I've been trying to install Ubuntu alongside windows for 2 days now I'm new to Linux and all the videos I've watched are long and tedious and they all assume you have a GPT disk.

Here's the problem, once I get to the installation, the install alongside Windows option does not even show up for me. I only get "erase" or "something else", when I click on the latter and create boot and swap partitions, the rest of my Freespace becomes "unusable" and I cannot change it, thus not being able to continue the installation. Also, despite restarting the windows in advanced mode "windows boot manager" doesn't show up on ubuntu installation like it shows up on all the tutorials I've watched can someone please tell me what am I doing wrong?

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If your PC supports UEFI BOOT, Why don't you convert Windows MBR to GPT? Execute in windows command Prompt:

mbr2gpt /validate /allowFullOS
mbr2gpt /convert /allowFullOS

make sure to run command prompt as administrator. Then go to BIOS Setup and enable UEFI BOOT and disable legacy boot. Now restart the installation, (REMEMBER TO DISABLE SECURE BOOT).

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