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    Acer Aspire. . .2 hard drives

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by msdebbiea, Feb 7, 2008.

  1. msdebbiea

    msdebbiea Newbie

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    Good afternoon~~I just purchased an Acer Aspire laptop and noticed that there are (2) hard drives, Acer C and Data D. Could you please explain this to me? Can you save directly to the D drive, or is it essentially the same drive as the C drive? Thanks in advance for your info! :)
     
    msdebbiea, Feb 7, 2008
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  2. warrick88

    warrick88 Notebook Guru

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    That is the same drive just divided to 2 partitions :)
     
    warrick88, Feb 7, 2008
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    Evolution Vox Sola

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    This is correct but technically there are 3 partitions as the recovery partition is hidden from the user. ;)

    msdebbiea acer do this so that you can keep your data separate from windows(acer c), so that in the event you need to reinstall windows the data won't be lost.
     
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  4. warrick88

    warrick88 Notebook Guru

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    Really, i forgot it! :D
     
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    Thanks for the explanation!
     
    msdebbiea, Feb 7, 2008
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    esh Newbie

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    Is it feasible to change the sizes of the C: and D: drive without reformatting and repartitioning?
     
    esh, Feb 28, 2008
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