Librated error when creating partition table
- by Marko
I bought a Dell Inspiron 5521 laptop a few days ago that came with Ubuntu preinstalled.
I haven't used Ubuntu yet, and I don't have any experience in using it. I wanted to install Windows 7 64-bit on my laptop alongside Ubuntu, and made two bootable USB drives with Gparted and Windows 7. There wasn't a suitable partition on my laptop in which I could install Windows 7.
I've read the instructions for using Gparted to create or manage my hard drive. I inserted the USB, booted from BIOS, and followed the procedure in installing Gparted. Then I entered Gparted, and the following error occurred: Librated error when Creating partition table. It asked me to click on either OK or Cancel. Either way I had my hard disk shown to me in the user window, in partitions that were made by the manufacturer:
Partition File sys Label Size Flags
/dev/sda1 fat32 dellutility 300.00 Mib diag
/dev/sda2 fat32 os 3.00 Gib lba
/dev/sda3 ext4 912.46 Gib boot
/dev/sda4 extended 15.75 Gib
(had a subpart) /dev/sda5 linux-swap 15.75 Gib
...and a option to switch to dev/sdb that's unused and of capacity 3Gib.
I've used the biggest partition 912.46 Gib, and tried to reduce its size, and clicked OK. Then when I tried to make a new partition, it said it can't make any more partitions, no more than a maximum of 5.
I would like to keep Ubuntu and slowly learn, but I also need to use programs that work in Windows.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
