Hi, Spike. I am currently in an IT course Online, and found out about Ubuntu from research. I waited for Ver.8 to order the Live cd. Anyway, I have it, but want to put it on my partition I left especially FOR Ubuntu. I read your responses to GODSMACK, but when I got as far as "manual", I kkept getting ann error about not enough space,. That cannot be; I left 77GB for my future Ubuntu use. It is unformatted. What am I to do???

As I wrote in my summary, I am trying to install Ubuntu on my unformatted partition "D". It has over 77GB free. I partitioned my hard drive just for my Ubuntu. I knew the disc was en route, so I did it beforehand, during my break between semesters. That way, I wouldn't have any problems while attending my 3 online classes. I guess I needn't have bothered, since I can't seem to get it to do anything than want to install to the complete hard drive. I almost did this, but when I read that it would erase everything, I cancelled it. I did try twice before giving up---but I KNOW there has to be a way for me to be able to do this! Any help would be greatly appreciated. By the way, I can never get as far as GODSMACK, I am unable to advance past the screen with the installation destinations if I do not choose the second option! It is "72% used (Windows) with 28% left free for Ubuntu"---there are about 76GB on that drive. Ok, I just looked at the properties for "D" drive---it says that there is 0% available and 0% free space! It is completely blue whereas pink would be free space. Is that because it is unformatted? If it is what do i do about this problem? Thanks ever so much! {Peggy}