I've already installed an Ubuntu 14.04 partition on a Windows 7 system. That all works with no problem but now I'm trying to install this latest version of Kali on a third partition... problem.
I wan't to arm the readers of this post with as much information as possible so let me start by displaying the current state of partitions on my hard drive as it appears in Windows 7:
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I began the process by extracting the .iso using Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.2 thereby creating a flash drive installer and set USB to boot first in the BIOS just like I did when I installed Ubuntu. That worked and the installation process began. The problems arrive when I get to the partitioning. I chose the Manual method because all the guided methods meant wiping out my existing partitions.
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I then get to the visual display of my partitions. On a side note. I'm not sure why I have or would need logical partitions. It's not my primary concern but since one of them is 220 GB I'd be curious to understand why. Anyway I chose the #3 primary partition which is 500 MB.
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I then made the selection to resize the partition.
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On the the next screen I get a message that the resize operation is impossible for an unknown reason.
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So the installation is a failure and now when I reboot my system and select Windows 7 from the Ubuntu GRUB, instead of going directly into Windows I now have to make a selection between windows or completing the Kali installation. Nothing has been installed because no partition was made but something must have been written to the hard drive and I would like to revert my system back to the state it was in before where I didn't have to make this selection and Windows 7 boots normally. I know it's just an extra step but it shouldn't be there and it annoys me.
As far as the partitioning goes, I've since learned that you cannot have more than three primaries and I currently have three apparently even though I've only installed two operating systems. I'm guessing that the 500 GB Primary # 3 ntfs is Windows 7 and that the 21 GB Primary #2 ntfs is Ubuntu but why is there a minuscule 106.9 MB Primary #1 fat16 taking up a position as a primary partition?
My head is about to explode.