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• I can create "logical drives", but do not have an "extended partition" - listen to me?

  Hello

  It's a no-brainer and I know not often asked the question, but I have not found a satisfactory answer. I use Acronis Disk Director 11 and have never had to worry about "extended partitions. I simply create "logical drives" when I reached the limit on the number of "primary partitions" on my drive. And yet everywhere you look, I find that I need to create the first "extended partition", which is defined as "an extended partition is a container that can contain one or more logical drives." It is the universal definition as every definition I've found the same bed. It's as if everyone uses this definition even without really explaining what an "extended partition" really is. All have made a leap of faith that that's all that needs to be said on the subject, even if not where is it explained what is this "container" and how it is created. Acronis made a reference to an "extended partition" in his glossary (if I remember) and leaves the matter as if it served no more utility. Someone explain to me how this "container" is created and why is it necessary I can create "logical drives" without ever invited to create an "extended partition."?

  I can't wait to finally put this issue to rest,

  Thank you

  Perri 26

  In the past, creating another partition, the other then primary school, said to the user that an extended partition has been created and then immediately in the process of user intervention to create logical drives in the breast of the space newly allocated.  Logical drives ARE essentially the "extended partition" up to a maximum of three in the extended partition on an MBR disk, and this is the limit of three in car that was important to know.

  In some ways, the information given at the time was better because it gave the user a more understanding of the functioning of the system. Nowadays, the vast majority of computer users are not experts and do not know how it works. They just want turn on and go... :-)

• How to repartition and format the extended partition and logical drives in Windows Vista?

  How to repartition and format the extended partition and logical drives in vista?

  Disk management...

• Can I shrink a logical drive and not the extended partition to a bare metal restore to a smaller drive?

  The current configuration is a Dell T310 with a S300 controller, with all locations 4 hot filled with SAS drives.  The operating system is SBS 2008 (2008 Server/Vista), I intend to change the controller of S300 (software) controller, a controller (hardware) H700.  My concern is that the H700 brings readers a little smaller in size.

  The typical arrangement of Dell's diagnosis, followed by a recovery partition partition (E :), followed by the system partition (C :), followed by a partition with a logical volume (d).  If I use Diskpart to shrink the D: 'partition', he let me with free space, not allocated.  Thus, it effectively reduces the logical drive, and the extended partition stays the same size as it was, with no way to reduce it.

  The question is, if I shrink the logical D: drive and not the extended partition and then get backups of the system, I'll be able to a bare metal restore on the smallest virtual disk of the H700?

  That's what I did:
  -Released the S300 controller and 4, 450 GB, 15 000 rpm Cheetah RAID-5
  -Replace the controller H700 and 2, 2 TB 7200 RPM in RAID-1 Constellations

  Results:
  -Eliminates the possibility of falling on a disk space issue when restoring
  -Increased the amount of available disk space.
  M ' left with 2 free hard drive for future expansion bays.

• How to create the disk partition in vista

  I had a preloaded Vista laptop with a backup/restore partition.

  I would like to create another partition to install Windows7, can someone help me.

  the type held

  collyns abdulmujeer

  Hello

  read this information

  How to cut and create a Partition with Vista disk management

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/95398-disk-management-shrink-partition.html

  and read the related links, too

• I didt create a disk recovery for windows 7 Home premium, and I lost the original and the recovery partition

  I didt create a disk recovery for windows 7 Home premium and I lost the original and the recovery partition, but I have still the product key and the same laptop that was originally installed with windows 7 copy and now im turning my laptop with a fake copy, how to restore the original copy of windows 7?

  Hello

  You have certainly reduced your options

  The only legal Windows 7 download available is now Microsoft, as Microsoft has stopped DigitalRiver Windows 7 ISO downloads.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

  But Microsoft only provides these downloads for Windows 7 keys to selling product at retail, not preinstalled OEM product keys (Dell, HP, etc.).

  As you have licensed preinstalled OEM (Dell, HP, etc.), contact the manufacturer of your computer to order recovery media that they need to provide for a fee, if they still have them available.

  Or you can also borrow the same exact retail edition DVD of Windows 7 and use your product key to reinstall.

  See you soon.

• Extended Partition resizing

  My basic disk is divided into a single primary partition (c) "OS", system partition) and an extended partition (containing two logical disks, (d :)) 'programs' and (e :)) "Data files").)) Unfortunately, when I made this several years ago, 20 GB looked like plenty of space for the system/OS partition. Now, however, despite my efforts to keep everything except the elements specific to the BONES out of that partition, I'm out of space (c). (C) is less than 1 GB of free space, and I'm on tips to create a new 'space' (e.g., removal of Temp and uninstall files, reducing the size of the trash, disable Hibernation, movement of Page file, etc.). And when I created the extended partition, I used the maximum available space, so there is no unallocated space available, I can add to (c). So my question is, how I resize (reduce) the extended partition (which is entirely occupied by (d) and (e), each of them has to enough free space) in order to free unallocated space that I can then add to my partition system (C :)? A screenshot of my situation from the MMC disk management snap-in is displayed here. Thanks in advance for any help.

  A parameter that might be useless by default is that for temporary internet
  files, especially if you keep no copies on the disk offline. The
  default allocation is 3% of the walk. Depending on your attitude offline
  you could bring this to 1% or 2% of the copies. In Internet Explorer, select
  Tools, Internet Options, general, temporary Internet files, settings for
  make the change. At the same time, look at the number of days is the story
  held.

  The default allocation for the basket is 10% of the disk. Implement
  5%, which should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer, move the cursor
  on your Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and
  Move the slider from 10% to 5%. However, try to avoid leaving to
  too full as if it is full and you delete a file by mistake, it will be
  bypass the Recycle Bin and have gone forever.

  If your drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
  your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows directory of
  your C partition you'll have some uninstall files in your windows
  folder in general: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$
  etc. These files can be compressed or not compressed. If compressed
  the text of the name of the folder appears in blue. If it isn't
  compressed, you can compress them. Right-click on each file and
  Select properties, general, advanced, and check the box before you compress
  contents to save disk space. On the general tab, you can see the amount
  acquired by deducting the size on disk size. Folder
  compression is only an option on an NTFS formatted disk partition / partition.

  Select Start, all programs, accessories, System Tools
  Information, tools, Dr. Watson and make sure that the check box in front of "Append to."
  existing log"is NOT checked. In other words, the next time the newspaper is
  writing it will overwrite rather than adding to the existing file.
  You can create more space in the partition movement system of
  records.
   
  To move the storage folder in Outlook Express Outlook Express select
  Tools, Options, maintenance, store folder, change.
  http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/files/store.htm

  How to change the default location of the My Documents folder:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?ID=310147

  You may also need to change the default file locations in Microsoft
  Office programs that you choose to move the My Documents folder. For Word
  go to tools, Options, file locations, highlight the Documents, click
  Modify and change the path. For Excel, go to tools, Options, general
  and change the default path.

  My Documents is one of the many the created system of special folders
  including my pictures, and my music. These can be more easily modified
  using Tweak Ui. Download TweakUI, one of MS powertoys, here:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/PowerToys.asp

  In TweakUi, select workstation, special folders. You can scroll down for
  See the full list of special folders to the left of the change
  Button location.

  Hope this helps, Gerry Cornell

• Removal of Extended Partition

  I'm unable to reduce an extended partition in order to enlarge a primary partition (drive C). So I want to remove the extended partition and its unallocated space after the removal of several logical volumes. After developing my C drive, I re-create the extended and logical partitions and reinstall the contents of the partition extended with backup files.

  My question is: is this feasible and if so are there specific or recommended procedures.

  Hello

  Delete you the partition would stretch after saving your data > it becomes no allocated space > extend you C: into the unallocated space.

  The partitions must be contiguous and in the > to work with disk management.

  Read this information and see if it matches what you want to do.

  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/2668-partition-volume-delete.html

  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html

  See you soon.

• convert a primary partition in extended partition

  Hello
  I created a partition on my pc windows 7 (d) for data storage, but I discovered that it is defined as a primary partition, and not an extended partition. This gives problems with acronis backup.
  How can I convert to an extended partition?

  I thought to...
  1 copy the files from d: to somewhere else temporarily (no program, only the data)
  2 delete the partition.
  3 increase in the size of the c: partition to cover the entire drive again (using the partition of windows 7)
  4. create partition d: again, taking care to specify 'expanded' this time (using the windows partition 7)

  Who is?
  Is there an easier way?
  Tom

  Windows partition tool (diskmgmt.msc) does not come with all the tools that are easy to manage your disks, but I think steps below should be the way all about working your needs: the following steps is also more of: "how to create D (logical partition) disc in Windows 7."
  You have to log in with the Admin account that ot must run under programs as an administrator.
   
  1. backup your data from your drive hard if you need to.
  2 type diskmgmt.msc in start-> run. And press return to open the windows disk management tool.
  3. click right on "C:" drive and select Shrink Volume ", wait for the application to calculated the new size and click"Shrink"." You have now added "unallocated space" after C: you can use. (advice to fragment your drive first to get more additional free space).
  4. now if you create the new Volume (or Partition) with all the unallocated space, and is not the 4th Partition and then by default it will be "Primary Partition". So to get around with to
  Keep creating small (I would 1 GB) Partitions up to what you do that 4th. "The 4th will default the ' Extended Partition (or you can say logical Partition). Be sure to allocate all the space remaining in the 4th.
  5 delete these partitions of 1 GB that you created previously and you can expand "C:" or "D:" drive to use the free space created by removing these Partitions of 1 GB.
  6. so as a result, you should have 2 Partition:
  C: Primary Partition.
  D: extended logical Partition.

  I hope this helps.

• Boot Camp - boot disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition

  Hello

  Would really appreciate some help on this!

  I tried to install Windows 7 on my iMac 2015 but during the installation of windows it guests that the partition must be formatted in a different way.

  Now when I try to use Boot Camp once again, I get this message:

  The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  The startup disk must be formatted in a single volume in Mac OS extended (journaled) or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.

  The problem is that I can't erase the Boot Camp Partition in any way using disk utility.

  If it's any help - it is the diskutil list:

  haraldsiMac: ~ the haralddegraaf list $ diskutil

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * TB 2.0 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage fusion 1.7 to disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Apple_HFS bootcamp 252.8 GB disk0s6

  / dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 121,3 disk1

  1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

  2: Apple_CoreStorage fusion 121.0 GB disk1s2

  3: disk1s3 Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134,2 MB

  / dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS TB Fusion + 1.7 disk2

  Logical volume on disk1s2, disk0s2

  0D7254CA-C937-4A69-A2AA-AC689844B16F

  Fusion unencrypted drive

  / dev/disk3 (disk image):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: boot Camp + 1,2 GB disk3

  haraldsiMac: ~ haralddegraaf$

  haraldsiMac: ~ haralddegraaf$ sudo TPG - r show/dev/disk0

  start index size summary

  0 1 PMBR

  1 1 Pri GPT header

  2 32 table GPT Pri

  34 6

  40 409600 1 part TPG - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

  409640 3394638832 2 part TPG - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  3395048472 1269536 3 part TPG - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  3396318008 16782536

  3413100544 493666440 4 part TPG - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  262151 3906766984

  3907029135 32 table dry GPT

  3907029167 1 dry GPT header

  haraldsiMac: ~ haralddegraaf$

  The Macs listed to install Windows 7 and previous versions on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple supported support W7. 2015 macs don't support W7.

  The only supported method to remove Windows from a Fusion using Mac drive is Boot Camp: Remove Windows from your Mac . Do not use disk utility.

  You seem to have tried a deletion of THE (not deleting a partition), at least once. Your BC partition is now a HFS partition. Convert it back into a FAT32 partition on THE and then try to remove it by using the link provided.

  If you are unable to remove using BCA, then use the steps of the Re: doesn't have windows via bootcamp 8.1 installation .

• Uninstall the bootcamp partition: the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  A few months ago, I created a Windows 8 bootcamp partition, and then, I updated for Windows 10 without any problem. But I no longer need and I would attribute this space to OS X. The problem is when I try to remove it from the app of Bootcamp, I get this message: "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted in a single volume in Mac OS extended (journaled) or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows. »

  It comes to the current state of the hard drive:

  

  You have an idea? Thanks for the help.

  I finally solved it. It seems that I had a not mounted partition which it has not been used. I removed it and it solved all the problems:

• Satellite A300D - creating recovery disk problem

  Hello.

  I have Toshiba Satellite A300D-11 t (extended A300D-11) and I would like to create recovery disk. Problem is that I can't run the Toshiba Recovery disk creation tool. There is no shortcut in the start menu.
  I tried to run Program Files.

  Program itself exists (or at least I think it does), there are files in the Program Files folder, in "Programs and features" program is also so I could remove it.
  Simply click on the file TosRDC.exe (or any other file *.exe in this case) and it does not start.

  For memory - recovery partition exists and has not been changed.

  System - Vista Home Premium 32 bit.
  What should do?

  Hello

  I would say to pick up the machine from the disk and then, immediately after the machine, you should try to create a recovery disk. It could be that something in the meantime destroyed some piece of software in your operating system that could be the reason of this problem.

  Maybe not a very elegant solution but the only one that works every time.

  Welcome them

• Boot Camp error - the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  I use an iMac (retina 5K, 27 inches, end of 2014), the Version of OSX EL Capitan 10.11.1.

  I tried to install windows via bootcamp, but failed. And then, when I'm trying to use Boot Camp Assistant to remove the existing Windows Partition.

  Below will error was triggered.

  The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  The startup disk must be formatted in a single volume in Mac OS extended (journaled) or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows.

  I want to just delete the Windows Partition and reinstall, can someone help me please

  Here are my details to disc...

  List of $ diskutil

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 121,3 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 121.0 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134,2 MB

  / dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * 1.0 TB disk1

  1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 895.8 GB disk1s2

  3: disk1s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650,1 MB HD

  4: NO NAME 104.9 MB disk1s4 EFI

  5: NO NAME 104.9 MB disk1s5 EFI

  6: EFI No. 104.9 MB disk1s6 NAME

  7: EFI No. 104.9 MB disk1s7 NAME

  8: disk1s8 NO NAME 104.9 MB EFI

  / dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD + 1.0 TB disk2

  Logical volume on disk1s2, disk0s2

  6F4F36AE-BEB3-43EA-8390-C5E7F46574B6

  Fusion unencrypted drive

  List of cs $ diskutil

  CoreStorage groups of logical volumes (1 found)

  |

  + Logical Volume - Group 7C72C890-404F-4CE8-AA74-3AAD4B71D773

  =========================================================

  Name: Macintosh HD

  Status: online

  Dimensions: 1016788279296 B (1.0 TB)

  Free space: 114688 B (114.7 KB)

  |

  +-< physical="" volume="">

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 0

  |   Disc: disk1s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 895799427072 B (895,8 GB)

  |

  +-< physical="" volume="">

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 1

  |   Disc: disk0s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

  |

  +-> EB5AF0A2-99C5-41DB-B58F-D98B3589AC65 family of Logical Volume

  ----------------------------------------------------------

  Encryption type: no

  |

  +--> Logical Volume 6F4F36AE-BEB3-43EA-8390-C5E7F46574B6

  ---------------------------------------------------

  Disc: disk2

  Status: online

  Size (Total): 1010932908032 B (1.0 TB)

  Reversible: no

  Name: Macintosh HD

  Volume name: Macintosh HD

  Content indicator: Apple_HFS

  LVG Type: Fusion, sparse

  $ sudo fdisk/dev/disk0

  Disk: geometry / dev/disk0: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]

  Signature: 0xAA55

  From end

  #: cyl hd s - cyl hd s id [Start - size]

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1: EA 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1-236978175]

  02:00 0 0 0-0 0 0 [0-0] unused

  03:00 0 0 0-0 0 0 [0-0] unused

  04:00 0 0 0-0 0 0 [0-0] unused

  Delete disk1s4-disk1s8 using disk utility, run

  Reset the management system (SCM) controller on your Mac - Apple Support

  How to reset the NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

  and try again Deputy BC.

• Unable to overcome error - "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  Hello!

  I'm trying to install Windows on my iMac (late 2013, running 10.11.6) without success.  I created the ISO to a flash drive, but when I try to use the Assistant Boot camp, I am referred to the following screen:

  

  I did my best to study solutions. The cause, by apple support discussions, is that there is another partition of pre-empting (stop) the wizard boot camp partitioning the hard drive.  I studied the partitions on my HDD after unplugging all devices and found this:

  

  This shows the main partition: Macintosh HD, the bootcamp partition: BOOTCAMP; and 2 unknown partitions: "Apple HDD ST100DM003 Media" and the same * M004.  I was able to delete the first Apple ST100DM003 HARD disk partition and ran first aid on the fusion drive after that the second he would not remove.  Also, I can't delete the boot camp partition.  I keep getting the same message when I try to install windows on a partition of the fuser unit using Boot Camp Assistant - "Startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition".

  Any suggestions?

  Please after the release of the following OSX Terminal commands.

  diskutil list

  Cs diskutil list

  A reader of merger should have underlying EFI, OSX, Recovery HD on each of the physical disks. If your previous Windows installation attempts have failed, the disks can leave in a State where BCA use/will not change them.

• Bootcamp error: "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition" and Windows recovery partitions

  I have Setup with Bootcamp Windows 8 and then upgrade to Windows 8.1, and then upgrade to Windows 10.

  When I want to restart the training camp that I got the error message: "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  According to this page, it is because of Windows recovery partitions added during the 8 to 8.1 migration and 8.1 to 10.

  I check with diskutil and I found 2 partitions of Windows Recovery:

  diskutil list

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 500,3 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 419,4 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Microsoft database BOOTCAMP 79.1 GB disk0s4

  5: Windows Recovery 471.9 MB disk0s5

  6: Windows Recovery 472,9 MB disk0s6

  / dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD GB + 419,0 disk1

  Logical volume on disk0s2

  C961E459-1E0D-4060-A467-3B4A705264AA

  Unencrypted

  I tried to delete the Windows Recovery 2 partitions with disk utility tools but the button "-" to remove them were leaving is disabled.

  Is it a good idea to remove these partitions? If yes how?

  1. What is the year/model of your Mac?

  2. you are trying to install a new copy of the W10 or remove the existing installation?

  3. do you have the W8 or installation/upgrade W8.1 had problems before the upgrade of the W10?