Vista - Disk Management - Shrink Partition

after spending many hours formatting and re installing vista and software iv just ran into a bit of a problem....
i was going to install 7 beta on my D: drive (dual boot) but i got a message saying windows couldn't be installed on the drive....
so i booted back to vista on C: and went straight to disc management looking at my drive configurations
for some reason my D: drive is showing as dynamic type
so how do i go about turning D: back to a basic volume?

UPDATE:
Ah ok i found something in the M$ website telling me to backup all the data the delete the volume.... i did so, made a quick format and its now back to a bisic drive

Hi Ripbox,

I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted. Thank you for sharing your results.

Shawn

Hi Brink.
I have a problem.

I have
Seagate 1TB HDD (1 partition 931.51GB, with 729.58GB free (78% free))
12 in 1 internal card reader
1 DVD-R/RW
I have Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64
3Gb ram

I tried to shrink my Hard drive

my plan is:
c: = 500gb
new partition = 100gb
" " = 100gb
" " = whats remaining

when I try to shrink, it successfully shows me how much I can shrink, which is 22MB o.O

I tried disk cleanup, it cleaned 3GB
Tried again, and it's still 22MB o.O

What can I do? Besides formatting and reinstalling vista x64

Hello Guy with a Colt, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Double check with the WARNING under step 6 (STEP ONE section) to see if that may be the case and with your max System Restore disk space usage.

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

Thanks Brink.
I disabled Restore points and I was able to use the available 729.58GB

On one of the partitions I now have Windows 7, so I now dual boot Vista, XP (as some games and apps dont work or not compatible with vista), Windows 7.

Why am I trying Windows 7? (some may ask.)
Because I enjoy testing operating systems. Been doing this since windows 95

You're welcome Guy with a Colt. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

I hear you. I'm testing Windows 7 as well.

Thanks Brink, just used this to partition my second hard drive to get Windows 7 beta it's own space

You're welcome Everlong.

After you install Windows 7, you may notice that the Vista partition may not show up in the Computer window in Windows 7. If this happens to you, then you will just need to add a driver letter to the Vista partition in Windows 7 Disk Management for it to show up.

It was fine, Brink. Installed it last night after it downloaded (took a while) and all partitions showed up fine

Ok good.