How to partition a drive to install Ubuntu and Windows 7 on the same hard drive?

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apple_pie2016-04-03 16:33:34

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apple_pie, 2016-04-03 16:33:34

Friends,
I want to install Ubuntu next to Windows 7. I use the manual https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmMkAGuZxCE , but the problem is that in Windows I have C, D and E drives. When installing Ubuntu I want allocate free space on D under Ubuntu, but gparted swears, because you cannot create more than 4 discs. How to install Ubuntu without deleting information from other disks?

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Disinterpreter, 2016-04-03
@Disinterpreter

Alternatively, create extended partitions rather than primary

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Yuri Chudnovsky, 2016-04-03
@Frankenstine

You apparently already have 4 partitions: primary C, D, extended without a letter (since this is just a container) and logical E. You can only add partitions within extended, i.e. reducing the size of disk E.
For a more accurate description of what is happening there, we need to see the output of sudo parted -l /dev/sda