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    Clean install Vista- hard drive partitioning question...

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by technutty, Apr 6, 2008.

  1. technutty

    technutty Notebook Guru

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    I just did a clean install of Vista on an Acer Aspire 7720-6155 which I bought for my dad. He wants "at least 3 partitions" so I attempted to do that while installing Windows. However, I seem to be missing about 20gb of space- it is a 160 gb hard drive and only about 140gb is visible; drive C is 59.5gb, drive D is 39.8 and drive E is 39.8.

    I am going to start over and do it all again because I think I made a mistake of where my Windows installation went- I put it in Drive C and I probably should have put it in Drive F. Of note, I am pretty sure that I also partitioned the C drive to be 40gb, not 60gb... What happened there?

    First of all, how do I find the "missing" drive space? Of note, there was no partition 1 when I bought the computer. It was a floor model from Staples, if that makes any difference... don't know if they did something.

    Next, I would love some help in correctly partitioning this for him, including suggested gb per drive and which drive the windows installation should be on...

    Thanks in advance!
     
    technutty, Apr 6, 2008
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  2. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    take a look in Disk management and take a look at what has happend.
    sounds like you may have a hidden partion.
     
    hoggie, Apr 6, 2008
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  3. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    10 GB in a hidden recovery partition. And the rest 10,well,that doesn't exist. A 160 GB hard disk will give you about 150 Gigs usable,formatted space.
     
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  4. technutty

    technutty Notebook Guru

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    Hmmm, now to find "disk management"... Any suggestions as to logical partitioning? And the Windows installation should probably go in the "last" partition? I was reading yesterday that Vista needs about 40gb- is this correct?

    Thanks again, everyone...
     
    technutty, Apr 6, 2008
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  5. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    ok here goes

    open control panel
    open Administrative Tools
    open Computer Management
    expand storage in left-hand pan.
    there you will see Disk Management
    open and take a look at what is going on.

    this is in xp pro and i'm not sure with vista.but give it a go mate.
     
    hoggie, Apr 7, 2008
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