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Install - partitioning problem ('unusable space')

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How can I create another partition (to e.g. parallel install a different ubuntu version) with this current partitioning table? After shrinking /dev/sda4 there is only this 'unusable' space?!
My current partitions are as per gparted:

/dev/sda

   /dev/sda1 ntfs                (Windows)

   /dev/sda2 ntfs                (Windows)

   /dev/sda5 ext4                (Linux /home)

   /dev/sda7 ntfs                (joint data partition)

   /dev/sda6 swap

   /dev/sda4 ext4   50028 MB     (Oneiric)

   unusable         67000 MB

Any advice?

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answered 1 Year ago oileweaty · Accepted Answer

You have too many partitions created. the count is: sda1 (primary), sda2 (primary), sda5-sda7 (logical partitions inside a extended partition), thats why sda4 comes after all the higher counts. A Master-Boot-Record-formatted disk only allows 4 partitions (primary or logical).
You can use the space by resizing/moving partitions accordingly or eliminate sda4, resize the extended partition (which already contains sda5-sda7 (logical partitions)) to the complete remaining space and create your wanted (logical) partitions inside the extended one.