February 11, 201511 yr I used the universal usb Installer version 1.9.5.9 and went through the process of doing the usb installation with ubuntu 14.04 ( 32 bit ). I was able to try ubuntu on my computer but after I went to install ubuntu I came to a issue which i've googled many times and can't either find my answer or don't understand what i'm supposed to do. I tried install ubuntu inside windows 7 ( however once i click on continue my computer restarts ) and only windows comes back up. I did try Something else ( here is a screenshot of my computer but don't know what to do ) On my Volume © I have a file system of NTFS and free space of 142.GB ( here a screen shot of this from diskmgmt.msc however i've tried right click on skrink volume but seems I can only do maximum of 5.9GB. I have no idea what i'm doing wrong. Someone advise what i'm supposed to do in very easy terms so that I can install ubuntu on my computer, by the way my windows is a 64 Bit but i've only got 3GB of ram Computer Specs HP Pavilion g4, AMD Athlon P360 Dual Core, 3GB Ram, 64 Bit operating system, windows 7
February 11, 201511 yr Defrag your C partition, then shrink? Although you should be able to shrink 100GB with that setup.
February 12, 201511 yr You'll need ~ 8gb of free space to install Ub, I usually free up 20Gb. Ubuntu can see everything you have in windoze. Agree with phazey, but maybe first perform disk cleanup,(C drive - tools - disk cleanup) then defrag. AA
February 12, 201511 yr Did it give you an option to install Ubuntu beside windows 7? If you're trying to install a dual boot system, I think that's the option you should select because Ubuntu will shrink the volume automatically.
March 22, 201510 yr I assume by "inside windows 7" you mean dual boot? If so windows may have UEFI bootloader which can be tricky to install Ubuntu on without first changing a few bits. Check this out...http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2014/05/30/dual-boot-ubuntu-14-04-and-windows-7-on-a-pc-with-uefi-firmware/
April 10, 201510 yr Author update.... I got ubuntu to install it turns on there was some hard drive blocks not allowing me to install ubuntu, I had to use some software i forgot the name to address the issue with the hard drive blocks. once the software readdressed my hard drive blocks I suddenly had no problem installing ubuntu
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