Creating partition in ultrabook

[CoolDefender]

I Own HP ENVY 4-1046tx Ultrabook
It have 500GB hard disk + 32 GB SSD

but have only two voloums C(have OS) and D(having recovery)
I want to have partition of C drive fr mine convience

By following regular steps It shrink the voloum C but when i try to format the created unalloted partition then at the end of the wizard it show

and after clicking yes

pls help me in this...!

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Do not, DO NOT, DON'T say yes to dynamic partitions.

Avoid them at all costs.


HPs come with a bunch of partitions from the factory.

You will probably need to use a "logical' partition.

Post another screen shot without that dynamic disk message so we can see the full Disk Management screen.

 

[CoolDefender]

Here is the screen shoot of disk management screen

 

[ignatzatsonic]

And you want to create a single partition in that 221 GB of unallocated space on Disc 0??

 

[CoolDefender]

Yes...

 

[ignatzatsonic]

OK;

Do the following. If you don't understand something, let me know.

Open an elevated command prompt by going to start menu/accessories. When you see "command prompt", right click it and choose "run as administrator".

Enter the following commands into that prompt, one at a time. Hit the enter key after each command. Don’t type in my comments in the parentheses.

Diskpart (this opens the Diskpart command)

List disk (this should show 2 discs: disc 0 and disk 1)

Select disk 0 (this makes disk 0 the selected disk for the next command)

Create partition extended (this makes an extended partition in that 221 GB of unallocated space)

Exit (this shuts down the Diskpart command)

Exit (this closes the command prompt window)

Then go back to Disk Management. You should see that new 221 GB extended partition.

Right click that extended partition. You should see a menu from which you can create a “logical” partition.

Assign a drive letter to the logical partition. Give it a name if desired.


Here is a tutorial on the entire process if you need it. There are 2 ways to do it. I have used method 1 in the above explanation.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/146694-partition-extended-logical-drives.html

 

[CoolDefender]

tried the above steps but

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I'm guessing it's complaining about the fact that there are already 4 partitions on the drive. I did not realize that would prevent the creation of an extended partition.

Have you made a set of recovery disks? If you have and they work, you would not need the recovery partition. However, to use the disks you would need some type of CD/DVD drive. I'm guessing an ultrabook does not have such a drive, but maybe you have an external?

I have no idea what kind of tools are in the HP tools partition, but suspect they are not crucial.

There are also ways to get rid of the System Reserved partition.

Unless someone else has ideas, I'd guess you have to cut back to 3 partitions before you can then make an extended partition.

You might look at method 2 in that linked tutorial. Method 2 uses the excellent Partition Wizard program, but if the problem is having 4 partitions to start with, Partition Wizard may not be able to get around that issue either.


Once you have an extended partition, you can make any number of "logical" partitions inside it and are no longer limited to 4.

 

[whs]

As long as you have 4 primary partitions on the disk, creating more partitions is a no go. I suggest you download and burn the bootable cd of Partition Wizard (last entry on the webpage). Boot the system with this disc, highlight the C partition and convert it to a logical partition. The controls are in the Partition tab > Modify. Don't forget the APPLY (left bottom).

Now you have only 3 primary partitions and can create additional logical/extended partitions.

 

[CoolDefender]

I'm guessing it's complaining about the fact that there are already 4 partitions on the drive.

Thinking the same....

So what exactly should I do.......?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

There are several ways to go, but WHS's idea is probably the slickest and probably the quickest. It's OK for C to be a logical partition, but you need Partition Wizard to do the conversion.

You are victim of HP's idea on what partitions should be on a PC. There is a hard limit of 4 primary and they ship with 4, so you are screwed unless you can get back to 3 in some way. That way is by going to a logical.

 

[CoolDefender]

As long as you have 4 primary partitions on the disk, creating more partitions is a no go. I suggest you download and burn the bootable cd of Partition Wizard (last entry on the webpage). Boot the system with this disc, highlight the C partition and convert it to a logical partition. The controls are in the Partition tab > Modify. Don't forget the APPLY (left bottom).

Now you have only 3 primary partitions and can create additional logical/extended partitions.

thnxx for the suggestion i will try the same and will report the result.

 

[gregrocker]

Wolfgang's suggestion to convert C to Logical and then create a new Logical sub-partition in the empty space is the best approach I've found with HP's when the user wants to keep the Recovery and HP Tools (bootable diagnostics) partitions bootable.

Most tech enthusiasts however don't want the bloated HP Preinstall but will sooner or later Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Burn a copy of the recovery discs and then you can do away with the recovery partition. It makes no sense at all to have your only recovery method stored on the same hard drive. Then, you can create a new partition with the combined space of the unallocated and recovery partition.

 

[whs]

Burn a copy of the recovery discs and then you can do away with the recovery partition. It makes no sense at all to have your only recovery method stored on the same hard drive. Then, you can create a new partition with the combined space of the unallocated and recovery partition.

Although this is a possible option, I would only go down this route if I had secured my system with an additional image or two. Depending on the burnt recovery discs only is dangerous because you never know if they will really work (unless you try them out - but then you need an image too).