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shaun166

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Hi guys i when i try using Acronis*Disk Director Suite to create new partition it give me this error anyway idea why? My hard drive have around 260gb free space as shown why it still giving me this error T.T
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shaun166 said:
Hi guys i when i try using Acronis*Disk Director Suite to create new partition it give me this error anyway idea why? My hard drive have around 260gb free space as shown why it still giving me this error T.T
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shaun166;

It is difficult to tell from the picture you posted, but it appears you already have 4 "Primary" partitions on this hard drive. That is the limit. However, Windows 7 and Data partitions can reside on a "Logical" partition. You would need to convert your last "Primary" partition to an "Extended" partition so you can create "Logical" partitions in the "Extended" part.

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Cheers!
Robert
 

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Can you post back a screenshot of your full Disk Management map using the Snipping Tool in Start Menu, attaching file using paper clip in reply box.

Then let us know exactly what you want to accomplish and we recommend the exact steps.

The best tool for partition management in Win7 is bootable Partition Wizard CD for that which cannot be done by Disk Mgmt. It has been used to help remove over 100+ dual boots here since Win7 release date.
 
Why use that partitioner? Windows 7's partitioner is GREAT :D ! Just right-click the computer icon in the start menu. Click on Disk Management and WHAMMO! :party:

P.S. It may take a while to load your first time.

After it loads - right click your hard drive and click "Shrink Volume". After you go through the dialogs and create the new unallocated space, right click the new space and create a new partition thingy.
 

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Because, Coolio - Disk Management cannot do what the OP wants.

Not without destroying data on at least one of his existing partitions.

3rd party partitioners can do it non - destructively.

Hope it helps.

CoolioG said:
Why use that partitioner? Windows 7's partitioner is GREAT :D ! Just right-click the computer icon in the start menu. Click on Disk Management and WHAMMO! :party:

P.S. It may take a while to load your first time.

After it loads - right click your hard drive and click "Shrink Volume". After you go through the dialogs and create the new unallocated space, right click the new space and create a new partition thingy.
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Hi Shaun,

Iseeu is correct.

Already stated on your other thread here:permalink
 

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SIW2 said:
Because, Coolio - Disk Management cannot do what the OP wants. Duh, you idiot. I wish I could punch you in the face for just mentioning that.
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Ow... that stung a little :shock:. BTW I use Windows 7's manager for all my partitioning needs.
 

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LOL - it wasn't meant that way. Just answering the question you asked.
 

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@iseeuu
So i have 4 partition it is the max. I need to delete the OEM partition and Recovery to create new partition?
The last primary partition I right click them it only show "help"
 

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Not necessarily.

You could convert two into logical drives ( it's a lot easier if they are already adjacent )

You then are able to create one more.

Just went back to get your screenie - I assume you extended already to include the Unallocated space - or is it still the same as this ?

http://i48.tinypic.com/qpgmz9.png

Alternatively , you could delete one you don't need. You might consider making the 7 partition "system" and deleting the 100mb one.

I assume you are not using Ultimate and Bitlocker drive Encryption?
 

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CoolioG said:
SIW2 said:
Because, Coolio - Disk Management cannot do what the OP wants.
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Ow... that stung a little :shock:. BTW I use Windows 7's manager for all my partitioning needs.
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Coolio, there are many reasons we use a 3rd party Disk manager such as to Resize anything to the left, copy, mark active, convert to logical/primary, etc.

We solve many of these problems here every day and couldn't help half of them without the use of a good partition manager like Partition Wizard bootable CD which is preferred because it's free and can be used with 64 or 32 bit.

That said, I prefer Disk Management for simple shrinking since it never fails, while 3rd party partition managers can and do fail during resizing.
 
shaun166 said:
@iseeuu
So i have 4 partition it is the max. I need to delete the OEM partition and Recovery to create new partition?
The last primary partition I right click them it only show "help"
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The "Extended" partition will take the place of the fourth "Primary" partition. Then inside the "Extended" partition you can create many "Logical" partitions.

To do this safely, You will need to delete one "Primary" partition, so you will want to backup any data you want to save so you don't loose it. Then delete one "Primary" partition and create the "Extended" partition with the "Logical" drive for your saved data. Add other "Logical" Partitions as needed.

Cheers!
Robert
 

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Partitioning WIN 7 computer with XP and large HD

I have Win 7 and XP installed on a new computer with a terabyte hard drive. Can someone recommend a web site or a book with suggestions on how to handle this space?

I'm a writer and use the system for word processing mainly. On my old system I used the old DOS subst command for fast access to my book directories.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Yve
 

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Yve said:
I have Win 7 and XP installed on a new computer with a terabyte hard drive. Can someone recommend a web site or a book with suggestions on how to handle this space?

I'm a writer and use the system for word processing mainly. On my old system I used the old DOS subst command for fast access to my book directories.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Yve
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You can post back a screenshot of your full Disk management drive map, using Snipping Tool in start menu attaching file using paper clip in reply box.

Tell us exactly what you would like to do and we'll give you steps.
 
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