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    5920g, what are the hidden partition for?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by gnober, Sep 11, 2007.

  1. gnober

    gnober Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello!

    Just recently bought a 5910g, just wanted to know what exactly are the 2 hidden partitions for.

    Mine is setup like this:
    ? 9.76 gb
    ? 3.24
    C 69.77
    D 66.27

    I know it has something to do with the recovery module of acer, but why are there 2 hidden partitions?

    Also, if its supposed to contain the recovery module.. Then why the need to burn a system restore disk?

    Sorry for the extra thread, but i can't find any specific info about this.

    :)
     
    gnober, Sep 11, 2007
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    ? 9.76 gb=Recovery partition
    ? 3.24 =Acer Arcade Quick lunch Partition
    C 69.77 =You Know this partition
    D 66.27 = "

    You need to create recovery disks because HDD can be corrupted
     
    bigspin, Sep 11, 2007
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  3. gnober

    gnober Notebook Enthusiast

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    I see, so the disks are "just in case" thing, but otherwise the hidden partitions can do the job is it?

    I did a bit more sleuthing and found out that 1 of the partition (maybe the smaller one) contains the D2D manager (when alt+f10 is pressed).

    I assume the big one contains vista and acer drivers.

    Thanks for reply!

    Any more infos?
     
    gnober, Sep 12, 2007
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    D2D is large partition

    Smaller one for Acer Arcade Quick boot
     
    bigspin, Sep 12, 2007
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    gnober Notebook Enthusiast

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    okay now i understand.. thanks for the infos!

    here's another topic i found, just in case others are wondering as well:

    - a hidden partition needed for the recovery engine
    - partition C: with Vista
    - partition D: empty
    - a hidden partition with Arcade
     
    gnober, Sep 12, 2007
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