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    ACER Partition problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by robin craven, Nov 28, 2010.

  1. robin craven

    robin craven Newbie

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    Hi,

    My wife had an old Acer TravelMate 6040. There was a problem with the size of the D partition and we took it to a shop to be re-partitioned. Well they provided a very bad service (let's not go down that line, many things I should have done but it is over a year ago now) in that they 'deleted' the 'D' drive but still left two partitions on the disc.

    I bought my wife a new laptop and we put the Acer aside. Now I want to use it for my son but I can't load new software (e.g. wireless adapter) because it cannot find the 'D' drive.

    I have been able to download the free software 'EASEUS Free partition manager' but I do not know what is the best way forward. All I want to be able to do is load new software and use the Acer for a fairly lightweight task.

    Can anyone advise please?

    Kind regards, Robin
     
    robin craven, Nov 28, 2010
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  2. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    The easiest way would be to fully restore system using a hidden recovery partition (ALT+F10 at boot) and use windows disk manager (or other software such as EASEUS you've mentioned) to customize the size and number of partitions.
     
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    razorjack Notebook Consultant

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    So your saying they deleted the recovery partition,if thats the case then you will probably need to use a windows disk and do a full install.
     
    razorjack, Nov 28, 2010
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    It doesn't look like they deleted the recovery partition- it couldn't have been labeled D:\ and it's rather unlikely that user has issues with the size of a recovery partition.
     
    downloads, Nov 29, 2010
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