I was trying to install Ubuntu 11.04. But Gparted did not recognize my machine partitions correctly.
This is how Windows 7 Disk Manager showed partitions:
Volume---------------------File System------------Capacity
(C:)----------------------------NTFS----------------142.39GB
(D:)----------------------------NTFS----------------107.42GB
(H:)----------------------------NTFS----------------26.18GB
HP_RECOVERY(E:)--------NTFS----------------16.80GB
HP_TOOLS(F:)--------------FAT32---------------4.98GB
SYSTEM----------------------NTFS----------------300MB
In the process of installing, First I booted the machine with my boot-able USB(made with Unetbooting). Then selected 'try ubuntu'. Then went to Gparted to check the partitions before actual installation.
I was expecting to install Ubuntu in partition D: and was expecting a similar picture like what Windows Disk Manager showed.
But Gparted showed partitions in a different way. Partitions (D:), (H:), (E:) and (F:) were shown as one single partition. So I could not select partition D: to install Ubuntu in it.
How can this problem be fixed?
Additional Information
This is the output of fdisk -l
command.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4166d6a8
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1 992+ 42 SFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 * 1 39 307200 42 SFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 39 18627 149306368 42 SFS
/dev/sda4 18627 38914 162955608 42 SFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 8011 MB, 8011120640 bytes
41 heads, 41 sectors/track, 9307 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1681 * 512 = 860672 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c8603
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 5 9308 7819328 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Useful outputs from the diskpart
program in Windows:
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn
-------- ------------- ------- ------- ---
Disk 0 Online 298 GB 8 MB *
Disk 1 No Media 0 B 0 B
DISKPART> select disk 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Dynamic Data 992 KB 31 KB
Partition 2 Dynamic Data 300 MB 1024 KB
Partition 3 Dynamic Data 142 GB 301 MB
Partition 4 Dynamic Data 155 GB 142 GB
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 H NTFS Simple 26 GB Healthy
Volume 1 D NTFS Simple 107 GB Healthy
Volume 2 F HP_TOOLS FAT32 Simple 5115 MB Healthy
Volume 3 E HP_RECOVERY NTFS Simple 16 GB Healthy
Volume 4 C NTFS Simple 142 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 5 SYSTEM NTFS Simple 300 MB Healthy System
Volume 6 G DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 7 I Mobile Part CDFS CD-ROM 32 MB Healthy
Volume 8 J Removable 0 B No Media