partition hard drive in Windows 7 home basic Without Formatting

I've hp laptop windows 7 home basic with 3 drives :

C: 445 GB
D: Recovery 15.6 GB
E: HP_Tools 3.95

i wanna divide the 'C' , used shrink i got "212987" MB then used the "New simple volume wizard " after pressing finish i got the msg
The operation you selected will convert the selected basic disk to dynamic disk. if you convert the disk t dynamic , you will not be able to start installed operating systems from any volume on the disk (except the current boot volume). are you sure ?

when i press yes i got error msg
" Dynamic disk are not supported by this operating system or server configuration . dynamic disk are not supported on clusters.

can you help plz i dont wanna format plz advise me

Thank your lucky stars that it did not convert to dynamic.

Dynamic disks are a pain and to be avoided except in unusual circumstances.

You need to make an extended partition from that shrunken space without going to dynamic.

Post a picture of Windows Disk Management so we can see what is going on with your partitions.

i attached a pic for current disk mgm i wanna use the unallocated space to be my new drive what should i do now ????

i attached another image ..... what should be my nxt step ??

You can also create an extended partition directly using the Diskpart command from a command prompt.

But WHS's method of using Partition Wizard might be easier.

You are a victim of having too many partitions---unfortunately, HP shipped the thing to you with 4 partitions and you are therefore forced to use an extended partition.

If you had only 1 or 2 partitions to begin with, you could easily create another without having to create an extended partition.

hi lsn i'm still confused if u still can help plz WHS i went to that link downloaded the last entry burned that to the CD but this didnt run so what should i do ???

so ignatzatsonic whats the Diskpart command ????

thnx thnx problem is solved i got my new drive 207 GB that is great