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Ignatz, Creating the partitions ahead of time is always a good idea. And why does he not check in the properties of the disk whether he really has a GPT disk now.
Ignatz, Creating the partitions ahead of time is always a good idea. And why does he not check in the properties of the disk whether he really has a GPT disk now.
That's right.
"create partition primary" would give you a C covering the entire drive, which you could later shrink.
"create partition primary size=200000" would give you a C of 200 GB and leave the rest unallocated, which you could later make into partitions as desired after installing Windows.
Don't attempt to make more than 4 standard primary partitions---DO NOT ever say yes to a choice mentioning "dynamic disks". You may have to use logical disks, which is fine.
I'd make a single C of the desired size in Diskpart, if you know how large you want it to be. Worry about the other partitions after you get Windows installed.
I will create a c partition of 800gigs. Well see if it works this time.
Going to do this now.
Btw I am a she ^__^
Aye aye, madame.
Good luck.
After you run those extra commands, just exit diskpart as before. Don't reboot. Continue on with the Windows installation. When it completes, check again to see if you have an MBR disk or a GPT disk.
We'll get it sorted one way or the other. WHS is very skilled in this.
"Primary active is better. Then you do not get a system partition on installation.create partition primary" would give you a C covering the entire drive, which you could later shrink
Okay I am in command prompt and it says successfully converted disk to GPT format.
What is my next step?
Btw - for resizing such a big partition, you will most likely need the Partition Wizard again because disk management cannot move the MFT (master file table) which sits in the middle of the empty space of the partition.
How to Move/Resize Partition | MiniTool Partition Wizard Tutorial