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• New Hp laptop comes with 4 primary partitions. How do I creat more than I can duel boot

  New Hp laptop comes with 4 primary partitions. They are system, OS (C drive), recovery and HP tools > how do I create a new partition so that I can duel boot withour causing the entire disk pass the dynamic that would get me no where?

  If you change something, it may invalidate your warranty. If you need to return your laptop to HP, they will just wipe the drive and start over, no questions asked.

  You must remove the HP tools or the recovery partition. I think that removing the partition on an HP tools automatically goes to sleep you out of the recovery partition.

  If you delete the recovery partition, you must make sure that you have done the set HP recovery disk and it is on quality discs and safely set aside.

  If you are planning on dual booting with different versions of Windows, make sure that Windows utility block each other. For example, don't let Windows defrag loose on the other OS partition.

• Satellite Pro U400 VISTA disk management has 6 primary partitions

  Hi all!

  I have a strange effect on my Toshiba laptop Satellite Pro U400 (but it seems not to be specific to this one that I saw the same symptoms elsewhere, at the same time):

  I had the laptop with a 320 GB drive with recovery-(invisible / "Configuration EISA", 1,46 Go) system (C:, ~ 150 GB) and data (E:, ~ 150 GB) volumes. It's the usual structure of Toshiba,

  pre-installed OS was Vista professional.

  As I plan to install Linux in addition, I have done as a result of preparations:

  Recovery disc Vista created 1.).
  2.) C: shrunk to ~ 100 GB using Vista disk management tool.
  3.) E: shrunk to Go ~ 98 using Vista disk management tool.
  It is suggested that 4.) E: directly behind C: using Parted Magic CD.

  Finally I got a 97 GB of free space at the end of the disc, and everything worked well away. Creating an additional on the free area, Vista disk management, resulted in an extended partition created by Vista. This extended partition contained the extra volume as well as the free space remaining behind.

  To prepare for installing Linux, I've finally created three logical Volumes inside the extended partition with Vista disk management tool.
  After that, I had the following structure of the partition on the disk (indicated by the Vista Disk Manager):

  invisible 1.46 GB, primary
  C:, ~ 100 GB NTFS, primary, active, System
  E:, ~ 98 GB NTFS, primary, data

  ~ 97 GB extended partition, containing:
  2 GB unformatted (planned for Linux swap)
  20 GB unformatted (planned for Linux root "/")
  21 GB unformatted (planned for Linux "/ home")
  Empty remaining 54 GB space

  More on Vista worked properly!

  Recently, I installed OpenSuse 11.1 using the volumes placed within extended partitions (user-specific configuration). The Installation worked correctly. Logical volumes have been formatted to

  2 GB of swap (swap Linux, / dev/sda5)
  20 GB ext3 (Linux root ' / ' on/dev/sda6)
  21 GB unformatted (Linux "/ home" on/dev/sda6)

  during the installation of Linux. Linux and Vista up and running with their scores. If I look at the hard drive with Linux' partitioning tool, I see three main partitions + range, as expected. The scope contains the Linux partitions + empty disk space.

  HOWEVER:
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  If I look at the hard drive with the Vista disk management tool now, I get the following image:

  invisible 1.46 GB, primary
  C:, ~ 100 GB NTFS, primary, active, System
  E:, ~ 98 GB NTFS, primary, data
  2 GB PRIMARY, no format info displayed
  20 GB PRIMARY, no format info displayed
  21 GB PRIMARY, no format info displayed
  Empty remaining 54 GB space

  This means:
  VISTA DISK MANAGMENT ME PRESENT 6 PRIMARY PARTITIONS WITHOUT ANY COMPLAIN
  Although a hard drive on the PC architecture usually only supports maximum 4 primary partitions.

  Issues related to the:

  Have you ever seen a similar behavior?

  Is this a bug of presentation in the Vista disk management tool?

  Or is it a bug in formatting under Linux?

  Is there a solution for this problem?

  At present, the two BONES work very well. However, the disk will be get permanently damaged as soon as I try to create more partitions in the empty space left?

  Sincere greetings and thanks for your comments.

  Girard

  > Have you ever see similar behavior?
  NO.

  > Is this a bug of presentation in the Vista disk management tool?
  I doubt that it is a bug, I think you forgot something.

  As far as I know you can create 4 partitions on the HARD drive and this is the reason why you have the ability to create an extended partition.
  An extended partition can be divided into several logical drives.

  That is why it s wise to create a primary partition for Windows OS for example and an extended partition, which can decompose the in logical drives (partitions) different.

  However, I put t see a problem if everything works properly

  Welcome them

• Is it possible to get 3 primary partitions on a SATA HDD?

  It seems a simple question, but I'd like some opinions on this. I have Vista pre-installed but not bootable in addition to a bootable XP.

  I want to add a 3rd OS to share the boot with XP keeping Vista on the reserve. I know that there is another main partition of the SATA drive, WinRE, the recovery for Vista partition.

  So, in reality, there are 4 primary partitions, both bootable. Could there be any problem with that?

  Thanks for any comments.

  Yes, you can create 3 primary partitions.

  My laptop is using dual boot option I use XP and Vista. The two BONES are bootable.

  First, I installed Vista. Then, I created 3rd partition using Vista disk management settings.
  Then I installed XP on the new partition.

  After this procedure, I was not able to start the Vista once again because the Win XP has damage the panoramas start Manager. It was only a small matter. I could renew the boot manager of Vista boot from the Vista CD and selecting the repair option.

  Finally, I installed BootVis (it s a Vista Boot Manager management tool) and could add the XP to the Boot Manager.
  Of course it is possible to add other OS, but I think than XP and Vista is sufficient.

  Perhaps this brief description can help you add new BONE.

  Best regards

• Satellite A660-k17: can I remove the two primary partitions used for restoration?

  Hello
  I have 3 questions :) #.

  1. I burned a copy dvd recovery media, on a laptop A660 k17. There are two partitions on the disk that I think are there for the recovery. The first is 1.46 GB and it's for the recovery and another partition hidden 8.29 GB... and I think that the first contains the Recovery Wizard and the whole environment in which we will get through the repair of the system and the hidden disk contains the actuall with windows data, drivers and so on. Can I remove these two? I ask mainly on the first, if it is not necessary for the system to boot or something after that I have to recover the laptop to the factory setting.

  2 and I also want to leave my partitions so that I don't have to partition the whole drive from C 600 GB again. I have a D drive created but there is this response to a topic already in the forum http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=64754&tstart=90
  who says that when I leave the partitions I created myself, that the recovery will be not available. I have a copy on dvd, but only to make sure no kidding something upward.

  3. when I want a clean system without some software which are preloaded on the oem recovery disk... I have to use windows recovery? or it will be the same as the toshiba one?
  Thanks for the reply possible :)
  Beautiful day :)

  > Can I remove the two primary partitions used for restoration?
  First not, but you can remove the Toshiba recovery partition if you created the recovery DVDs. One day, if you want to install the recovery image once again you can use created the recovery disc.

• Impossible to split the partition not visible is (C) to a new system - 4 primary partitions

  Hello

  TL; Dr. I'm probably stuck with 4 primary partitions (two WINRE, EFI and (C), and unable to split C on an installation DVD HP fresh system.

  320 HARD drive failed on my G6 2233 HP laptop. I have fitted a replacement for 500 GB and does the following:

  • installed Windows 8 from the HP System Recovery DVD (provided by HP, not recorded by me, new facility)
  • deleted partition recovery with HP Recovery Manager
  • installed all the updates of Windows 8, and updates HP Support Assistant
  • upgrade to 8.1 Windows
  • installed all the updates for Windows 8.1 and updates HP Support Assistant

  Went to the system partition tool, see 4 primary partitions created...

  

  At this point, I was not aware, this can be a problem. I tried to split C as seen on the image. Has not been able to define the desired values (max stood at about two of equal size, because of ummovable files), but this was nothing new for me - on the previous 320 HARD drive that I met the same problem, I could (but COULD) make two of 14xGB were leaving.
  Here I wanted to 120 GB and GB 344.
  Anyway, even with different values I have a mistake in the next step, claiming that it has no place on the HARD drive.

  So I decided to try the EasyUS software, as it has helped me in the past.
  First screen is without any intervention (there are a bunch of weird music here, all created by HP software/operating system).

  
  I could choose to reduce the size of the partition, but the ability to create from unallocated space was not active.

  

  I'm confused. If I'm not mistaken, I shouldn't remove two WINRE and an EFI partition, but I either convert logical partition C (have no idea how, this option only is not active on EasyUS (could do that on my HDD USB drive), or remove one or more of the other primary partitions.)

  Even if I'll find a way to convert logical C, which is safe, and that I should after D creation C back in elementary school?

  I tried to play safe and let the HP/OS software do the work, and they left me with 4 primary partitions...

  OK I found the guide which unfortunately is not sure... Any other ideas?

  http://h30434.www3.HP.com/T5/other-notebook-PC-questions/how-to-REPARTITION-HDD-of-HP-notebook-with-...

  Unfortunately, they seem to have different names... Probably do similar things, but could someone just highlight is the partition EFI HP as mentioned in the guide, tools etc.

  I guess I should, after that installation of Windows 8 and deleting the recovery partition, create a new partition can and upgrade to 8.1... Would solve many problems, but I'm not sure it would work and really do not want to lose more than two days on this...

  I solved the problem with reinstalling Windows 8 from the DVD, and then deleting the partition recovery and at this point to divide the C partition and finnally upgrade to Windows 8.1. It works, and it was the safest, but probably not the best way to solve the isue. Previously I installed Windows 8, deleted the recovery, improved to 8.1 and got 4 primary those linked above.., so that the difference here is divide and distributes itself in the intermediate stage...

  Thank you for your interest and have a good year.

• How to transform a primary partition to logical partition

  Hello

  I just bought a laptop computer HP Probook 4330 s, product number - A6D89EA #ABB, with 64-bit Windows 7 Professional preinstalled on it.

  My problem is I can not reduce the C Partition and another partition to keep my data or install another OS in a logical partition, because this system has already made four as primary partitions:

  -300 system - partition NTFS Active

  -GO 442,2 (Windows (C) - primary partition NTFS

  -18.6 GB - HP Recovery - NTFS primary partition

  -5 GB - HP-Tools - primary partition FAT32.

  I want to turn one of these partitions in logical Partition and shrink Windows-C, create a partition extended with two logical partitions in it.

  I should mention that I don't need the HP tools.

  Or, I need to contact Microsoft to allow me to download a Win 7 Professional and reinstall on this notebook using the key delivered with this laptop and do what I want the partitions?

  How to repartition the drive HARD HP notebook with windows pre-loaded...

• dynamic disk recovery issue and I cannot make a primary partition

  I have to cover, please read in full before answering a few questions. This problem started when I made another (retractable) partition on my main drive to run another operating system in a duel start setting. I made this partition, then I think that all my partitions (including recovery) computer went to dynamic. I deleted a partition, so I'm not going on the max 4 so I could do a primary, but she's still dynamic (that I made). First of all, I want to be able to make a primary partition to boot another operating system, and how can I do this without deleting my recovery? I don't want to use 3 third party software, unless they are free. Since my recovery is now a dynamic partition, can 2nd question, I still make a recovery? 3rd question, if I have to delete everything to my basic primary partitions, then can HP gives me a way to backup the recovery, or a least a way to send a recovery disk. Also, when I made the partition, I deleted the HP tools which was 200 MB partition (I think, but I don't remember), how can I reinstall it? Or it is necessary. Overall, I need to make sure that my system windows 7 will be stable with recovery and use with dynamic partitions. In addition, I have not used this program, but I was looking at a problem with a program called HxD Hex, http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=191006, I did not try this because it says this sector 0 1 2 location of the partition I tried to do a primary (Hex) actually says 4f instead of 42. ANY HELP WILL BE AMAZING! At least tell me my system can be stable with a dynamic partition, and I can repeat once if something goes wrong.

  HP Pavilion DV7 4060us

  OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

  RAM: 4 GB

  Processor: AMD Phenom II N830 Triple Core Processor 2.10 GHz

  ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 2676MB Total

  Him did not have a hardware upgrade.

  Yes HP recovery disks will change back, but the question is that HP Recovery Manager will not be able to burn recovery discs, or perform a system partition recovery until the hard disk is converted back to base. At least this is what I've seen other posters.

  Seems (to me anyway) the only option is to use the software I mentioned above and convert back to basic & burn recovery discs or order from HP recovery discs.

  Once you have the laptop to factory specs_use Daniel's Guide to create your new partition.

• Tecra S11 - what are the two primary partitions for?

  Hello everyone

  I just got myself a new Tecra S11 with Win7 64 and there is one thing that has me littlebit wondered.
  In total, there are four partitions, there are for sure the recovery a (1.46 GB) and the system a (256,38 GB), but then there are also two primary partitions (8.86 and 31.38 GB) without displayed use or file system. There is no unallocated space.

  Can someone tell me what are these two partitions? I want to split the system partition to store my data on a separate, if possible I also want to use that 'unknown' space then ;)

  Besides that: don't worry, I already have recovery DVD.

  Greetings
  Nico

  I put t know why you now have the new structure of the partitions, but the important thing is that you create recovery DVDs and if something goes wrong with the preinstalled recovery image OS or HARD drive you can use DVDs for the installation of the OS.

• Z220 SFF - want to dual boot, but you cannot create an additional primary Partition

  I want to install a second operating system, but I have more primary Partitions.  I want to install Win 8.1 Pro; I have an OEM Win7-Pro that came pre-installed on the original HARD drive and then I rebooted on a SSD drive, I used to replace the original HARD drive.

  The SSD has three partitions - all of the primaries, and I don't know if I can get rid of a (or merge with an existing one) in order to create the primary partition, I need for the new OS. My understanding is that Windows only allows three primary Partitions.

  The 256 GB SSD has the following primary partitions:

  1. System (drive G :) - 2GB in size (NTFS) - I have no idea what it is.)  The disc contains two folders (recovery and Remote Programs - two of them empty) and a file of 1 KB called System.  But when I check the properties of readers, he says it has 376 MB of space used.

  2 HP_Tools (l: car) - 105 MB (FAT32) - the interesting thing is that this player does not actually appear in the computer management/Win7 disk management tool.  I see it only when using a third party tool (Partition of AOEMEI).

  3. C: drive -l' remaining space (I actually now it split into another D: drive which is where I want to install the new OS, but since the other three disks are primary partitions D: drive appears as a logical partition).

  What are the options I have to configure a dual boot on this drive?

  Thanks for any help.

  After much research I could identify that I could safely get rid of the HP System Tools partition and use the resulting Partition of Primay free for the second operating system.

  I've not found an option to load the HP tools on a USB key. But I don't use really anyway, so not a great loss.

  Thanks for all the help.

• I can't find one of my primary partitions

  I was in the middle of installing a new game & exploration through the sidebar, I couldn't find 3 of my 4 primary partitions.  When I check the disk management I can see free space unallocated for the lost road & iwhen I cneck the properties of this space, it asks me to create a single partition. I need help to recover the lost data partition.

  Hello Daniel,.

  You can search on the internet for a third-party data recovery tool.

  It would be preferable to not reallocate the volume at this time.

  I've seen cases where reallocation got the partition and the data back, but it was when the person was using a redistribution sector editor.

  Let's leave it alone and use one of the mentioned third-party utilities previously to retrieve data.

• Move a primary partition on a new disc

  On Windows Server 2003 R2, I need to move the E: partition to a newly installed HARD drive.

  A number of things simply copy it just the new partition (g):

  While this isn't a primary partition, it has a Program Files directory, which includes many things, including a Domino server, which is the main task of the partition.

  1. what I need to somehow "clone" of the score instead of just copying, because the programs installed on this partition?

  2. when I'm done should I delete the existing E: partition and rename another to "E:"? (Other parts of the system will have to find stuff on E:, rather than on G:?  For example, the D: partition contains an installation of Lotus Notes).

  Thank you

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• Primary partition deleted in Windows Installer

  and now I'm stuck.

  Long story short: I wanted to make a completely clean install of Vista on my Acer Aspire 6930, delete all my data in the process. So I used the factory Acer reset tool that seems to work, but then got stuck in a boot loop where he continued in the recovery to start tool and would not proceed.
  I could find some installation disks of Vista to boot from and do a clean install. He went through much of the progress, but failed. I tried again but accidentally deleted the primary partition on the stage "where do you want to install Windows?
  Now there are no partitions to select. The only available option is to load the drivers, but they are not all the drivers on the installation disc.

  Now, I don't know how to proceed. I can enter the command prompt and run the part of the disk, but I don't really know what I'm doing there. list disk indicates:
  Size of the disk # free status
  Disk 0 online 298 GB 0 B
  No disk 1 no media 0b 0b
  Disc 2 online 7634 B 0 B

  I solved my problem. I had to do a cleaning of the disk and create a primary partition using DISKPART. Installation went well after that.

• Failed to create a primary partition 3

  I have Vista professional. Cannot create anything beyond 2 primary partitions. What could be the cause of this? At the moment there are 2 primary partitions. The first one has Windows Vista on it. I wanted to put Windows 2008 Server on a partition of 3rd. What happens if I install the new OS on the 2nd partition? The files that are already there be at risk? It's a really ugly way of doing things if I use this 2nd partition.

  All that I can get a "logical" partition, no matter who. There is no need to install an OS of course.

  Also, what is the difference between the regular OS Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Professional System Builder? I see that Integrator system costs less than $ 300 for the regular installation disc.

  I am not sure Windows Server, but another version of Windows will install fine on a partition extended with a 'logical drive '.

  If you plan to go on the road to the Server installation on the 2nd partition promary can I create a backup of these files to external media, delete them in the partition and then install the server.

  You can also try a third-party utility to create another partition "primary".

  Partition Wizard Home Edition:
  http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
  Note: There is also a CD bootable or versions of the bootable Flash drive:
  CD: http://www.partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html
  Flash player: http://www.partitionwizard.com/bootable-flash-drive.html
  Some of the features and functions include: Create partition, partition deleted, format partition.
  A partition resize, move partitions, Partition recovery after an accidental deletion,
  Convert the partition, partition Explore, Hide partition,
  Change the drive letter, a partition active Set, Explorer (content display) of the partition.
  Note: To achieve any task using the "Operations pending" box at the bottom or top left.

  Ee differnece is that System Builder is intended for resale and is also related to the first motherboard on which it is installed. If the motherboard dies so does editing system integrators unless you have a same "Exact" replacement mother

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• How to create a primary partition?

  I have 120 GB unallocated space on the portable hard drive.

  Since the disk management screen, I have been right click in the unallocated hard drive region.

  Where the only option available is again Simple Volume that always creates a logical partition in an extended partition.

  Vista provides ways to create the primary partition or do I have to use the 3rd third-party tool.

  Hi thomy77,

  You can use the diskpart utility to create more than one primary partition.

  A Description of the Diskpart command-line utility

  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/300415?p=1

  Note: The article is for Windows XP, however it is valid for Windows Vista as well.

  Hope the helps of information. Please post back and we do know.

  Concerning
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