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This is the first time trying to install ubuntu for me.

Basically I followed along this tutorial in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gYz5DoOkIE

I am not given the option to install Ubuntu alongside windows 10. However it does show up when I click on "something else". I don't know how to go from there though.

Here are some steps I've taken so far

  • created a system image on external usb to backup windows
  • Shrink the Windows 10 partition to make space for Ubuntu (shrunk 50000mb as in video)
  • installed ubuntu 16.04.1 onto usb
  • installed Universal USB Installer
  • booted into Ubuntu Linux Installation environment and began installing Ubuntu (did not finish installation)

How do I install along side Windows 10, I imagine it's with using "something else". I had windows 7 previously installed on this computer, and both 7 and windows 10 show up in "something else".

joelondesign
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I found out why I was having trouble seeing "free space" in "something else." Back when I looked in Windows Disk management, I saw that I had 5 partitions, which is for some reason (unsure the reason why) to have free space an option when in "something else."

One reason that I had so many partitions, is I bought my laptop with windows 7 pre-installed. Then I bought windows 8, and finally upgraded to windows 10 from there. Interestingly, there was no windows 8 partition, but separate partitions a windows 7 launcher and windows 10 launcher within the "something else". Also, which made things a challenge, my files were mainly stored in within the C: which had windows 7 launcher on it. And so I didn't delete C:, but had to delete other partitions that allowed for free space to install linux.

joelondesign
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