Create a New Partition for Some Unallocated Space - Need Help

Hi, I installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my Dell Inspiron successfully
on a partition (C:, 50GB) and I still have another 50GB unallocated space. I
am wondering how I can create a new partition in Vista to use the allocated
space.

When I tried to use the Installation DVD to create the new partition, I got
the following message: "Windows Cannot be installed to this hard disk space.
The selected disk has the maximum number of partitions of this type."

If anyone can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it very much.

Thanks a lot,

Jake

"Jake Lee" <> wrote in message
news:248F3D5F-143E-404B-886D-...
> Hi, I installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my Dell Inspiron
> successfully
> on a partition (C:, 50GB) and I still have another 50GB unallocated space.
> I
> am wondering how I can create a new partition in Vista to use the
> allocated
> space.
>
> When I tried to use the Installation DVD to create the new partition, I
> got
> the following message: "Windows Cannot be installed to this hard disk
> space.
> The selected disk has the maximum number of partitions of this type."
>
> If anyone can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it very much.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Jake

Open Computer Management from the Administrative Tools in Control Panel and
use the Disk Management item under the Storage node.

--

Mike Brannigan

Thanks , Mike. When I tried with Disk Management, it complained for
insufficient space. Can you advise..?

"Mike Brannigan" wrote:

> "Jake Lee" <> wrote in message
> news:248F3D5F-143E-404B-886D-...
> > Hi, I installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my Dell Inspiron
> > successfully
> > on a partition (C:, 50GB) and I still have another 50GB unallocated space.
> > I
> > am wondering how I can create a new partition in Vista to use the
> > allocated
> > space.
> >
> > When I tried to use the Installation DVD to create the new partition, I
> > got
> > the following message: "Windows Cannot be installed to this hard disk
> > space.
> > The selected disk has the maximum number of partitions of this type."
> >
> > If anyone can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it very much.
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> >
> > Jake
>
> Open Computer Management from the Administrative Tools in Control Panel and
> use the Disk Management item under the Storage node.
>
> --
>
> Mike Brannigan
>
>

Jake, did you click to select the unallocated space?
It may be it was looking at the C: drive.

--

Jerry

One thing money can't buy,
The wagging tail of a dog.

"Jake Lee" <> wrote in message
news:871F73B5-596B-4158-9A77-...
> Thanks , Mike. When I tried with Disk Management, it complained for
> insufficient space. Can you advise..?
>
> "Mike Brannigan" wrote:
>
>> "Jake Lee" <> wrote in message
>> news:248F3D5F-143E-404B-886D-...
>> > Hi, I installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my Dell Inspiron
>> > successfully
>> > on a partition (C:, 50GB) and I still have another 50GB unallocated
>> > space.
>> > I
>> > am wondering how I can create a new partition in Vista to use the
>> > allocated
>> > space.
>> >
>> > When I tried to use the Installation DVD to create the new partition, I
>> > got
>> > the following message: "Windows Cannot be installed to this hard disk
>> > space.
>> > The selected disk has the maximum number of partitions of this type."
>> >
>> > If anyone can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it very much.
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot,
>> >
>> > Jake
>>
>> Open Computer Management from the Administrative Tools in Control Panel
>> and
>> use the Disk Management item under the Storage node.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike Brannigan
>>
>>