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Although I browsed through solutions to many similar problems posted previously, I still could not succeed.

The main issue is that during the installation of Ubuntu 22.04 in a USB stick (created using Rufus), the installer do not identify the Windows installation, so no option of installing Ubuntu alongside Windows is present. The following message is displayed: "This computer has no detected operating systems."

I own a Lenovo Idepad Y510p, 1 TB SSD, running Windows 10 (upgrade from Win7).

I went through all advised verifications and procedures, such as:

  • Using Windows disk partition utility, shrunk Windows partition, reserving about 250 GB for the Ubuntu OS, as seen here: Win10 - disk management
  • In Win10 control panel, disabled Fast Startup.
  • In BIOS, UEFI is enabled; secure boot is disabled.

In the Ubuntu terminal, launched in the desktop environment in Try Ubuntu during installation, the relevant output of sudo fdisk -l is:

Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: WDC  WDS100T2B0A
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 96EA98AE-983E-4E85-BA24-623AC01B5DAA

Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 2048 2050047 2048000 1000M Windows recovery environment /dev/sda2 2050048 2582527 532480 260M EFI System /dev/sda3 2582528 4630527 2048000 1000M Microsoft basic data /dev/sda4 4630528 4892671 262144 128M Microsoft reserved /dev/sda5 4892672 1385627647 1380734976 658.4G Microsoft basic data /dev/sda6 1867975281 1869787760 1812480 885M Windows recovery environment /dev/sda7 1869787761 1953522288 83734528 39.9G Microsoft basic data

And sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.9

Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB Model: WDC WDS100T2B0A Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 96EA98AE-983E-4E85-BA24-623AC01B5DAA Partition table holds up to 128 entries Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33 First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 482352493 sectors (230.0 GiB)

Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 2048 2050047 1000.0 MiB 2700 r Cópia para Partiç... 2 2050048 2582527 260.0 MiB EF00
3 2582528 4630527 1000.0 MiB 0700
4 4630528 4892671 128.0 MiB 0C01
5 4892672 1385627647 658.4 GiB 0700
6 1867975281 1869787760 885.0 MiB 2700
7 1869787761 1953522288 39.9 GiB 0700

Finally, the output of gdisk on sda5 (NTFS Windows partition) is:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda5
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.9

Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present


Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory.


Exact type match not found for type code 7200; assigning type code for 'Linux filesystem' Exact type match not found for type code 6C00; assigning type code for 'Linux filesystem'

Warning! Secondary partition table overlaps the last partition by 2508946357 blocks! You will need to delete this partition or resize it in another utility. Disk /dev/sda5: 1380734976 sectors, 658.4 GiB Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 379908E8-D060-45AF-9DCF-9B7C6C41AE75 Partition table holds up to 128 entries Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33 First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1380734942 Partitions will be aligned on 32-sector boundaries Total free space is 1380734909 sectors (658.4 GiB)

Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 1920221984 3736432267 866.0 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem 2 1936028192 3889681299 931.6 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem

Possibly the reason is the partition table overlap indicated above.

Running fixparts on Windows partition, the output is:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fixparts /dev/sda5
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Problem: MBR partitions 1 and 2 overlap!
Warning: Deleting oversized partition #1! Start = 1920221984, length = 1816210284
Warning: Deleting oversized partition #2! Start = 1936028192, length = 1953653108

MBR command (? for help):

I am not quite sure if resizing partitions, as indicated by fixparts will solve the Ubuntu installation problem.

Given all this information, would anyone suggest me how to proceed from here?

Cbraz
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  • Not sure what gdisk was showning. You run it on a drive not on a partition like sda5. You run chkdsk from Windows which you cannot run from Linux. Is Windows fast startup on? https://askubuntu.com/questions/843153/unable-to-mount-windows-10-partition-it-is-in-an-unsafe-state & https://askubuntu.com/questions/145902/unable-to-mount-windows-ntfs-filesystem-due-to-hibernation Some Lenovo's have a locked setting in UEFI. Some have "device guard" which may lock boot. Check that USB boot is allowed. Do you have latest firmware for UEFI from Lenovo? – oldfred Sep 27 '23 at 19:53
  • Thanks, @oldfred. First: chkdisk did not find anything to be repaired. Second: Yes, fast startup is off. I tried running fixparts on disk sda, but the output was: Loading MBR data from /dev/sda ...This disk appears to be a GPT disk. Use GNU Parted or GPT fdisk on it!...Exiting!. I assumed it was because fixparts is unable to run on disks containing mbr partitions. Am I correct? Fourth: USB Boot is allowed. Fifth: Yes, I confirmed that the latest UEFI firmware available matches the one currently installed. – Cbraz Sep 28 '23 at 13:57
  • Do nor run fixparts on your Windows partitions. In general, do not run any commands you don't understand, otherwise you have best chances to damage an OS. Make sure to boot your Ubuntu installer in UEFI mode. Since your Windows is installed in UEFI mode, you need to install in UEFI mode to achieve proper dual boot. You should disable CSM (legacy boot) in your firmware settings to prevent booting in wrong mode. – mook765 Sep 28 '23 at 14:54

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