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Converting dynamic to basic disk
I converted basic disk to dynamic on my laptop. However, now I cannot install Windows 7 on another partition. I just get message that installing them on dynamic disk is not supported.
Is there a way ...
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How can I unmark an external hard drive partition as being active?
I accidentally marked my external hard drive partition as active in disk management. I meant to change the drive letter but hit the wrong button. Whoops. What are the consequences of having done that ...
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Phantom Local Disks appearing in my drive list
I seem to have several phantom Local Disks mapped to different letters that are of 0 bytes in size.
Strangely, they do not show up when I view my drives through Windows Explorer. But if I open an ...
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Enlarge a partition without losing data with Windows 7 diskmgmt?
I have a 320GB hard drive currently partitioned as below:
A long time ago, a computer expert formatted my hard drive like this because I wanted to install Ubuntu. I'm now ready to do this, but ...
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Extend Windows 7 partition to use free space before it
I have some unallocated space before my Windows 7 partition.
Can I move the Windows 7 partition so that the free space is after it instead than before it, and then extend the partition to use all ...
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How can I make my XP recognize my new internal hard drive?
[ This question is a spin-off of My new internal hard disk doesn't appear in Disk Management, but BIOS and Device Manager recognize it ]
I bought a new internal Seagate hard disk, connected to ...
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My new internal hard disk doesn't appear in Disk Management, but BIOS and Device Manager recognize it
I just connected the new disk to the motherboard and started the computer. BIOS has listed the new and old disks.
Then I went to Disk Management to format it, but it doesn't appear. But I can see it ...
