:

http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2014/05/install-ubuntu-1404-alongside-windows.html

Kristóf
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