Solved Can't create new volume in unallocated space

[Dr Amr]

I have HP pavilion dv6 3300 notebook running in win 7 home edition sp1
The whole hard disk was 1 partition so i used SHRINK VOLUME in disk management to cut out some space to make new drives
One drive ( E : ) is ok but when i tried to make another one using the unallocated space , it gave me the next error ... ​

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What should i do ??
Need help about that
Thanks​

 

[ignatzatsonic]

The only place you can currently make a new partition is within the "logical partition"--drive E.

Your alternative is to get rid of some of the other partitions.

You could expand your C drive to take up that unallocated space, but you can't turn the unallocated space into a new partition---unless you delete some of your other partitions.

 

[Dr Amr]

Ok
What about this ..
I delete ( E : ) partition .. will that give me one unallocated space ?
And then i make it new volume and then i divide it into 2 partitions ..
Could that work ??​

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Ok
What about this ..
I delete ( E : ) partition .. will that give me one unallocated space ?
And then i make it new volume and then i divide it into 2 partitions ..
Could that work ??​

Your idea might work, but first:

What's currently in the E partition?? Anything you care about?

 

[Dr Amr]

I'll back up my things first of course ..
I'll give it a try ..
Thanks for your quick help .

 

[ignatzatsonic]

If you delete E, that should give you about 380 GB of unallocated space.

Then make a LOGICAL drive of the entire 380 GB space.

Then make as many partitions as you want to inside that new logical drive. Logical drives do not have that limitation on the number of partitions.

 

[whs]

This is indeed a very strange configuration. Your unallocated space is tagged as Primary space. I suspect it is couching because you have already 3 primary partitions and one extended partition.

What you could do without any damage is to change the C partition to Logical. For that you need the bootable CD of Partition Wizard (last entry on the webpage)

 

[Dr Amr]

Hey ,
I downloaded a program called EaseUS Partition Master .
It simply transforms the unallocated space into a partition ..
And this is how it looks now in disk management :



I hope it goes well now .
Thanks ignatzatsonic & whs for your help .

 

[whs]

That looks very well. Good luck.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Yeah, that's fine--although I don't think you needed to download an application to do it.

 

[Dr Amr]

Thanks guys ..
Problem SOLVED