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dizman   10-12-2008 at 10:10:32 PM

ok so I just got Vista Home Premium 64bit and I'm already getting ticked off.

I have two hard drives in my PC currently, a 74GB WD Raptor 10,000rpm that I have WinXP Pro installed on and a Maxtor 250GB that I use as a storage drive. Both are SATA drives

What I wanted to do was to install Vista on the 250GB drive but when I go to install Vista on the 250GB drive it says

"Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. The partition contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported for installation."

And it won't let me delete or format that drive and under Type it says "Dynamic". What does this mean and how can I fix it.

Please help, it shouldn't be this hard to install the thing

thanks!

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notherdude   10-13-2008 at 01:11:51 AM
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Well you probably formatted those in drives in XP previously as 'dynamic volumes' instead of 'basic' types. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308424
Dynamic volumes offer some more flexibility in management but run into this very kind of problem.

If you don't want the data on that disk just go back into XP and delete the volume in 'computer management' and then leave it unpartitioned or formatted for the Vista install to chew on.

Control panel>administrative tools> computer management> storage>disk management click on the drive and then 'delete partition' - this may not be the only way but it should get you there.

If you are trying to preserve any data on that drive then you may be able to 'convert from dynamic to basic' in that same computer management section - I have not tried that in a long time so it's a little foggy..

edit: while in XP you might also need to convert the disk back to basic - it can't hurt to go ahead and partition and format it there as a 'basic disk'


Message edited by notherdude on 10-13-2008 at 02:23:49 AM
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notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
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dizman   10-13-2008 at 02:25:53 AM
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Hmmm, I did try that earlier. Went to Control panel>administrative tools>computer management>storage>disk management and delete the partion and left it like that. when I went to install Vista, under Type it didn't say Dynamic anymore but it still says the same thing at the bottom of the screen

"Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. The partition contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported for installation."

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notherdude   10-13-2008 at 03:34:37 AM
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Have you tried reformatting as a basic drive in XP while also in computer management? It might remain somehow as a dynamic disk until you do that, maybe. I'd sure try that.


Message edited by notherdude on 10-13-2008 at 03:35:12 AM
------------------------------ tehhardpro wrote :


notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
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