Splitting HDD into logical sectors with Win7 Administration feature [ Edited ]

[deadline]

Is it at all possible?
I have tried several times to split the HDD (750 Gb) into 2 parts in the same way I did on another PC, but Pavilion g7 seems to have some special type of HDD... The Win7 Administration feature just doesn't work.
So is it at all possible to split HDD into logical sectors, may be by means of Acronis 10 or other types of software?

[DavidPK]

Hi,

There's a good guide on this issue by Daniel_Potyrala on the following link.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Notebook-PC-Questions/How-to-repartition-HDD-of-HP-notebook-with-...

Regards,

DP-K

[erico]

Do yourself a favor and make sure that you already have created your Recovery disk or usb media before you do this.

Making any changes to the original partitioning scheme will disallow access to the Recovery Manager via the F11 key after powering on the notebook. 

HP notebook hard drives are normally already split into three to four primary partitions. That is why you are experiencing difficulty. The maximum number of primary partitions allowed in a Windows OS is four.

The following image is the standard parttioning scheme for an Hp Envy 17-3002ea notebook   

[deadline]

I guess, it would be easier to leave the original HDD alone and just insert another HDD, using the second bay.
As I understand, any partitioning will be reset in case of system recovery, while my objective is to save at least one partition (and of course the information in that partition) in case of system reinstallation/crash or something else.

I just cannot understand WHY making a HDD partitioning such a problem. It's the first time I have ever encountered such a compicated "HDD pattern". A special surprise from HP.

[erico]

Actually this is the case with most PC manufacturers. Since you have a second bay that would indeed be a viable option. You can also make a clone (snaphot) of your system to recover to with Acronir or Paragon software. There are other cloning software products available that will provide that option.

The partitioning limitations are by design and have been this way since the first Windows operating system first became available in the marketplace..