05-22-2017, 06:22 AM
System Reserved partition (/dev/sda1) is a Windows partition -- don't delete that or the other two Windows partitions (/dev/sda2 and sda3).
/dev/sda4 is an "extended" partition containing several "logical" partitions within it -- your two LL installations, an NTFS partition that you said had/has a Norton backup on it, and a Swap partition. It is not necessary to delete the extended partition itself. Just delete the logical partitions sda5, 6, 7 and 8. Currently your latest LL install appears to be on sda8 and the first install on sda6. The Norton backup partition is in between the two Linux partitions, so if you wanted one large partition for LL you can't combine the two right now because that NTFS partition is in the middle of them. That's why we're recommending you just delete all 4 of those partitions and start over.
Boot with LL USB and open GParted (Menu -> System -> Partition Drives).
Right-click on the Swap partition and choose "Swapoff".
Right-click on /dev/sda5 and choose "Delete"
Do same for /dev/sda6, 7 and 8.
Click the "Apply" button along top of GParted window to carry out the deletions.
Now you'll have empty space again in the extended /dev/sda4 partition.
If you want to have an NTFS partition for Norton backups again, click the "New" button to make a new partition, choose to format it as NTFS and make it whatever size you want. Then hit the "Apply" button again to carry out the operation.
At this point you'll have free, unpartitioned space after the NTFS partition (if you re-created that) within the extended partition and the LL installer will automatically use that when you tell it to install "Alongside Windows". So you can stop with GParted at this point and start the installer. Both prior installs of LL will be gone and you'll have one fresh new one when done.
/dev/sda4 is an "extended" partition containing several "logical" partitions within it -- your two LL installations, an NTFS partition that you said had/has a Norton backup on it, and a Swap partition. It is not necessary to delete the extended partition itself. Just delete the logical partitions sda5, 6, 7 and 8. Currently your latest LL install appears to be on sda8 and the first install on sda6. The Norton backup partition is in between the two Linux partitions, so if you wanted one large partition for LL you can't combine the two right now because that NTFS partition is in the middle of them. That's why we're recommending you just delete all 4 of those partitions and start over.
Boot with LL USB and open GParted (Menu -> System -> Partition Drives).
Right-click on the Swap partition and choose "Swapoff".
Right-click on /dev/sda5 and choose "Delete"
Do same for /dev/sda6, 7 and 8.
Click the "Apply" button along top of GParted window to carry out the deletions.
Now you'll have empty space again in the extended /dev/sda4 partition.
If you want to have an NTFS partition for Norton backups again, click the "New" button to make a new partition, choose to format it as NTFS and make it whatever size you want. Then hit the "Apply" button again to carry out the operation.
At this point you'll have free, unpartitioned space after the NTFS partition (if you re-created that) within the extended partition and the LL installer will automatically use that when you tell it to install "Alongside Windows". So you can stop with GParted at this point and start the installer. Both prior installs of LL will be gone and you'll have one fresh new one when done.
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