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    RAID 0 Partitioning Question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by adrian5683, Oct 22, 2010.

  1. adrian5683

    adrian5683 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys, this is kind of a noob question, but I just received my new M17x-R2 with two 500GB HDD's in RAID 0. Trying to partition in Windows won't let me shrink the primary partition past 470GB (the HDD's actual sizes). In my R1 (two 160GB in RAID 0), formatting the system would allow me to partition the drive any way I liked. Is that the only solution here as well?

    Thanks.
     
    adrian5683, Oct 22, 2010
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    Porter Notebook Virtuoso

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    That is odd. I plan to do the same thing (shrink the primary to a small amount) so I'd like to know what the anser is too.
     
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    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    reborn2003, Oct 22, 2010
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  4. adrian5683

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    Lol, everybody hates their partition recovery! I myself plan on using it in the future... no way to get AlienRespawn back after a clean install, is there?
     
    adrian5683, Oct 22, 2010
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    eheheh yeh its just that it will be very outdated by the time we want to actually try and use it. In fact it is already quite outdated and not recommended to use unless you really want to get it back to the manufacturing settings that and you only recently recieved your machine. Otherwise it is always best to reinstall and format the OS using the windows 7 OS disk that you are given with your system. Then just got onto the dell driver support page and update the drivers from there.

    Its still okay to keep it if you want though; its only 14.65gbs LOL :p ;) :D
    However once you KO it TADA its gone for good oles.
    You could save it on an external drive or something if you really needed the space or just move it. Otherwise yeh just keep it there. No harm done.

    Cheers. :)
     
    reborn2003, Oct 22, 2010
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    I understand that this is an old post, but at this point I am just hoping that someone can help. My OEM recovery partition was deleted by Dell repair depot before I got a chance to make a cd. Can someone one here tell me where I can get a copy. I am asking anyone that has an original M17xr1. Mine came with two 512GB drives (Raid0) and two NVidia GeForce 280M video cards. I just need someone’s backup DVD regardless of drives or video card. I can always install it and make another one, once I change the video card drivers to the correct one on my system. I did installed windows 7 Ult. with the included windows 7 dvd, but it is just not the same. I search torrent sites for months and I have yet to see it anywhere... Please help
     
    azl205, Jul 25, 2011
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