Your objective is to turn it into unallocated space. I don't know why
"delete partition" is grayed out - it wasn't for me. The partition should
not be marked boot or system if it's raw, but XP had files in there.
Maybe Vista is protecting its bootup, secretly living on D:? When
you select New Simple Volume do you get the error immediately?
Is there time to select *against* a drive letter and file system? Does
that complete, resulting in raw space? Then does delete work?
Since dynamic disks are complicated, and you want simple, I don't
think you want dynamic but I can't advise because I haven't tried them.
If it's still stuck there, try diskpart from a command prompt:
Start Search
cmd
diskpart
help
list disk
select disk # (where # is probably zero)
list partition
select partition # (where # is your target 20G)
(Try "delete partition" without using the "override" parameter)
delete partition
(If that doesn't work, use the "override" parameter)
delete partition override
quit
*Make sure* to put in the correct partition number in when you select it.
You might have to DVD repair the Vista boot.
"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:33B6BBED-66A2-4354-BEBB-164B187978D7@microsoft.com...
> It is raw (green bar) but I am unable to delete it again. When I right click
> on the block the only option I get is "New Simple Volume". "New Spanned
> Volume", "New Striped Volume", and "Delete Partition" are grayed out.
>
> The disk is a "Basic" disk. Does this make a difference? If it has to be
> dynamic, is there any disadvantage to converting my only disk (holds OS and
> storage) into a dynamic disk?
>
> "Michael Jennings" wrote:
>
>> You did not typo the error code. I apologize for my misstatement.
>>
>> Disk management gave me an error when I tried to format
>> raw space (green bar) rather than unallocated space (black bar).
>> Which do you have - raw or unallocated? If raw, delete it, create
>> a simple volume and format it. Delete again until you get back
>> to unallocated, then extend into the space from either side.
>>
>> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8B072709-B8E0-451D-90A0-FC1C126FE4CC@microsoft.com...
>> > Searching Web instead of just groups shows a few hits:
>> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...0f&btnG=Search
>> >
>> > "Michael Jennings" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Either you typoed the error code, or your case is unique:
>> >> http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...=Search+Groups
>> >>
>> >> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:22F88D8A-6B56-473E-AFF1-C18D21A8E101@microsoft.com...
>> >> > So I just tired to repartition while booting off the Vista CD, but when I
>> >> > went to make a new partition with the unallocated space, I got this error
>> >> > "error 0x8004240f". Did vista just screw up my hard drive?
>> >> >
>> >> > "Dan" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Setup:
>> >> >> 1 harddrive, 3 partitions: C(80GB)-vista, D(20GB)-xp, E(200GB)-storage
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I decided I didn't want xp partition anymore so I used disk management in
>> >> >> Vista to delete the volume. It shows up as "Free space" now. When I attempt
>> >> >> to make a new simple volume in the free space (also using disk management) I
>> >> >> get error "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete
>> >> >> this operation." What's up with that? Please help me get my 20GB back!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> PS - I've tried extending my storage partition but it says there's not
>> >> >> volume to extend it to (diskpart)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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