additional partition cannot be created

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  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
       #1

    additional partition cannot be created


    hi
    i have pro book 4530 s .i formatted the hard drive and hp-tools drive deleted . when i was going to install one driver ,that driver needed to installed on "HP-tools" drive the driver installer said do you want to create the hp-tools drive i clicked on yes :
    but this error was shown:
    main drive already has four partitions,additional partion can not be created
    (also when i was going to install windows i couldn't have more than 3 partition!)


    please help me
    thanks
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  2. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
       #2

    You should post a screenshot of your Disk Management window so we can see what is going on.

    Start > type: "comp" > click "Computer Management" > click "Disk Management"
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  3. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    thank you for replying
    this is the photo of disk management:
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  4. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
       #4

    Do you have any data that was on on that E: drive? Are you missing data?
    What is happening is that the E: partition is your 4th "drive", but you can't see it or use it in Windows because it is RAW.

    If you are sure there is no data on that E: partition (248GB), then you could delete it in Disk Management and the create a new partition and format it NTFS. Then the partition will be usable.

    You can not create more than 4 Primary partitions on a MBR drive. If you try you may convert the disk to a Dynamic Disk, which you do not want to do. If you need more than 4 partitions you can create an Extended Partition with Logical Drives.

    That HP driver is a problem. You should not have to create a partition to install a driver IMO. I would look into options to install that without the HP Tools partition.
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  5. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    thanks i deleted drive E:

    but new error apeard:






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  6. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #6

    aras71 said:
    hi
    i have pro book 4530 s .i formatted the hard drive and hp-tools drive deleted . when i was going to install one driver ,that driver needed to installed on "HP-tools" drive the driver installer said do you want to create the hp-tools drive i clicked on yes :
    but this error was shown:
    main drive already has four partitions,additional partion can not be created
    (also when i was going to install windows i couldn't have more than 3 partition!)


    please help me
    thanks
    This is why the error occurred. Do you have any HP system recovery disks?
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  7. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Britton30 said:
    aras71 said:
    hi
    i have pro book 4530 s .i formatted the hard drive and hp-tools drive deleted . when i was going to install one driver ,that driver needed to installed on "HP-tools" drive the driver installer said do you want to create the hp-tools drive i clicked on yes :
    but this error was shown:
    main drive already has four partitions,additional partion can not be created
    (also when i was going to install windows i couldn't have more than 3 partition!)


    please help me
    thanks
    This is why the error occurred. Do you have any HP system recovery disks?
    when i bought the lap top there wasn't any cd or dvd in it
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  8. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #8

    I suspect you will have to do a full clean install of w7. HP tools partition maybe would have had this in it.

    Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

    As TVeblen said the driver should not want the tool partition to install. What was the driver?
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  9. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #9

    thanks alot . when i bought the laptop there was suse platform on it. i formated the disk completly and i dont have HP tools partition now

    the driver need that partition is Bluetooth
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  10. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #10

    what is this torrent ?
    could i use it for recovery?
    Comments on HP_recovery.iso
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