Unable to create partition in Windows 7 setup with existing XP partition

Red_Machine · Oct 30, 2018

So this computer I bult recently was intended to dual-boot with XP and 7. I created an 80GB partition in the XP setup on my RAID0 array, but when I came to try to install 7 it refused to create a partition. I've not had this problem before. Can anyone shed any light?

eidairaman1 · Oct 30, 2018

So is XP the primary OS?

Red_Machine · Oct 30, 2018

Yes. In the past, it's just installed fine and I've been able to dual-boot both XP and 7. But for some reason, this time it just won't let me create a second partition in the Win7 installer.

John Naylor · Nov 2, 2018

Why not boot to Win XP and create all you partitions pre-install.

RAID array ? Outside very specialized applications I have yet to see any advantage in RAID 0 and numerous disadvantages. Every 3 years or so I give it a whirl and wind up breaking the array after 3 months or so ... last effort was twin SSDs in RAID 0 and twin SSHDs in RAID 1. Both arrays would routinely disappear, performance was slower not faster in things actually done and Samsng offers no ech support for RAID 0.

Red_Machine · Nov 2, 2018

Would that work? Windows 7 likes to create a hidden partition for essential boot-related files, I don't think I could do that and have it work.

Ruyki · Nov 2, 2018

Red_Machine said:
Would that work? Windows 7 likes to create a hidden partition for essential boot-related files, I don't think I could do that and have it work.

It should work. The files that are usually on the hidden partition will be put on the Windows 7 partition if the hidden partition is not available.

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Memory	32GB Corsair DDR4-3000 (16-20-20-38) \| 512MB PC133 SDRAM
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Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 (Speakers), Creative Zen Hybrid headset \| Sound Blaster AWE64
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G2 \| 250W ASETEC
Mouse	Roccat Kone Air\| Microsoft Serial Mouse v2.0A
Keyboard	Vortex Race3 \| Dell AT102W
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Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X570-F Gaming \| MSI MS-6116 (Intel 440BX chipset)
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Video Card(s)	nVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE \| 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
Storage	1TB WD_Black SN850 NVME SSD (OS), Toshiba 3TB (Storage), Toshiba 3TB (Steam)
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G5 27" @ 1440p144 & Dell P2312H @ 1080p60
Case	SilverStone Seta A1 \| Beige box
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 (Speakers), Creative Zen Hybrid headset \| Sound Blaster AWE64
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G2 \| 250W ASETEC
Mouse	Roccat Kone Air\| Microsoft Serial Mouse v2.0A
Keyboard	Vortex Race3 \| Dell AT102W
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Unable to create partition in Windows 7 setup with existing XP partition

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