Problems installing Ubuntu on unallocated space

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Published on 2011-01-31T23:08:28Z Indexed on 2011/01/31 23:33 UTC
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I've been trying to install Ubuntu on some unallocated space, but I'm getting confused with the manual partition setup. I didn't want to try the other options for it suggested that everything on my drive would be erased (but I might be wrong)

I have an old(ish) laptop with a 60GB hard-drive. Theres a Windows 7 partition of 30GB, followed by 20GB of unallocated space, then HP's Windows recovery partition of under 10GB.

Do I need to format the empty space in windows first? What's the recommended method in this case?

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