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There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have.

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c

You aren't able to delete the recovery partition because it EFI protected. You should be able to force by using the override command.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I would try using diskpart (from an elevated command prompt) to delete the partition.

DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 4

Disk 4 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
  Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
* Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> delete partition override

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB

After that you should be able to convert to dynamic disk.

Usually I re-purpose drives so I don't worry about data loss, but back up your data and use a desktop.

There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have.

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c

You aren't able to delete the recovery partition because it EFI protected. You should be able to force by using the override command.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I would try using diskpart (from an elevated command prompt) to delete the partition.

DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 4

Disk 4 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
  Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> delete partition override

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB

After that you should be able to convert to dynamic disk.

Usually I re-purpose drives so I don't worry about data loss, but back up your data and use a desktop.

There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have.

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c

You aren't able to delete the recovery partition because it EFI protected. You should be able to force by using the override command.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I would try using diskpart (from an elevated command prompt) to delete the partition.

DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 4

Disk 4 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
  Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
* Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> delete partition override

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB

After that you should be able to convert to dynamic disk.

Usually I re-purpose drives so I don't worry about data loss, but back up your data and use a desktop.

Move bit about converting to Dynamic to after the Diskpart output (which doesn't include this step)
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There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have.

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c

You aren't able to delete the recovery partition because it EFI protected. You should be able to force by using the override command.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I would try using diskpart (from an elevated command prompt) to delete the partition and convert to dynamic disk.

DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 4

Disk 4 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
  Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> delete partition override

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB

After that you should be able to convert to dynamic disk.

Usually I re-purpose drives so I don't worry about data loss, but back up your data and use a desktop.

There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have.

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c

You aren't able to delete the recovery partition because it EFI protected. You should be able to force by using the override command.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I would try using diskpart (from an elevated command prompt) to delete the partition and convert to dynamic disk.

DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 4

Disk 4 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
  Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> delete partition override

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB

Usually I re-purpose drives so I don't worry about data loss but back up your data and use a desktop.

There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have.

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c

You aren't able to delete the recovery partition because it EFI protected. You should be able to force by using the override command.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I would try using diskpart (from an elevated command prompt) to delete the partition.

DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 4

Disk 4 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
  Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> delete partition override

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB

After that you should be able to convert to dynamic disk.

Usually I re-purpose drives so I don't worry about data loss, but back up your data and use a desktop.

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There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have.

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c

You aren't able to delete the recovery partition because it EFI protected. You should be able to force by using the override command.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I would try using diskpart (from an elevated command prompt) to delete the partition and convert to dynamic disk.

DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 4

Disk 4 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
  Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> delete partition override

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB

Usually I re-purpose drives so I don't worry about data loss but back up your data and use a desktop.

There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have.

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c

You aren't able to delete the recovery partition because it EFI protected. You should be able to force by using the override command.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I would try using diskpart to delete the partition and convert to dynamic disk.

Usually I re-purpose drives so I don't worry about data loss but back up your data and use a desktop.

There is plenty of space on the disk. You are getting this error for a different reason. If your machine is anything but a desktop then you would get the error you have.

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/354e5163-f388-4354-984c-ea4e4206694c

You aren't able to delete the recovery partition because it EFI protected. You should be able to force by using the override command.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx

I would try using diskpart (from an elevated command prompt) to delete the partition and convert to dynamic disk.

DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 4

Disk 4 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB
  Partition 3    Recovery           450 MB   223 GB
  
DISKPART> select partition 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> delete partition override

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            223 GB  1024 KB

Usually I re-purpose drives so I don't worry about data loss but back up your data and use a desktop.

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