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[ubuntu] Dual Boot Partitioning Using GParted (1TB SATA HDD and 8GB SSD)

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I'm trying to figure out how to allocate ~80% of disk space to Ubuntu 12.10 and ~20% to Windows but after installation, it seems like I only have ~177 GB volume on both Ubuntu and Windows when my HDD is 1TB...GParted shows multiple partitions (3 nfts though I understand one is on the SSD?) with one of them being very large but inaccessible and protected(key symbol)? I've included a screen cap of GParted showing the partitions. I'd like to get rid of/ optimize partitions and make Ubuntu my primary OS. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks in advance. (Hardware)

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Submitted by xskl on 01/18/2013

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Good day to everyone. I hope someone can help me with my problem.

I have a dual boot Windows and Ubuntu system.

I recently encountered an hd0 out of disk error and wasn't able to boot Ubuntu.

Hello Group,

I'm a long time follower of Ubuntu and FOSS :D. After trying out Ubuntu (WUBI included), I'm finally ready to dual boot (need to keep windows for work related programs).

My hard drive has 2 partitions - C: (user files) & D: with Windows installed on D: (free space about 50 GB).

Hey guys,

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I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 and dual boot. I have put the Windows partitions to the launcher blacklist so that they won't show up there (via "unlock from launcher" option). These partitions will then appear in the blacklist viewable in dconf-editor. But when I start gparted all blacklisted partitions reappear in the launcher ( and get lost in the blacklist as well).

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