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    hard drive partition

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jimboc, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. jimboc

    jimboc Newbie

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    I have an acer aspire 7520 with a 80GB hard disc.the problem is it is split in two partitions of 40GB and I wonder if I can have it as just one drive of 80GB.I have tried programmes such as partition magic and windows disc manager but I can't seem to change anything, any help would be welcome :confused:
     
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  2. kiriakost

    kiriakost Notebook Deity

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    Disable any D2D function on Bios , and try again.
     
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    flipflop4 Newbie

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    I have the same thing... but on an acer aspire 5633, one is called ACER, the other is ACERDATA, can I even save files onto the ACERDATA partition? Or is it just for backup?
     
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  4. kiriakost

    kiriakost Notebook Deity

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    Yes .. ACERDATA its your first secure storage ... the second , its an external HDD.

    The C: partition gets overwrited on its recovery , so its not secure for storage.

    For best results , its advisable , even the user Documents folder , to get moved to D: ( ACERDATA ) .
     
    kiriakost, Jun 5, 2009
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