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Situation:

I had 2hdd, one was used for OS, the other was just storage divided in several partition. OS hdd was removed, so now I have pc without OS and data that I do not want to loose.

Fortunately, I have around ~60GB of free space, where, I thought, i could straight away install new windows.

However, when I need to choose partition to install Windows on (there are 3, but same HDD), it does not allow me to do anything - "..windows cannot be installed partition contains one or more dynamic volumes.."

I don't want to loose my data. Is there a way to make this work and use that unallocated space for OS?

EDIT: i figured out that I need to change partition from dynamic to basic, without loosing data via command line during boot. Is it possible?

Thank in advance.

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  • Sounds like you have MBR partitions if thats the case you can't have more then 3 physical partitions.
    – Ramhound
    Apr 11, 2015 at 15:11
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    @Ramhound :- Didn't you mean he can't have more than 4 physical partitions?
    – Firelord
    Apr 11, 2015 at 15:37
  • See if this helps :- partitionwizard.com/dynamicdisk/…
    – Firelord
    Apr 11, 2015 at 15:40
  • @Firelord thats what i want to do, but, i cannot boot and use software. I have laptop with this HDD without os. Is there I way i could do this via command line?
    – nerijusgood
    Apr 11, 2015 at 15:56
  • Is it possible to change from dynamic to basic (partition) without loosing data via command line during boot ?
    – nerijusgood
    Apr 11, 2015 at 16:11

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