Partitioning problem

[uganda]

Hi,

i have a HP dv6 laptop with Win 7 64. a few days back, i decided to make separate drives for installing Win XP. i created a seperate partion using the disk management feature[Control panel -> administrator tools -> computer management -> Disk management]. but now, all the partitions show rectangular yellow color in the disk management(it had to be blue). when i try installing the windows XP, i get a error message that the partition has to be active. the regular way to make partition as active where i right click the partition and select as active does not work as the option is not present. those who have faced this problem before, Please advice.


Note1 : the problem is that i cannot install the windows in any partition. the rest(copying data to and fro from the HDD) is working fine.

Note2: the laptop is also not booting off the HP recovrery partition as it is also shown as yellow in the disk management.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[uganda]

it is a case of Dynamic disk. but now i cannot convert it back to basic disk. in the help file, it says i have to format my complete HDD to convert it to basic disk(would be a pity as i have not created a Hp recovery disk).

is there any other way? please specify.

 

[corkyg]

Back up your data to another HDD (basic.) Then follow this:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315%28WS.10).aspx