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Brook32

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    Windows 7 partition formatting problem
    « on: December 22, 2010, 01:08:26 AM »
    I wanted to creat a partiton on Windows message but after I process the formatting through "new simple volume" I get a message as indicated on the video link.

    When I click "yes" I get a message" There is no enough disc space to complete the operation"

    What can I do? This is a new lap top and I have only one primary partition.

    Please the follwoing link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GafkRqHN6JE

    answers can be sent to my e-mail: Email removed

    Thanks.
    « Last Edit: December 22, 2010, 02:20:19 AM by Fed »

    JJ 3000



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    Re: Windows 7 partition formatting problem
    « Reply #1 on: December 22, 2010, 01:23:13 AM »
    Too many partitions.

    You can have up to four primary partitions on your basic disk. You already have four.

    What you can do is delete one of your primary partitions and create a new extended partition in the empty space. You can set up as many logical drives within your extended partition as you like.

    Of course, if you want to just use that unallocated spec for the c drive, you could right click on c and choose extend volume.

    I'm assuming you don't want to convert your disk to dynamic, since you didn't choose that in the vid.
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      Re: Windows 7 partition formatting problem
      « Reply #2 on: December 22, 2010, 01:34:26 AM »

      The video link is not my computer, i post just to show the nature of the problem.


      I have only one primary partition and it is a new lap top with 500GB.

      I have now about 400GB free space and wanted to create partition.

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      Re: Windows 7 partition formatting problem
      « Reply #3 on: December 22, 2010, 01:39:00 AM »
      Can you post a screen shot of disk management?
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      Re: Windows 7 partition formatting problem
      « Reply #4 on: December 22, 2010, 11:09:30 AM »
      Has ther OP already looked at the other videos about Windows 7 partitioning?
      They also apply to Vista
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6_wwuBp0iI&feature=related

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        Re: Windows 7 partition formatting problem
        « Reply #5 on: December 22, 2010, 11:30:44 PM »
        Can you post a screen shot of disk management?

        Dear JJ 3000,

        Thank you so much for your help. I followed your instruction and now it is fixed. I didn't know that I have already four Primary partition. I delete one and created one extneded partition.

        Thanks a lot