Dual Boot Windows 7 and 8, Windows 8 cannot install on dynamic disk


  1. Bogeyman14
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    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    Dual Boot Windows 7 and 8, Windows 8 cannot install on dynamic disk


    I am trying to dual boot windows 8 along side my current version of windows 7. I tried using the disk management utility to shrink my C: Drive partition and then to create a new simple volume for the unallocated space that was freed up. When I tried to install windows 8 on this partition it gave me the message that the partition was dynamic and therefore windows 8 could not be installed on it. How would I create a basic partition to install windows 8 on?

    Here is a screenshot of the disk management.
    Dual Boot Windows 7 and 8, Windows 8 cannot install on dynamic disk-disk-management-view-start.jpg

    And here is a screenshot of the disk management with the partition I tried to install windows 8 on.
    Dual Boot Windows 7 and 8, Windows 8 cannot install on dynamic disk-disk-management-view-w-win8-partition.jpg
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  3. AddRAM
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    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    Use Partition Wizard version 4.2.2 boot cd to convert it back to primary.

    How did it get converted to dynamic in the 1st place ?

    Did you ignore the message telling you it would be converted to dynamic ?

    Windows 8 is not worth the effort, Trust me !!!
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