30.89GB Unusable Disk Space On Hard Drive


  1. Posts : 4
    Window 7
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    30.89GB Unusable Disk Space On Hard Drive


    I just bought a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 (1012) netbook recently and I currently have 30.89GB of unusable disk space. It is listed as “Free space” in Disk Management. I installed Jolicloud (distro of Linux made for netbooks) in a dual boot configuration (dedicating 30.89GB to Jolicloud), but later decided that I was better off with just Windows 7, so I deleted the partition that Jolicloud was on. During the process I ended up doing a clean install on Windows 7 Starter onto my netbook. I also used a program called “Active @ KillDisk - Hard Drive Eraser” to delete the partition that Dell allocated to recovery I think, which is now part of the partition Window 7 Starter is installed on. So as of now I have three partitions on the hard drive: “System Reserved” 100MB NTFS, “(C:)” 201.90GB NTFS and 30.89GB “Free Space”. When in Disk Management and trying to create a new partition using the full amount 30.89GB, 30GB, 20GB or any amount, I get the error: “There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation.”. Also I tried to install Windows 7 Ultimate on the this free space and got the error: "Windows could not create partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing the partition selected for installation. Error code:0x8004240F"
    Does anyone know of any solution to either extended my main partition, create a new partition or install another OS or anything with this free space.
    Thank you in advance.
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  2. Posts : 560
    WIN10
       #2

    Right click on the free space and click format. Then right click on the space and choose delete volume. It should then say unallocated.

    Then right click on the C drive and hit extend to gain the space.
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  3. Posts : 560
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    Or just use Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD - Windows 7 Forums

    Boot from CD, and make changes there. That partition is not NTFS format, probably a linux partition.
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  4. Posts : 4
    Window 7
    Thread Starter
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    eldinv said:
    Right click on the free space and click format. Then right click on the space and choose delete volume. It should then say unallocated.

    Then right click on the C drive and hit extend to gain the space.
    Ohhh man.. that was pretty simple. I feel like an idiot now for not seeing that my self!
    Thanks for the help!
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  5. Posts : 560
    WIN10
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    No problem glad you got it sorted! Can you click on your first post report the problem as solved, if you got the time!

    Take Care,
    Eldin
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  6. Posts : 4
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    Thread Starter
       #6

    eldinv said:
    No problem glad you got it sorted! Can you click on your first post report the problem as solved, if you got the time!

    Take Care,
    Eldin
    How do I do that?
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  7. Posts : 560
    WIN10
       #7

    The red exclamation point, next to the rep button.

    Thanks again!
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