Cant edit a partition

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  1. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Cant edit a partition


    I was installing ubuntu on this partition in and the power happened to go out with it was being formatted so I went back into gparted and wiped it but now I cant edit it in windows7. I cant expand other partitions either. The relevant options in the context menu are greyed out. How should I go about repairing this? When I try to create a new volume even with a size lower than whats available I get the error message seen in the fourth screenshot.

    https://i.imgur.com/wZjN4.png
    https://i.imgur.com/nXxGh.png
    https://i.imgur.com/NLjmv.png
    https://i.imgur.com/GK1g8.png
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  2. Posts : 968
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Run a chkdsk /r on the drive by opening a command prompt from start>type cmd in search menu and hit return and type in chkdsk /r in the box and follow the prompts and reboot when it says to. You may have some errors on the drive or bad sectors..
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  3. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
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    Will do Ill report back shortly.

    edit: ok I ran it and there were no errors but the problems persists.
    Last edited by gold3n; 08 Sep 2011 at 11:07.
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  4. Posts : 968
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    Let me ask a more suited person than myself.
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  5. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
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    Thanks. :)
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  6. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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    Take a look at this base tutorial.
    To Remove Linux take look at this post:
    Error 0xc0000225 on boot
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  7. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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    On an mbr disk, you can have a maximum of 3 primary partitions and 1 extended partition (within which you can have lots of logical volumes) which you already have, hence the error.

    I suggest you use a 3rd party tool like partition wizard to pull the existing logical to the left to use the unallocated space.

    Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD
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  8. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
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    Awesome, thanks A LOT to everyone. Bill2 that looks like the solution I needed, Ill report back with the results. Awesome stuff guys
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  9. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #9

    Informative regarding the number of partitions and the sizes is:
    Reviewing Storage Limits: Local File Systems
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  10. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #10

    The live cd worked perfectly. Thanks once again!
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