[mrclub]

as planned, i shrinked C: drive at Disk Management...bla bla bla...

followed the steps from guides.

now come to this part...i partition the new drive...then i click finish, it says

'The dynamic disks are not supported by this operating system'

then i go internet check up...found this >> 'dynamic disks are not available on portable computers'

portable computers = laptop, netbook etc.

i did the partitioning on my laptop ! now how ? can undo everything and redo ?

This post has been edited by mrclub: 04 November 2009 - 12:04 PM

[LMiller7]

I am not certain what you did so I cannot give any specific advice. There are many guides available, some are quite good while others are not. Dynamic disks are not supported by portable computers or by some versions of Vista. It is not normally possible to undo a conversion to dynamic disk. If the disk is actually dynamic you will likely have to reinstall the OS.

It would help if you could provide more information on what you did. If the guide is available on the internet post a link to it.

[amon91]

Honestly I've had nothing but pain with the partition manager that's built into Windows. Give Easeus Partition Master a try, it seems to work well for everyone. Unless you're making some mistake with the Windows tool, considering I don't know exactly what you've done.

[mrclub]

guys, this was what happened

i read guides on how to shrink and partition, so i followed the steps

1) i right click Computer and choose 'Manage'
2) i selected Disk Management from 'Manage'
3) i right click C: drive and shrink it
4) after shrinking, a new unallocated hard drive appeared
5) i did what was on the guide to partition >> right click on the unallocated hard drive...give it a name (F: drive) and click finish

when i click finish, it shows an error 'The dynamic disk are not supported by this operating system'

i using vista on my laptop. any ideas how to solve the problems ?

i guess i was using the partition manager built in by Windows as said by forummer amon91

so how ?

forummer amon91, i use the partition manager built in by Windows to shrink my C: drive and created an unallocated hard drive. can i use Easeus Partition Master, as you recommended, to partition that unallocated hard drive ?

[amon91]

mrclub, on 04 November 2009 - 01:10 PM, said:

forummer amon91, i use the partition manager built in by Windows to shrink my C: drive and created an unallocated hard drive. can i use Easeus Partition Master, as you recommended, to partition that unallocated hard drive ?

Yes.

[mrclub]

amon91, you are my saviour !

thank you !

[amon91]

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