How Do I Add Partitions After Bootcamp Installation?

I want to have Windows 7 on my late 2013 Macbook Pro 13 to run applications not available on OSX.  I need a small separate partition to store files for one of the applications that runs under Windows.  On my older PC Windows machine I have C:\ that contains 98% of the data and a separate partition that acts as a separate drive (M:\) to store library files.  This is a local copy of a server that I carry on my MBP, and doing this as I've done keeps the configuration files (that point to the server M:\) on my MBP consistent with desktop machines that actually point to a network shared drive (M:\).  I just sync my small partition with the server every so often to keep my MBP functioning when I'm disconnected from the server.  Now the problem.  I can install Windows via bootcamp and that creates a C:\ (Windows partition) and gets Windows up and running.  I have already learned the hard way about adjusting the partitions after bootcamp installation (I've rebuilt my Mac about 3 times ).  I have been able to create the correct number of partitions by running the bootcamp assistant, creating the bootcamp partition, rebooting and <option> booting back to OSX, before installing Windows to add this 10GB partition (as FAT32) for my "M drive".  Now after creating the "M drive" partition, I booted back into the Windows install disk (which has issues with USB drivers not functioning which I got past) and now I find out Windows will not install because it can't format the bootcamp partition since it will be a 5th primary partition and Windows 7 only supports 4 primary partitions on a drive.  Is there a better way (without virtual OSs)?

Not possible. Boot Camp only works for two partitions - the OS X one and the Windows one. That's it. If you attempt to put a third partition on the drive, then Boot Camp is no longer able to manage the drive and you will lose the required boot loader for Windows. Getting things back to normal will then require repartitioning the drive back to one volume and reinstalling OS X from scratch.

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