Dual boot w/ Windows 7 and MATE 16.04 LTS fails on Compaq nx6325

[wolfman]

Hi @fey42,

have you also taken a look at the partitioning guide?:

GParted partition guide for Linux and Windows users

PLEASE NOTE: THIS GUIDE DOES NOT DEPICT THE INSTALLATION (CREATION) OF A UEFI PARTITION. IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER WITH UEFI/BIOS, MAKE SURE YOU ALSO CREATE A UEFI/BIOS PARTITION AS WELL. SEE FURTHER REMARKS ABOUT UEFI PARTITIONS IN THE GUIDE!. Linux beginners should also look here: You can only partition on an unmounted drive using an installation disk of your Linux flavour with a partitioning tool included, use the Gparted tool in live mode, or you can download a copy of Gparted from the link…

See also (for pre-created partitions):

Install Ubuntu-MATE using the "Something else" method

@BlueAlchemy17, if you have any advice that will help others, be all means share it so it will help everyone!. What tips do you have?.