Windows 10: can't create a new partition on c drive

i can't create a new partition that's bigger then 2 gigs i tried partition wizard but it didn't worktried defragmentation, swapfile deleted too, i just don't know what to do.

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W7 Hard drive partition issue

to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

- press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
- diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
- list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
- select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
- clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
- create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
- exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
- click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that

 

CANNOT CREATE NEW PARTITION FROM C DRIVE

Your problem is that you already have 4 primary partitions. This is the maximum allowed under the MBR scheme. On the other hand you also have 2 Recovery partitions. Why?

I would do this to be on the safe side:

1. Use the free version of Macrium Reflect to create an image of your disk. Park it on an external disk.
2. Create a bootable Macrium rescue flash disk.
3. Delete the Recovery partition on the far right of your Disk Manager display.
4. Press Shift+Restart to check if you can still boot into Windows Repair Mode.
5. Create a new partition for your dual boot scheme.

In case something goes wrong, restore the image created in Step 1.

 

CANNOT CREATE NEW PARTITION FROM C DRIVE

Hi GoldDust5364

If you right click the first partition on that drive (Recovery partition to the left of your C drive partition), do you have the option to delete that volume?

If so, you can safely delete that, because you still have a recovery partition on that drive

If you can delete that partition, then you can create a new partition on the Unallocated Space to the right of your C drive partition to install Windows 7 onto . . .