Ubuntu says need more hd space, but it's an empty 160 gig hd

Does the drive have a partition on it and is it NTFS by any chance?

No partition and yes it's the NTFS. Does it need to be FAT 32?

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empty 160 gig hd

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Does the drive have a partition on it and is it NTFS by any chance?

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NTFS is a partition file system type. If it is NTFS then it IS partitioned. If it has no partition then it has no file system. It cannot be both as you said.

The space to hold Ubuntu needs to be unpartitioned. Windows will see it as free space in disk manager. If you have made an NTFS partition to install Ubuntu to then you need to remove it. NTFS is not suitable for Linux file permissions

I always thought a partition was when you divided the drive into sections.
How do you remove it? What do you have to do to make it a usable drive for
that file system?

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Subject: Re: [Question #228894]: Ubuntu says need more hd space,but it's an
empty 160 gig hd

Your question #228894 on Ubuntu changed:
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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
NTFS is a partition file system type. If it is NTFS then it IS
partitioned. If it has no partition then it has no file system. It
cannot be both as you said.

The space to hold Ubuntu needs to be unpartitioned. Windows will see it
as free space in disk manager. If you have made an NTFS partition to
install Ubuntu to then you need to remove it. NTFS is not suitable for
Linux file permissions

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Even if you have a partition using 100% of the drive space, it is STILL a partition. Are you wanting to dual boot? does the drive currently have an OS on it?

Thanks

Not wanting to dual boot. No OS on the drive just blank and formatted to
NTFS.

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Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [Question #228894]: Ubuntu says need more hd space,but it's an
empty 160 gig hd

Your question #228894 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/228894

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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
Even if you have a partition using 100% of the drive space, it is STILL
a partition. Are you wanting to dual boot? does the drive currently have
an OS on it?

Thanks

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Just a question, do you work for Ubuntu or are you someone from the help
site?

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Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [Question #228894]: Ubuntu says need more hd space,but it's an
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Your question #228894 on Ubuntu changed:
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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
Even if you have a partition using 100% of the drive space, it is STILL
a partition. Are you wanting to dual boot? does the drive currently have
an OS on it?

Thanks

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I'm a long standing Linux user (since 2001) and Ubuntu member. I am not employed by Canonical nor paid to contribute here or anywhere else.

NTFS is not suitable for Linux. If you only have that drive and only want to have Ubuntu installed then just tell the installer to use the entire drive. It will partition it as needed and make a swap partition for you.

I am the installer and I am using the entire drive and the Ubuntu program is
not finding the drive, It's giving me that screen that is making sure that
you have internet and wanting you to check the boxes to use a 3rd party for
something. It has an x on for making sure you have enough drive space ,
which is dimmed out telling me it's not finding my hd. This is the reason
why I have been writing, to have someone to give me insight to do whatever I
have to do to get the program to find the drive.

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Subject: Re: [Question #228894]: Ubuntu says need more hd space,but it's an
empty 160 gig hd

Your question #228894 on Ubuntu changed:
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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
I'm a long standing Linux user (since 2001) and Ubuntu member. I am not
employed by Canonical nor paid to contribute here or anywhere else.

NTFS is not suitable for Linux. If you only have that drive and only
want to have Ubuntu installed then just tell the installer to use the
entire drive. It will partition it as needed and make a swap partition
for you.

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If you run :

gparted

Do you see the drive and the NTFS partition? If so then delete it and then try the installation. If you don't see it then try setting IDE compatability mode in BIOS