On 22/12/2019 13:35, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi Peter,
When I try to install dual boot Kubuntu At the point where I want to
create the linux partitions I can't because W10 has 4 primary
partitions and that is all that are allowed. So the extra space is
inaccessible.
If you boot from a live Linux USB stick, what's the output of
sudo -i parted /dev/sda unit B print
substituting /dev/sda for the system's hard disk.
Model: ATA ST500LM012 HN-M5 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 500107862016B
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1048576B 105906175B 104857600B primary ntfs boot
2 105906176B 13580107775B 13474201600B primary ntfs
3 13580107776B 184598881791B 171018774016B primary ntfs
4 499172507648B 500106788863B 934281216B primary ntfs diag
This does not show the unallocated area.
Gparted gives me:
/dev/sdb1 NTFS 'System reserved' size 100MB boot
/dev/sdb2 NTFS 'RECOVERY' 12.55GB
/dev/sdb3 (locked) NTFS 'WINDOWS' 159.2GB gives a mount point
peterm/dev/WINDOWS in gparted
unallocated unallocated 292.97GB
/dev/sdb4 NTFS 891MB diag
unallocated unallocated 1.02MB
I kind of would like to keep the W10 stuff just in case someone absolutely
INSISTS that they can only work with that.
responding to Terry, unlike WXP, I was able to take the spinning rust out of
the laptop and plug it in to my PC instead of the usual disk, and it fired up
and worked OK. That's how I was able to reset W10. Not worried about piracy as
it came from a refurb laptop and I have the sticky label saying so.
Peter
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