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    Why 2 partitions on the 4501?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rmccurdy8, Oct 30, 2004.

  1. rmccurdy8

    rmccurdy8 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Why did they do 2 partitions on the HDD? Not to mention they are both 17.1 Gigs so basicly I ahve a 34gig HDD? Is some of it reserved for something?

    On a side note I love it so far!!!
     
    rmccurdy8, Oct 30, 2004
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    errr i mean 6... soz
     
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    i believe all NEW acer laptops with 40 gig hdds are distubuted like that, yeh mine was like that... 34 gigs , becuase 8 gigs was used for system stuff... i think
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by rmccurdy8
     
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    destfix, Oct 30, 2004
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