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Hd Wont Partition

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Posted 19 October 2007 - 09:48 PM

So I want to partition my C: drive using Acronis Disk Director to make a 40 GB partition for Ubuntu. I do it and it does everything and there is never a new partition. Im running Vista Home Premium. I have about 133 GB left on my HD so its not the size. Please help as I really want Ubuntu. Also should I make the partition Ext3 for Ubuntu. Thanks for help in advance.

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Posted 20 October 2007 - 09:41 AM

When you make a partition with Disk Director, you've also got to apply/commit to the changes and then let the system reboot to make the changes (it can't do any of this while Windows is open).

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Posted 20 October 2007 - 12:59 PM

I know. Ive let it reboot and everything. I went through the whole process twice and still no partition. Please help me.

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Posted 21 October 2007 - 07:05 AM

Are you using v10.0 or higher? As I recall, previous versions weren't Vista compatible.
I'd have to suggest creating the boot CD for Disk Director and making the changes after booting to the CD.

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