Can't Select Continue to install ubuntu alongside them

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Published on 2014-08-23T03:05:21Z Indexed on 2014/08/23 4:28 UTC
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I'm trying to install ubuntu 14.04 alongside Window 7 on my PC. I got to the installation type page and it detected my windows 7, then asked me what I would like to do.

I selected the option to install ubuntu alongside them; however, the continue button was then grayed out. If instead I chose the option to do something else, the continue button was still grayed out. I was given absolutely no explanation for why it was grayed out.

The only option that would let me continue was to erase the disk, which I do not want to do.

I have two hard disks, and one of them has two partitions on it. The second partition is completely unused, and has a terabyte of space. That's where I wanted to install it.

Can somebody please tell me why I can't install ubuntu alongside Windows 7 here?

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