This computer currently has no detected operating systems

Question

I am new to ubuntu 14.04 and I am attempting to install it on my laptop (Acer Aspire V3/772G-Intel) which already has Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I currently have two partitions on my HDD and I was planning on repartitioning my secondary partition to make room for a third to use for Ubuntu. However when I attempt to install (with DVD & USB) I get the following message:

"This computer currently has no detected operating systems"

Solution

This can be fixed using the gdisk utility. Use the live version of Ubuntu then do the next:

sudo apt-get install gdisk

sudo fixparts /dev/sda

then press "w"

After doing that you should be able to install Ubuntu in the third partition.

Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/288999/ubuntu-13-04-not-detecting-windows-7-during-install

Comments

[Ramhound]

Are you using MBR or GPT partitions?