Emperor To install linux you have to Format the partition with ext4 file system, and ext4 partitions are not vizible from Windows. If you need some HDD 2 space to be visible in both systems then i recommend you to create two partitions.
Assuming it is the sda drive.
One for linux Extended. This one can bi partitioned on four logical partitions.
On Linux side
(sda1) Extended
- (sda5) EFI with Fat32 File System around 512MB minimum i think (since you have UEFI system)
Here i can't help you how to mount it, because i don't have experience on UEFI systems.
Maybe it is /boot/efi. You have to do your research.
- (sda6) Swap with linuxswap File System (if you need swap)
- (sda7) Root partition with ext4 File System (30 GB is enough), it depends how much are you going to install on it.
on sda7 you have to mount root point (/ )
- (sda8) Home Partition with ext4 File System (with remaining GB left from Extended partition)
on sda 8 you have to mount /home
And for Windows
(sda2) Primary with NTFS
PS, you can add other two primary partition if you want, their names will be sda3 and sda4 (Mas primary partitions are always 4, this is universal law as i know, it is not a linux thing or windows thing).
