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    Installed Samsung SSD now how to format old HDD?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by i7 M18x, May 16, 2012.

  1. i7 M18x

    i7 M18x Notebook Geek

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    I removed the old HDD and then installed the new SSD and did a fresh install which is working great now.

    I put in the old HDD as my data drive and when I look at it in disc management it is seen as an OS drive. I deleted two of the partions on this drive and formatted but can't seem to get rid of the 1st partition which is 39MB and called "Healthy (OEM Partition).

    My HDD now looks like this in disc management:

    Healthy (OEM Partition) 39MB | Healthy (Primary Partition) 698GB

    Can I get rid of that 39MB?
     
    i7 M18x, May 16, 2012
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Have you tried deleting all of your HDD's partitions from Disk Management and creating one or more after?

    Press the Orb(Start) button > right click Computer and choose Manage.
    A window will appear, here choose Storage > Disk Management.

    Locate your HDD, right click on all its partitions and choose Delete Volume.
     
    katalin_2003, May 17, 2012
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  3. i7 M18x

    i7 M18x Notebook Geek

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    That is how I got it from 3 partitions down to two. It won't let me delete that last partition at the beginning that is 39MB.
     
    i7 M18x, May 17, 2012
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  4. The Revelator

    The Revelator Notebook Prophet

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    Will it let you format the little system partition? Maybe then it could be deleted.
     
    The Revelator, May 17, 2012
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  5. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Boot with a ubuntu thumb drive and just delete it from there.
     
    DR650SE, May 17, 2012
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  6. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    You could try downloading gparted and erasing that partition or expanding it to another partition.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 17, 2012
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