Problems creating new partition on existing XP partition for dual boot PC, (Ubuntu)

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From: Nanette Newman
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:22

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WinXP Pro SP2.

Hi all.
I've decided to set up a dual boot PC, WinXP Pro and Ubuntu. My
current setup is one IDE 80Gb hard drive with no partitions other than
the XP one. I wish to partition the drive, 40Gb a piece and install
Ubuntu on the new 40 Gb partition with XP on the other but  I'm having
problems creating the partition. In XP Disk Manager I can see my XP
partition which takes up the whole drive. There is no "unallocated"
space for me to right click and create the new partition which all
FAQs have said I must have. I remember having the choice to create
partitions when I originally installed XP but chose not to.
I did notice an option to change the drive from "Basic" (its current
setting) to "Dynamic". Would that make any difference? 
Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.
TIA.

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From: Nanette Newman <nannew@hotmail.co.uk>
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Subject: Problems creating new partition on existing XP partition for dual boot PC, (Ubuntu)
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