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i have installed ubuntu 14.04 LTS earlier but it was done easily and flawlessly, but now when i try to install it again from the same cd, it shows to install ubuntu inside windows, where previously it was displayed to install ubuntu along side windows enter image description here

when i choose the option to continue system reboots and the installation media is ejected,

here is a screenshot of disk management in windows enter image description here

with all these things i cannot install ubuntu now, please help me get it downloaded

agha rehan abbas
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  • can you post your disk management snapshot.This will help determine the issue. – hunch Oct 12 '14 at 07:48
  • @hunch By disk management snap do you mean the one displayed when you choose something else – agha rehan abbas Oct 12 '14 at 08:04
  • In window 7, you have the option for Disk management as you have gparted in Ubuntu. Post for window and ubuntu(from live CD or using fdisk) – hunch Oct 12 '14 at 08:08
  • @hunch follow this link to view windows partitions from live disk of ubuntu https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=A4EF4793D59C329C&id=A4EF4793D59C329C%212341&v=3 – agha rehan abbas Oct 12 '14 at 08:13

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You need to use the selection "Something else" on that screen and this link will help you do just that: How to use manual partitioning during installation?

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  • I concur with daniel. I gather there was some issue you were not made aware of on the previous install. – DankyNanky Oct 12 '14 at 08:00
  • can you please guide me to do so manually as my partitions seem to be far more frightening than shown in your link please have a glance at this screenshot https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=A4EF4793D59C329C&id=A4EF4793D59C329C%212341&v=3 – agha rehan abbas Oct 12 '14 at 08:14
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    You can use windows disk management to shrink the c: partition however much you want ubuntu to be and then follow the instructions in the link, by creating partitions. – Daniel Oct 12 '14 at 09:25
  • For External installation(something else), i suggest, first combine 'D and E' and then shrink C to make a new drive for ubuntu. After that boot from live CD and select 'something else' during installation. This is because you can only have 4 primary partition(or 3 primary+1 extendable). – hunch Oct 13 '14 at 03:54
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You have four primary partitions, so you won't be able to create new partitions without deleting one first. I think you have installed Windows on the 420 GB partition (C: drive), so you can copy the stuff from one of the 20 GB partitions to C: drive and either:

  1. Delete that 20GB partition, and install Ubuntu in the free space created, or
  2. Install Ubuntu on to that 20GB partition, after formatting it as ext4.
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