Thanks again. The D drive does contain drivers. Don't know why I didn't think to look at that previously.

No prob - you can easily move those directories and their contents onto your C: drive - just create a "From_D_Drive" directory (or something like that) to remember where they came from. Then you can delete that partition and use it with the rest of your freed space from the main Windows partition you'll be shrinking.

Cheers.

First, allow me again say thank you for all the help. I can't begin to express my appreciation. Second, you will get a break here as I will be stepping away from my laptop for a few hours after I post this reply. Third, I will transfer my drivers from D drive onto C and use that. Would I only use that for swap since I will be creating a 300 gig partition for Linux? OR is the EFI partition you mentioned creating something else? Sorry for all the questions. This is my first real foray into trying to install Linux. I purchased a used computer from someone once that had Ubuntu already installed on it so I've never had to do this.

The Disk Management images you posted show only the bottom two partitions with anything on them. You do have an EFI partition but, according to Disk Management, it is empty?? In fact it shows 4 of the 6 partitions as empty with only the C: windows system and Lenovo partitions containing anything. If that is accurate, it might explain a lot. Have you tried mounting the EFI partition to see if there are any files there?

Hey - you're most welcome for the help - glad I can be of assistance.

I would just delete the LENOVO partition (D Drive) after moving the files. It's too big for a swap partition. Depending on the amount of RAM on your system and how you want to implement power management (suspend-resume-hibernate etc. ..), you'll need anywhere from 0 to a max of 16GB, most likely on the lower side (common rules of thumb are RAMx2 or RAM +1GB .. opinions are many ..) Just create unused space with that partition and use it with the rest of the freed space from your C: drive.

The ESP has nothing to do with the creation or management of a swap partition - that is your choice when installing or modifying the configuration of an already installed linux distro. I tend to create the main ext4 partition and the linux-swap partition with GParted before installing, but the Mint install routine probably guides you through it if not.

Hey Yancek - Windows Disk Management never actually accurately shows the usage of those partitions ... They are nevertheless being used.

Cheers :-)

I would not expect accurate information from Disk Management on any Linux partition since a default windows can't read Linux filesystems. When I go to Disk Management on my systems with windows 7 and windows 10, they show 100% free for the Linux partitions but show the accurate amount free for the windows (ntfs and vfat) partitions. Since the EFI partition is vfat, I would expect it to be accurate. Pretty simple to mount it and find out or look at it in GParted.

Hey Yancek,

You are of course, right, that it would be simple to do so. I can confirm however, that on my Windows 10 UEFI based systems, Windows Disk Management reports the ESP as having 100% available space. This is the reason I'm not particularly suprised at the OPs situation.

Cheers !

I solved my problem and I did it completely by mistake. I rebooted my computer and pressed F12 to get into the boot menu. I had 3 options in my boot menu. They were: 1) Windows bootloader, 2) Ubuntu (Lexar USB) and something called 3)Linpus Lite.

I managed to select Linpus Lite by accident. I immediately noticed that my flash drive started to blink and something was happening. Ubuntu loaded from the flash drive just as it had previously. This time however when I went to install I actually had to option to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10. It found the windows bootloader. I finished the installation and am happy to say that I am now typing this comment from my newly installed Ubuntu.

I have no idea what linpus lite is or why it worked, but if anyone else is having issues with this particular Lenovo model it would appear selecting linus lite from the boot menu when attempting to install is the answer.

I just looked up Linpus Lite and it appears it is actually a Linux distro in it's own right. Not sure how that happened or why it worked. I'm just glad it did.

How bizarre. Wonder what the point of that is. My systems are MBR. I noticed the OP refer to boot repair several times but never posted the output from the BootInfo Summary. That might be useful to those who use UEFI.

Agreed - it is odd. As to the OPs issue, it seems to be resolved :-)

lol ... Glad to learn you found the answer ! Linpus is indeed a linux distro. I know little about it other than it is more common pre-installed on some Asian produced laptops. I've heard of it on lower-end Acers produced in Asia. Didn't know Lenovo pre-installed it. It seems that, in your case, it was set up with its own bootloader that you needed a hot-key combination to access - rather unconventional.

Congrats on finding it, though - enjoy your experience with linux and don't be a stranger if you need help.

That is the part of this that is so strange. Despite the fact it said Linpus Lite it is Ubuntu that was loaded from the usb and that was installed. I'm just making a wild guess, but I used Rufus to create my Ubuntu usb. I am wondering if Rufus somehow managed to incorrectly identify the distro. But it definitely booted from the USB which had Ubuntu on it and installed Ubuntu.

And I obviously have no idea why it found the windows bootloader during installation this time as opposed to all the times I chose the option of the Ubuntu usb.

You prefer that before installing because?

Hey linux-man,

... More a question of habit, honestly. I like to have the destination for a distro install defined, formatted and available before starting the installation procedure. Furthermore, since I primarily use Arch, this is a necessity in most cases for my systems.

Cheers,