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I am trying to dual boot ubuntu on my old laptop. I've been using it in a VM and want to put my laptop to good use. My drive already has 3 partitions and when I try to make the two partitions on ubuntu install it says unusable space. These are the three used partitions in windows: image. Can I remove any of these and if I can how?

potatoOnABus
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    No. You will need to create an extra partition in the 736 GB of unallocated space (see lower right corner). – Jos Dec 07 '20 at 16:19
  • @Jos What do I do with the extra partition? – potatoOnABus Dec 07 '20 at 16:21
  • Well, install Ubuntu in it? BTW it's easier if you boot from a live media and install Ubuntu from there, including creating a new partition. From the desktop, choose Install and when it asks where you want to install Ubuntu choose "Something else". – Jos Dec 07 '20 at 16:26
  • @Jos my drive can only support two partitions and I want to make seperate home and root partitions – potatoOnABus Dec 07 '20 at 16:31
  • See this answer: https://askubuntu.com/questions/810390/unallocated-space-for-ubuntu-shown-as-unusable-rather-than-free-space – Jos Dec 07 '20 at 16:33
  • @Jos the post says delete one partition. My question is what partition do I delete? – potatoOnABus Dec 07 '20 at 16:35
  • I wouldn't advise you to touch the existing partitions. They might contain Windows data for all we know. – Jos Dec 07 '20 at 16:37
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    You don't need to delete any partition. Instead, create an extended partition in the unallocated space. Inside the extended partition you can then create as much logical partitions as you need. – mook765 Dec 07 '20 at 16:38
  • @Jos oh, I actually understand what to do thanks – potatoOnABus Dec 07 '20 at 16:45

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