Can you mark an existing dynamic disk as an active partition?

(On Windows), the active partition is a primary partition on a disk which Windows will load its files from. An active partition is always a startup partition. If there are several OS's on the one disk, Windows will load from the one marked as active. - pentavore

By default C: is the active partition of the hard disk drive

If there is no data on dynamic disk, you can take this method: delete all volumes, and then convert dynamic disk to basic disk by using system built-in disk management tool. If important data are stored on dynamic disk, you had better resort to MiniTool Partition Wizard if you want to convert dynamic disk to basic disk quickly and safely. MiniTool Partition Wizard can help convert dynamic disk to basic disk without influencing original data…

If there is an unallocated space on your disk, you can create partition directly with this unallocated space; if there is no unallocated space on your disk, you should first shrink a comparatively larger partition to get an unallocated space, then create partition

You can only have one active partition per hard disk.

A local disk is any hard drive or disk partition on the computer in question. So in order to "create" one, you need to either add a new hard drive, or partition the existing one.

First of all boot partition must be active by default or your system will not boot. Second, there is not such thing as a system partition. There is a system disk which is usually located on boot partition. If you are asking about whether you can change size of boot partition in cost of another partition the answer is yes. The best way to do that is to use one utilities designed for such purposes…

Through the Diskpart Utility you can delete dynamic volumes. This utility can be found in the Windows 7 installation disk or the Windows 7 recovery disc.

Dynamic disks are hard drives which have been converted from basic hard drive to dynamic disks. They can be converted using Windows 2000 or more recent releases. Dynamic disks offer significant advantages over traditional basis disks such as high read write speeds and no limitations of partition quantities or sizes. Once converted the partitions on the dynamic disk can be managed using software such as partition wizard

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To recover a formatted disk or partition, you need a free partition recovery tool.

If there is an unallocated space on your disk, you can create partition directly with this unallocated space; if there is no unallocated space on your disk, you should first shrink a comparatively larger partition to get an unallocated space, then create partition

There are two types of partitions: Primary partition: A primary partition is used to store (and boot) an operating system. You can store user data and applications here, as well. You can have up to four (4) primary partitions on one hard disk drive (HDD) at one time, but only one of those four can be labeled as an active partition (look below). Active partition: An active partition is a partition that has an operating…

Dynamic disk get invalid or unreadable, as we all know, dynamic disk can not be recognized by Windows Home Edition. For example, dynamic disk applied in Windows XP Pro Edition, then, upgrade the OS to Windows 7 home, dynamic disk becomes invalid; accidentally power off when write data to dynamic disk; hardware environment changed.

Basic disks and dynamic disks are two types of hard disk configurations in Windows. Most personal computers are configured as basic disks, which are the simplest to manage. Dynamic disks can make use of multiple hard disks within a computer to duplicate data for increased performance and reliability. A basic disk uses primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives to organize data. A formatted partition is also called a volume (the terms volume and partition…

You can try MiniTool partition wizard ,MiniTool Partition Wizard is a Windows based PC and Server partition manager software. Our server partition software supports both MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) on 32/64 bits Operating System including Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2008-R2/2012, Windows SBS, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Start / run / compmgmt.msc / disk managment And work from there. You can format disks, partition disks, convert disks, change disk letters, set up raid etc from here.

As the best partition manager, currently on the market, Partition Wizard is also the best disk manager. http://www.partition-magic-manager.com/partition-magic/partition-manager/DiskManager.php

Disk partition it involves the dividing of the hard disks into portions as opposed to the using of the hard disk without dividing it. Disk partition is very important since it allows the maximum usage of the disk and it encourages organisation of the disk; it is also easier to change programs without affecting other programs.

Resize/Move partition, i am using EaseUS Partition Master. Extend partition, especially extend system partition to maximize computer performance as well as better manage hard disk usage. By the way, you may find that there is a low disk space problem on a certain hard disk partition. Shrink partition for different usage. Make the unallocated space behind the partition you want to extend by moving partition. Copy partition with fast file-by-file copy to protect your data…

why do u want to do that? GPT is new, MRB is old go here to read the differences and to do it within windoz (See related Link)

Basic disks and dynamic disks are two types of hard disk configurations in Windows. Most personal computers are configured as basic disks, which are the simplest to manage. Dynamic disks can make use of multiple hard disks within a computer to duplicate data for increased performance and reliability. A basic disk uses primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives to organize data. A formatted partition is also called a volume (the terms volume and partition…

Floppy disks cannot be "partitioned", as they do not have an area on the disk to hold a partition table. They are designed to have a single file system spanning the entire disk.

If there is an unallocated space on your disk, you can create partition directly with this unallocated space; if there is no unallocated space on your disk, you should first shrink a comparatively larger partition to get an unallocated space, then create partition

delete a partition on the system disk (C)