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I am looking to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.10. I have been using windows for work and school for over a year, and have about 100 gig of stored files (backed up of course) and some paid programs. Because of this, I really want my partitioning experience to go well. Unfortunately, I am running into a bit of an anomoly When I load GPart, I see that my sda drive is unallocated

https://i.stack.imgur.com/41fdU.jpg

Whereas my sdb appears to contain all of the windows files and partitions, and make up my C: drive https://i.stack.imgur.com/TySz4.png

Is this going to be an issue, as all literature on dual boot installation references sda? How do I work around it?

System Info: Lenovo IdeaPad Y570- 750GB HDD with 64GB SSD Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz × 8

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Trent C
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  • I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge. I am basically looking to shrink my C: drive to make room for Ubuntu, but ran into the problem of not recognizing my SSD. I am an absolute beginner in all of this, and am just looking for a solution that will not destroy all my files? – Trent C Nov 02 '13 at 02:45

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See my Web page on this problem. In brief, either your partition table is damaged or there's leftover RAID data causing problems. In the first case, using FixParts can often (but not always) solve the problem. In the latter case, typing sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda should fix the problem -- but do this only if you're 100% positive that the disk is not legitimately configured for RAID.

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  • Pardon my lack of Knowledge, but what is RAID? I will admit that I never set up or used the SSD, so could it possibly be the problem (It doesnt even show up in windows 7) – Trent C Nov 02 '13 at 02:47
  • I just started reading up, and it appears that the SSD was never configured in the first place when I first set up the computer about 1.5 years ago. I assume that this is going to be problematic. Do you have any advice as to how to set it up without a total system reinstall? – Trent C Nov 02 '13 at 03:12
  • If the disk has never been partitioned, see this question and its answers. – Rod Smith Nov 02 '13 at 17:01