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I want to install Linux alongside Windows 10. I have a bootable cd with Linux which runs normaly if I boot from it.

The problem is that Windows 10 by default takes all 4 primary partitions. Because of that I can't install to unallocated space because Linux installer marks it as unusable.

The only possible solution that I found to this problem is making D: drive extended partition and making logical drives inside on which I could install linux. Can someone offer any ideas how to do this?

Disk management shows me this:

Disk Management screenshot.

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You can downgrade 3 of the 4 primary partitions. Only the partition with the bootmgr (the active partition) has to be primary, the others can be logical/extended. Then you can create a primary for your Linux.

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  • I agree with @whs. Linux will require a primary partition, possibly a couple of them depending on your configuration... but most of them will be extended. If its an ssd be sure to leave about 7% unallocated, this allows the drive to move bits of data around and not have one area of the drive get over-used faster than the rest of the drive. Always install windows first and then linux mint second. The grub bootloader has a nicer OS selector.
    – holaymolay
    Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 18:16
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    Actually, Linux can install entirely to logical partitions. You can convert from primary to logical with fixparts, which comes in the gdisk package. See the FixParts documentation for details, including some important caveats and limitations.
    – Rod Smith
    Commented Dec 14, 2015 at 23:30
  • Thanks Rod, I didn't know about fixedparts... But without fixedparts, it wants at least one primary partition.... right?
    – holaymolay
    Commented Jan 12, 2016 at 18:34

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