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    Partition Help please

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by neel_saraiya, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. neel_saraiya

    neel_saraiya Notebook Enthusiast

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    hello everybody,

    i own a dell xps 1330 wid the following partitions
    3 primary and one extended

    1)Dell Utility (primary)
    2)Recover (primary)
    3)OS(primary)
    4)it says no label but its for dell media direct(extended)

    now the problem is that is have 100 gb free space in my OS wen i shrink it it creates the unallocated space but i m not able to create a logical partition in the extended one................

    in short i want one more partition for my data could anyone help me how to create one ??????????
     
    neel_saraiya, Jul 2, 2008
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  2. micka

    micka Notebook Guru

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    I believe using windows to create a partition you go Start menu > Right click Computer > Select Manage

    Storage > Disk Management

    See what kind of a mess you can make there.

    Alternatively you can download Partition Magic -- This tool is not free but personally the most effective I have used.

    Thanks.
     
    micka, Jul 2, 2008
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  3. neel_saraiya

    neel_saraiya Notebook Enthusiast

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    but i already have 4 partitions 3 primary and one extended so it tells me u cannot create any more partitions...
     
    neel_saraiya, Jul 2, 2008
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    hymura Notebook Enthusiast

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    U can using Mini PE Vista..
     
    hymura, Jul 2, 2008
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    Gregory disassemble?

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    Fountainhead Notebook Deity

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    You are limited to 4 partitions per physical drive, regardless of the tool you use to create them. You cannot create a 5th. What you CAN do is create multiple logical drives inside a single extended partition. You'll have to find a non-destructive way to get that free space incorporated into the existing extended partition, and then create a logical drive out of it. There may be 3rd party utilities that will allow you to do that, but I can't give much advice there.

    A word of warning...Media Direct is pretty fussy about how a drive is partitioned. If you actually alter that extended partition (the media direct partition) I'd say you stand a good chance of mucking it up and killing Media Direct.
     
    Fountainhead, Jul 2, 2008
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