Dynamic disk(s) are not supported by this operating system

Dynamic disk(s) are not supported by this operating system or server configuration.
Dynamic disks are not supported on clusters.

HP Laptops have 4 drives in original factory condition

– SYSTEM
– C Drive (Windows)
– D Drive (Recovery)
– HP_TOOLS

Windows 7 Home supports only 4 drives

Make sure you have 3 partitions before creating 4th 😉

So first you need to create recovery disks using Recovery Media Creation

 

Recovery Media Creation

Take 5 DVDs for recovery process

 

Recovery Manager

then you can delete D drive

 

HP G62 Laptop with D Recovery Drive

 

Now you have 3 drives …

Partition After Deleting D Drive

 

Try Shrink Volume now 😉

Shrink Volume

 

Drive Size

 

Unallocated Volume

Format and assign drive letter

 

Create New Volume

 

Format New Volume

 

Format New Volume

 

Format Done :)

 

Finally you have D Drive ready

New D Drive Created