Ubuntu – Changing Windows dynamic disk partition to basic partition and not the full drive

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I have a Lenovo G505s with Win8 installed on it. I would like to install Ubuntu 14.04 on it, and I've followed all the procedures to disable the secure boot and fast boot successfully.

The problem starts here:

  1. Once the installation starts, gparted doesn't recognize the Dynamic partitions of HDD.
  2. It shows the whole HDD as unknown.

I want to convert my HDD dynamic partition, which I made for Ubuntu, to a Basic Partition without changing the other partitions.

Is it possible to just change a single partition to basic from dynamic, without having to change the whole hard-disk?

Best Answer

You cannot change just one partition - you have to change the whole drive. The whole drive is either a Dynamic Disk or Basic Disk.

To convert a Dynamic Disk to Basic you will need to use Windows. It cannot be done in Linux, because Linux can not access Dynamic Disks. See Converting dynamic to basic disk and MS Technet: Change a Dynamic Disk Back to a Basic Disk and this answer on Super User. For detailed instructions with different tools see this tutorial.

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