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I bought a new desktop and installed Windows 7 first. I am now trying to instal Ubuntu 11.04, but it doesn't see my partions corectly.



Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.



Here is the windows setup:
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What live cd partioner sees:
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What ubuntu live cd sees:
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Your harddisk is using the Dynamic Disk Format, which is not compatible with Linux and some Windows Version (Home Editions). Windows allows you to convert every disk to a Dynamic Disk but not back to a Basic Disk. Dynamic Disk format is used to provide features like Software RAID. You're setup doesnt seem to use such a feature, therefor you can safely use the Basic Disk format.



You can backup all your data, delete all partitions and create a new partition table (make sure you don't convert it to a Dynamic Disk again).



There are ways to convert this disk back to a Basic Disk without copy all data around. This Blog entry describes a method using Test Disk. But be careful, and as always, make a backup first!


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