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I have windows 7 already installed and I am trying to install ubunutu using USB installer. I am unable to find available partition , i have read many forums saying i can have only 4 partition , I am attaching the screen shot of the avaialble partition , please help me. I think sd3 is not used since its just 126kb can i format and use that partition? On my windows I have three drives c d and f(which i created for ubuntu but its not shown up while installing) All my drives are shown as Simple Volume. Is wubi Windows installer safe to try in this case

sudharsan
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Firstly, you really want to forget using Windows to create drives for Ubuntu, it can't. The '4 partitions' is talking about physical partitions - this can be extended by using 'logical partition', but you don't have to worry about that for now.

Windows calls partitions drives, using letters to denote them, and "simple volumes" - these are all nonsense in the Linux world, drives are drives and partitions are partitions - segmented data within an actual drive. The actual system can be spread around these more-or-less freely, so as a user you no longer see drives as such.

Delete your D: & F: drives & let the Ubuntu installer have the free space on the drive to install in, it will cope with keeping Windows in place (obviously, use the option to install alongside, not "use the whole disk") - the way you have it now, the installer is respecting at least 3 Windows drives & has nowhere left to go..

Mark Williams
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Mark's answer is very good, but I would personally recommend using Gparted. It will let you see all of your partitions, and if you use it from a live CD or USB, you shouldn't have any errors. If you are new into linux (like me) it would be a good idea to burn Hiren's Boot CD to a CD, it has got many useful tools, and some partition managers amongst them. Going back to the topic, from Gparted you can get a clear view of your hard drive, and therefore choose what's best. And about primary and logical, nevermind, it's not so important. If you feel brave enough, try to get a separate home partition, to avoid copying back and forth for updates. And be sure to NOT create partitions for Linux from Windows, they don't get along well. And most of all, just enjoy learning and never leave Linux.

Collado
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