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my motto is to make new drive for dual boot installation, as i shrinked volume E and then new unallocated drive is created . i did right click and clicked in new volume and next and next then at last following box appeared which was very tough to understand me....what it mean......or should i leave that unallocated drive as it to install windows 8 ,as dual boot, please help
 

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A Basic Disk, whether it is HDD or SSD, can only have a maximum of 4 primary partitions. If you try to create a new primary partition, the above message will appear.
 

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Can you post a screenshot of your current Disk Management setup, and what precisely are you trying to do and why?
 

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futurdreamz...............thanks for the response....in fact i want to install windows 7 and win 8 in my pc , cause windows 8 i like and windows 7 comsumes less battety of my laptop.so i want to install both. i read some tutorial and tutorial said that i have to creat another disk F and created as they said. it was named unallocated and i right clicked on that new drive and next and next then a formate option appeared and i formated and at last when i click finished then the dialogue box that posted above appeared. this is the whole story,

my question is should i rename the unallocated disk or i can leave as it is and re install windows 8 in this disk?or what is the process please tell me. how to install windows 7 and windows 8 both by keeping all disk in basic mode not dynamic. please help me


the disk management i have posted below1.PNG2.PNG3.PNG4.PNG5.PNG
these are all steps i did . hope u will understand and suggest me .
 

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Most computers use what's called MBR, which is a small file at the beginning of the disk that describes the partition layout.
Unfortunately, MBR can only support up to four partitions. Your best bet is to follow theog's advice and merge D: and E: by copying all of E:'s data to D: then you can delete E: and extend D:
then you can create a proper fourth partition.

if you really want to, you can probably delete that 100MB partition. but it contains very important files needed to start your computer, so you have to follow a bunch of steps to move them onto C:

I would recommend shrinking the new D: partition to give you at least 60GB for the new Windows 8 partition.
 

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you mean i have to transfer the datas of drive D in to unallocated drive.? why so? cant i unstall into unallocated drive F?what if i install in drive F? NOT CLEAR.
 

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you mean i have to transfer the datas of drive D in to unallocated drive.? why so? cant i unstall into unallocated drive F?what if i install in drive F? NOT CLEAR.

because technically "unallocated" isn't a drive, it's free space that hasn't been formatted for use, and isn't actually a partiton (drive). Partitions are needed to allow the operating system to find files in a reasonable timeframe. It is technically possible to place files outside a partiton, but then the system would have no way of finding the files except to scan the entire disk surface looking for it.

You can create another partition there, but since the MBR can only recognize four partitions at the time, it does something fudgy. i'm not exactly sure how to explain it, but this fudge cannot be recognized by by your computer directly; only by an operating system. Which would be fine except you can't boot from that drive.
 

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you mean I have to transfer the datas from D to E and install windows 8 in D drive? what a confusing? omg
You can extent E: in to the unallocated space.
Partition or Volume - Extend - Windows 7 Forums
Than move DATA from D: & install Windows 8 there.

you mean i have to transfer the datas of drive D in to unallocated drive.? why so? cant i unstall into unallocated drive F?what if i install in drive F? NOT CLEAR.

NO.
Extent E: in to the unallocated space. making a partition size of 183.65
Than Move DATA from D: to E:
 

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its been iron nut to understand your high computer language, any way leave all this and just help me saying isn't there any method to make my pc for dual boot. what are the easy way for making my pc dual boot. easy process to dual boot ...please suggest the way or steps
you mean i have to transfer the datas of drive D in to unallocated drive.? why so? cant i unstall into unallocated drive F?what if i install in drive F? NOT CLEAR.

because technically "unallocated" isn't a drive, it's free space that hasn't been formatted for use, and isn't actually a partiton (drive). Partitions are needed to allow the operating system to find files in a reasonable timeframe. It is technically possible to place files outside a partiton, but then the system would have no way of finding the files except to scan the entire disk surface looking for it.

You can create another partition there, but since the MBR can only recognize four partitions at the time, it does something fudgy. i'm not exactly sure how to explain it, but this fudge cannot be recognized by by your computer directly; only by an operating system. Which would be fine except you can't boot from that drive.
 

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It is all about the way you set the partitions up.
 

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are you angry ? I was just asking the help from the forum but i am not getting it. please help
you mean i have to transfer the datas of drive D in to unallocated drive.? why so? cant i unstall into unallocated drive F?what if i install in drive F? NOT CLEAR.

because technically "unallocated" isn't a drive, it's free space that hasn't been formatted for use, and isn't actually a partiton (drive). Partitions are needed to allow the operating system to find files in a reasonable timeframe. It is technically possible to place files outside a partiton, but then the system would have no way of finding the files except to scan the entire disk surface looking for it.

You can create another partition there, but since the MBR can only recognize four partitions at the time, it does something fudgy. i'm not exactly sure how to explain it, but this fudge cannot be recognized by by your computer directly; only by an operating system. Which would be fine except you can't boot from that drive.
 

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Hey guys,

read the numbers on the disk management pic - he seems to have Win 7 in 15Gb of partition C: (LABEL THE PARTITIONS!) which makes me think that programs are in D: and Data in E: - can't just move D: to E: but could move E: to D: apart from the fact that there isn't room....what a mess!!!

As the Irishman said when asked the route to Ballyslumgullion "Well sorr, if I was you I wouldn't start from here!"

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I'm writing a long post that should explain it, but it will take a little bit longer.
 

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Let's try again.

This is the terminology I use:

Disk: a real object meant to hold data such as a hard drive.

Partition: an arrangement method of information on a disk, which defines the location of data and how much data can be held. Windows Explorer considers partitions to be drives, but that is technically incorrect and I will attempt to avoid that terminology. Instead I will refer to each partition by it's name (C:, D:, E:, ). they are also called volumes.

Data: information stored on a disk

unallocated space: part of a disk that is outside of a partition

Master Boot Record (MBR): data which explains where the partitions on a disk are located, and their size.

extend: make a partition bigger by using unallocated space to the right of the partition

shrink: make a partition smaller by creating unallocated space to the right of the partition

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in this picture, each row that begins with Disk 0, Disk 1, CD ROM 0 represents a Disk, or a physical drive. Each Blue block represents a partition, which contain data. The striped block does not contain a partition, but one can be created in it. Except:

The MBR is used by the computer to locate required data. It can only explain up to four partitions, due to how it works. what you want to do is create a fifth partition in the unallocated space, which cannot be recognized by the system. However, if you put all of the files and data on D: and E: into one partition, then you would have three partitions, which allows you to create a fourth partition.


There are two ways to do this:
Theog wants you to extend E: to use the unallocated space to it's right. Then he wants you to move all files and data from D: onto E: which frees up E: so you can empty it and install Windows 8 on it

The problem with doing that is that all of your files and data will be stored on a 180GB partiton that is over 80% full, and you run the risk of running out of space. also what irishHorsemand said.



What I want you to do is to make all of E:'s files and data onto D: which allows you to delete E:, which creates a lot of unallocated space. Then you can extend D: so it takes up most (but not all) of the unallocated space. then you can create a new partition in the remaining space, which you can then install Windows 8 to.


Here's the steps to do this:

1. Move all of E:'s files and data into D: This can be done by opening both D: and E: in Windows Explorer, the dragging the contents of E: into D: If an alert pops up saying that there are files or folders that have the same name, then you will have to create a new folder with a different name in D: to move those files and data into. If you get an error saying that the copy cannot be completed, tell us before following the next steps.

2. Once you are sure that the contents of E: is safely copied into D: then you can open disk management and delete E: (done by right-clicking the blue box that represents E: and select delete)

3. Then you can extend D: this is done by right clicking the blue box that represents D: and selecting extend. A wizard will pop up which will walk you through the process. click next. You will then get this window (but the numbers will be different, and higher)
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4. subtract 60,000 from the number in the red box, and type the result into the blue box. then click next, then finish. D: will now be much bigger, and you will have no problems about space.

5. You may now go through the New Simple Volume Wizard again, but this time you shouldn't get an error.
 

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He has 98GB of data in E but the D has only 79GB free space. He has to transfer some of E to C as well, these are my suggestion but could be wrong.
 

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