livinthailandos Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phazey Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Defrag your C partition, then shrink? Although you should be able to shrink 100GB with that setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarn Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil2 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralGuff Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livinthailandos Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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