Xubuntu install on Win7 laptop fails

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Bob schreef op 13-07-2017 21:54:

>> > Device         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
>> > /dev/sda1       2048    206847    204800   100M EFI System
>> > /dev/sda2     206848    468991    262144   128M Microsoft reserved
>> > /dev/sda3     468992 502231039 501762048 239.3G Microsoft basic data
>> > /dev/sda4  943554560 976773119  33218560  15.9G Microsoft basic data
>> > /dev/sda5  502231040 502233087      2048     1M BIOS boot
>> > /dev/sda6  502233088 935806975 433573888 206.8G Linux filesystem
>> > /dev/sda7  935806976 943554559   7747584   3.7G Linux swap
>> >
>> > Partition table entries are not in disk order.
>> 
>> That last line is a danger sign although not necessarily fatal.
> 
> I don't know if it is a danger sign but that is how gparted does things 
> and the
> partitioning program the installer uses. I can not speak to other 
> partitioning
> programs because I have only used gparted but I think it is because of 
> the
> brain dead method of assigning partition names by linux and I was very
> surprised by this when I started using Ubuntu.

Parted can reorder them. Only sda4 is actually sitting at the end. It's 
a confusing thing and seems to be unnecessary, but also seems to not 
matter a thing...

Regards.