The win8 partition prompts "The disk already contains the maximum number of partitions" What should I do?

Using compressed volume partitioning, Windows 8 can split up to 4 main areas, or 3 primary partitions plus 1 extended partition. When the primary partition has been created 3, the extended partition has been created, and then continue to divide (Figure In the black part, you will be prompted to create a new volume in this allocation space because the disk already contains the maximum number of partitions.

Operation steps:

1. First find a logical drive partition closest to the unallocated space, select the right button & delete the volume & rdquo;, then it will become the green extended partition, again Right click to delete, it will turn black unallocated part and previously unallocated merge.

2. At this point the two parts are merged into one large undivided.

3, right-click again to select a new simple volume, pay attention to fill in the partition size you need to fill in, do not fill in all, fill in the size of a district you want to divide. This will automatically divide the extended partition and logical partition.

4, after the completion, you can see that the remaining green part (extended partition) can continue to divide the partition, there is no limit in this part, you can divide the more number of partitions you want. The method is to right-click to create a simple volume.