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    big problem at making new partition

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mohamed said, Sep 18, 2010.

  1. mohamed said

    mohamed said Newbie

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    hello
    i have a new laptop yesterday but there are one drive c: (500 gb)
    to add a new partition i have shrink drive c to 250 GB and i have now 250 GB unallocated space
    when i create a new simple volume at this unallocated space i have this message before formatting

    "the operation you selected will convert the selected basic disk to dynamic disk,if you convert the disk to dynamic you will not be able to start installed OS from any volume(expect the current boot volume)
    yes-no

    what i can do please help me
     
    mohamed said, Sep 18, 2010
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    Bullit Notebook Deity

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    Bullit, Sep 18, 2010
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