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[SOLVED] Can't turn free space into new partition

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I've come across a problem while trying to turn space previously partitioned off for a different operating system into usable space for Windows. In Disk Management, it tells me this particular drive has, in order, 13.97 GB of unallocated space, 44.7 Gb of free space and 127.64 GB NTFS Healthy (Logical Drive)

I can create a new partition with the 13.97 of unallocated space, but when i try to create a partition with the 44.7, it comes up with an error saying "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation"

I'm running Windows 7. Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Re: Can't turn free space into new partition

First make sure you have a full backup of the drive because the boot sector "may" be the issue based on the different OS you previously installed. You can try using the free gparted utility to manipulate the partitions but you "may" end up doing a re-load to get it all back to 1 partition. Changing this setup may render the drive un-bootable which is why you need a backup.
 
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