Well hello,
I have a HP Folio 13 Notebook, that comes with a 128GB SSD and Win 7 Home.
Trying to install the Win 8 preview to run alongside 7, and came across some obstacles:
1. Had problems shrinking my main partition through the WIN tool, so:
- I ran defrag, and still got a very low shrink (14mb! pff).
- Used EasyUS Partition tool and was able to resize.
2. Now I cannot allocate the freed up space, when I try using the WIN tool to create a New Simple Volume it give the following error (To do so with the EasyUS tool would require turning one of the other primary partitions into a "Logical" partition, and as I understand this would wipe it..?):
"You cannot create a new volume in this un-allocated space because the disk already contains the maximum number of partitions"
3. After a little bit of googling, I gathered that I should convert my disk into a "Dynamic Disk".
But I also found that doing so I would not be able to run Dual Boot (7 & 8).
4. My current partition situation looks like this: (attached)
5.
A. I would like to be able to continue without losing D:"Recovery" partition, because the HP tool for backing that up requires either a 16GB Flash drive or DVD's, and I have neither.
B. I don't know what that "SYSTEM" partition is.
C. I think the empty 4GB partition has something to do with Intel Rapid Start.
This is very frustrating..
I would greatly appreciate any advice :-\
I have a HP Folio 13 Notebook, that comes with a 128GB SSD and Win 7 Home.
Trying to install the Win 8 preview to run alongside 7, and came across some obstacles:
1. Had problems shrinking my main partition through the WIN tool, so:
- I ran defrag, and still got a very low shrink (14mb! pff).
- Used EasyUS Partition tool and was able to resize.
2. Now I cannot allocate the freed up space, when I try using the WIN tool to create a New Simple Volume it give the following error (To do so with the EasyUS tool would require turning one of the other primary partitions into a "Logical" partition, and as I understand this would wipe it..?):
"You cannot create a new volume in this un-allocated space because the disk already contains the maximum number of partitions"
3. After a little bit of googling, I gathered that I should convert my disk into a "Dynamic Disk".
But I also found that doing so I would not be able to run Dual Boot (7 & 8).
4. My current partition situation looks like this: (attached)
5.
A. I would like to be able to continue without losing D:"Recovery" partition, because the HP tool for backing that up requires either a 16GB Flash drive or DVD's, and I have neither.
B. I don't know what that "SYSTEM" partition is.
C. I think the empty 4GB partition has something to do with Intel Rapid Start.
This is very frustrating..
I would greatly appreciate any advice :-\
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 7 Ultimate / 8 Pro