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I have Windows 8.1(64-bit), i want to dual boot it with ubuntu 13.10(64bit),



I shrunk the C: drive by 20 GB. created a bootable pendrive and booted through it



Partitions



when i clicked on "something else", the 20GB data i have partitioned is showing "unusable"



Something else



i tried using gparted its showing "it is not possible to create more than 4 primary partitions"



please help, i am new to ubuntu



my system specs: core i3(3rd gen), 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Dell inspiron 14r



I do not have enough reputation to upload images so i have given the links.


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Unless you have one primary partition for your Linux partition, there isn't much you can do. So you need to delete one of your existing partitions before you can install Ubuntu.



Unfortunately the disks are limited to 4 physical partitions, but if you need more, then you can set up the 4th partition as an extended partition. Inside that extended partition you can have several other logical partitions.



But as mentioned earlier, you need to delete one of your existing partitions before you do so.



Here is a sample layout: Partition table



Hope that helps!


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