Newly made partition not showing up in Ubuntu installer in attempt to setup dualboot

[matlock123456789]

Hi all,
I m planning to go Linux but can t delete my windows partition as i need this for work and stuff... So i decided to go Dual boot ...went into my Windows 7 pc and computer right click manage and create a new partition... New partition is visable and partitioned ...nice then i burned the ubuntu iso and rebooted my pc..all fine..but then when i want to install ubuntu this partition M is not visable... So i cancelled the install as i already gots diskgrub issues before...rebooted pc deleted the partition and gave it another try ...in 7 computer manage right click - new partition et voila done.... Tried installing Ubuntu a second time but still my newly made partition is not showing up.

Anybody any suggestions? Maybe for a good partition tool that will allow me to create a working for dual boot partition in windows?

Thanks a million in Advance
Matlock

[Taxmancometh]

I wonder if this will help you out. Download EasyBCD 2.1.1 - NeoSmart Technologies

[stroyal]

Why can't you just install Ubuntu, and let that make the new partition, for dual boot?

[matlock123456789]

Hi all first off thanks for the replys
I actually don t have the time to backup my windows 7 so that s no option for me
The download Easy BCD 2.1.1 tool worked out great

Thanks a million

[stroyal]

I can relate to that, I wipe an installation of XP, trying to dual boot by installing Ubuntu on top.

It was operator error though, exasperated by a bug in my BIOS.

I had a 160gig IDE, and 2 -80 gig SATA in a RAID.
It had been so long, since I did an install on this board I forgot that when an IDE drive was installed, it would ignore the SATAs.

They also showed as exactly the same size.

The main reason it screwed up was because I had done this many times, on other computers, and wasn't paying attention.

The worst part was, I wipes both drives, Main, and backup.

Luckily I always have 2 backups, and was able to recover, all but a weeks data.
(I had just converted 50 vinyl albums, to MP3)
Probably the most data I collected, in years, all gone.
I haven't had the urge to redo it since.

I say this, because I wonder why, you don't already have everything backed up??

The saying here is, if it is not backed up, it must not be important.