Hi guys, im new to this forum, i have win10 OS, im trying to do a disk partition of just 50gb from thr 333gb i got available on my samsung ssd evo 840 512gb, when i right click to the "not assign partition" next next next, nfts format as well, in the end it says not enough space, i tried easeus software ad well, i want to do this partition and then install windows 7 as a dual boot, any clues? And fyi english is not my main language and my windows is in spanish as well
Not enough space while trying to format a ssd partition
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can you share a screen shot of disk management?
if you went to dual boot win 7 its generally a better idea to use a 2nd hdd with win 7 on it. The drive formats that 10 and 7 can be very different and if drive is formatted for win 10 it may not even boot win 7 and installing win 7 after 10 can break the boot loader for 10.
if you went to dual boot win 7 its generally a better idea to use a 2nd hdd with win 7 on it. The drive formats that 10 and 7 can be very different and if drive is formatted for win 10 it may not even boot win 7 and installing win 7 after 10 can break the boot loader for 10.
Well, i got win10 on my ssd and i got a 1tb hd for storage, so u are saying i can install win7 on the hd? But how i use it from there? Btw i still didnt install win7 cuz im unable to do a c: partition, i can upload a pic or a vid but its in spanish, im still more intrested bout what u said that i can install win7 on the hd and still boot from it
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Was 10 a fresh install or an upgrade from win 7? if it was an upgrade and the win 7 you installing now isn't the licence you upgraded from (as it won't work if it is) then you can try to do what they describe here in which case you might want to show me a screen shot of disk management again
If your SSD has an EFI partiton then you can't boot win 7 on it without wiping it and then setting BIOS to boot in legacy mode so you can install win 7 and then 10 on drive without 10 complaining about it
Setting up a dual boot between 7 & 10 generally helps to have done it in the opposite order to what you are. So many guides assume you have 7 on drive already
If your SSD has an EFI partiton then you can't boot win 7 on it without wiping it and then setting BIOS to boot in legacy mode so you can install win 7 and then 10 on drive without 10 complaining about it
Setting up a dual boot between 7 & 10 generally helps to have done it in the opposite order to what you are. So many guides assume you have 7 on drive already
This is how i got my disk storage managed, its in spanish, and yes win10 pro was a clean install.
https://postimg.org/image/o8ay9gh4t/
I still cant manage to do a disk partition, cuz of not enough spance msg, and i saw a utube vid that a guy has win10, he makes a disk partition and then install win7 with a bootable usb
https://postimg.org/image/o8ay9gh4t/
I still cant manage to do a disk partition, cuz of not enough spance msg, and i saw a utube vid that a guy has win10, he makes a disk partition and then install win7 with a bootable usb
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450mb isn't big enough to do a lot with. you would need to shrink C drive by 50gb before you could make a 50gb partition after it. There isn't enough blank space otherwise.
Reserved partiton - 500mb
C drive - 464gb
2 x 450mb drives - i don't understand the descriptions.
it seems most of your free space is in C drive still. you can use the link i put in last post and look for a heading How to create space for a Windows 7 partition on your Windows 10 disk drive: which will show you how to resize C so you can install win 7 on same drive as from what I can see, you on a legacy system so Win 7 should boot off the same drive - you just need to follow the steps in the post
Reserved partiton - 500mb
C drive - 464gb
2 x 450mb drives - i don't understand the descriptions.
it seems most of your free space is in C drive still. you can use the link i put in last post and look for a heading How to create space for a Windows 7 partition on your Windows 10 disk drive: which will show you how to resize C so you can install win 7 on same drive as from what I can see, you on a legacy system so Win 7 should boot off the same drive - you just need to follow the steps in the post
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