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10 Replies Last post: Jul 4, 2008 10:46 AM by CaptainKen2 Branched from an earlier thread.

lgutwill

1 posts since
Oct 8, 2006

Jun 8, 2008 12:58 PM

Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

I have already followed all that steps and when i click 'finish' button, this message appear, "there is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation". Anyone can help me.Please...

mphenterprises

9,066 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

1. Jun 8, 2008 1:00 PM

in response to: lgutwill

Re: Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

Hi lgutwill and welcome to the PCWorld Communities.

First, the Discussion to which you have posted your concern is in relation to the news article. I have branched your issue into its own Discussion. If you can, please detail the exact process you followed to attempt to create a partition. The more information you provide us the better we can assist you.

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crazy4laptops

542 posts since
Nov 20, 2007

2. Jun 8, 2008 7:37 PM

in response to: lgutwill

Re: Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

what are your computer's drive specs?

I can't see your computer, unless there's a talented hacker floating around to get that info for me. -jk

what program are you using and what o/s is running ?

Caps lock, not necessary all the time.

smax013

3,752 posts since
Jan 28, 2007

3. Jun 8, 2008 11:33 PM

in response to: lgutwill

Re: Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

lgutwill wrote:I have already followed all that steps and when i click 'finish' button, this message appear, "there is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation". Anyone can help me.Please...

How much free space is shown to be on the drive?

How big of a partition do you want to make?

Have you defragged the drive?

[soapbox] Backup good...no backup bad!! [/soap box]

maxting

4 posts since
May 11, 2008

4. Jun 10, 2008 6:40 AM

in response to: lgutwill

Re: Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

Hi Igutwill,

I also faced this problem and I realize that currently Vista only allow maximum 4 partition per hard disk. Which means you can't create more than 4 partition for each single hard disk. So if you plan to shrink, nothing much you can do unless you merge with other partition. Hope it helps.

piyushsingh

2,480 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

5. Jun 10, 2008 8:00 AM

in response to: maxting

Re: Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

maxting wrote:
Hi Igutwill,
I also faced this problem and I realize that currently Vista only allow maximum 4 partition per hard disk. Which means you can't create more than 4 partition for each single hard disk. So if you plan to shrink, nothing much you can do unless you merge with other partition. Hope it helps.

You are getting it a bit wrong here. The limit is 4 primary partitions and that is with XP also. If you want to have more than 4 partitions , then you will have to create extended partitions . I have 5 partitons on my one HDD.

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mphenterprises

9,066 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

6. Jun 10, 2008 8:35 AM

in response to: maxting

Re: Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

Hi Maxting and welcome to the PCWorld Communities.

I agree with Piyush. I have 3TBs (Terabytes) of hard drive space partitioned into several smaller sections. There is no limit to the amount of partitions you can create. However, as he stated, you can only have up to four primary partitions in any one single drive.

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maxting

4 posts since
May 11, 2008

7. Jun 11, 2008 4:59 PM

in response to: mphenterprises

Re: Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

Yep. Thanks for providing more accurate explaination. Yes, indeed you can't create more than 4 PRIMARY PARTITIONs on a disk.

CaptainKen2

6 posts since
Jul 4, 2008

8. Jul 4, 2008 12:45 AM

in response to: mphenterprises

Re: Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

Two of us have been searching for hours (forums, newsgroups, google) on how to create more then 4 partitions in on the same drive in Vista. We understand you can't have any more then 4 primary partitions. Here is how the Dell M1530 XPS came preconfigured as:

Partition 1 = OEM (Dell Utilities)
Partition 2 = Primiary (Dell Recovery)
Partition 3 = Primary (C Drive with Vista)
Partition 0 = Extended
Partition 4 = Logical

NOTE: Partition 0 or 4 is for Dell Media Direct.

The volumes are:

Volume 0 E DVD-ROM
Volume 1 D Recovery
Volume C OS

Partition 3 is 220GB in size. I want to shrink it to 60GB's. This would leave about 160GB as Unallocated that I want to format and assign a drive letter to (a Volume I guess).

We've also played around with DiskPart a lot, so we're pretty familiar with it, although not experts. All of the instructions on the web are the same, as none of them work with more then 4 partitions of any type.

Would you mind taking the time to post how to do it please?

Thank you!

piyushsingh

2,480 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

9. Jul 4, 2008 1:00 AM

in response to: CaptainKen2

Re: Unable to Create Partitions in Windows Vista

It would be better if you start a new discussion for your problem . Then more members here will be able to assist you. Here you can start a new one. Also post the disk managemnent screen shot there.

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