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How can I modify my partitions so I can install Ubuntu and not damage my Windows installation?

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I have an HP pavilion g7 with a 500GB HD and 4GB RAM.

My first problem was while I was installing Ubuntu 12.04 for the first time on this laptop. I accidentally deleted Windows 7. So I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on the entire disk.

Then I decided to install Windows 7 again. So I made a partition and installed Windows into that partition. I knew I might lose Ubuntu but did not consider that a problem because I was already thinking of installing Ubuntu again.

The problem is that I can't install Ubuntu into that partition. I tried deleting the partition, but in Windows I can't merge the partition so I can follow the instructions on Ubuntu when it makes a partition for itself. (And I do not want to break the machine again.)

This is how my disk is partitioned.

270GB Unallocated

100MB System

200GB C:/ (Windows 7)

20MB (I don't remember)

I want to merge the number 1 with number 3 and then start installing Ubuntu. When I try to install Ubuntu with that partition it will not let me install. The install is not allowed because there are more than 3 primary partitions or something like that. The system will not allow me to create another primary partition.

Any suggestions? I just want to merge the partition C:/ disk with the partition I made so I can install Ubuntu in a new partition created at the moment.

I searched in forums and blogs and they all said that once I delete a partition Windows is able to "expand" the C:/ disk. But in my case, I can't do that. I assume that I can't because I created that partition BEFORE I installed Windows 7 again.

I would appreciate any suggestions. If I could I would delete Windows but I depend on it for my work.

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answered 3 Years ago mentpengu · Accepted Answer

Thanks you all for your answers but I fix my problem doing the following.

I was unable to merge disk C:/ with the unallocated area. I think the problem was that the System "partition" or space (the one with 100MB) was in between of the unallocated area and the C:/ disk. So, I merge the unallocated are with the System partition. Once I got that I proceed to shrink the System partition and there was the free space I needed to expand the C:/ disk. I run ubuntu from USB, make the partition again with "install alongside windows 7" and that was all.

Again, thanks a lot for your answers and even maybe there was an easy way to do that, well, I needed to fix my computer and this answer really help me.

PS: Yeah, I shouldn't be answering my own question but I though that maybe this can help someone with the same problem.