The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    G51JX-X5 harddrive OS and DATA???

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by t3hanarchist, Aug 8, 2010.

  1. t3hanarchist

    t3hanarchist Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    so i have a question...why is the harddrive split into 2 different drives? i just find it a PITA because you have the split your files among the two so that it fits

    is there a way to make it jut as 1 500 GB drive?
     
    t3hanarchist, Aug 8, 2010
    #1
  2. stealthl

    stealthl Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    46
    Messages:
    176
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Right click computer>manage>right click the partition you want to change>extend volume
    You can also re-install the os and just format as 1 partition
     
    stealthl, Aug 8, 2010
    #2
  3. t3hanarchist

    t3hanarchist Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    what would be the downsides of deleting the entire D: (DATA) partition and giving like all the harddirve space space to just the C: (OS) partition? there as to be a reason why asus did that?
     
    t3hanarchist, Aug 9, 2010
    #3
  4. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    7,515
    Messages:
    8,733
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Asus did this as a security precaution. If for some reason your C:\ is corrupted, you need not to format your entire hard drive if you stored your personal files on the D:\. All you need to do in this case is to reinstall your OS on to the C:\ and all your personal data will still be preserved on your D:\ partition.
     
    David, Aug 9, 2010
    #4