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    ASUS N61JQ .. Help with getting a clean windows 7

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Yasser_Ahmad, Sep 13, 2010.

  1. Yasser_Ahmad

    Yasser_Ahmad Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello there ,

    I have recently bought an ASUS N61JQ
    the laptop came with 500GB HDD
    there are two partitions ... the OS 450GB ... and the hidden one 16.5GB
    all i want is .. a clean windows without all the bloatware it came with
    and the HDD like this
    (C: 150GB) .. (D: 150GB) and (E: 150GB) with the hidden as well
    then a clean windows 7 copy on the C partition .. thats it :D

    so .. the options i have are :-

    1- the recovery partition .
    2- recovery DVDs .
    3- shrinking the OS partition .
    4- using programes like (Acronis Disk Director Suite) or any other one .

    which option would you guys recommend .. ?? :confused:

    i'm afraid the shrinking option will keep the new partitions related to the main one ( OS which was shrinked ) .. and if i formatted the OS .. i'm afraid i will lose the two other partitons .. is that true ? or they will just be totally seperate ones ?



    sorry for the bad english :eek:
    Thanks in advance :)
     
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  2. hirush

    hirush Notebook Evangelist

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    If you shrink one of the partition using windows disk manager, an unallocated space will appear. It won't affect the partition you shrink from or other formatted partition 99.9%, then extend other partitions with available unallocated space as you see fit.
     
    hirush, Sep 13, 2010
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    now i did shrink the OS into these partitions

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    why is the first one PRIMARY and the second is LOGICAL ?
    and whats the difference please ?

    the whole matter is .. if i want to format the OS partition to make a clean windows 7 install ... will the data on these two partitions (D & E) be affected ?

    thanks a lot .. and sorry for many questions :)
     
    Yasser_Ahmad, Sep 13, 2010
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    If you only format the OS partition then the data on the other partitions will not be affected.
     
    Turbogear, Sep 13, 2010
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    thanks alot guys ... you are very helpful :)
     
    Yasser_Ahmad, Sep 13, 2010
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    One last question please

    how can i make a clean windows install .. with the recovery DVDs or the HDD ?
     
    Yasser_Ahmad, Sep 13, 2010
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    You will need a retail or oem copy of windows 7. Recovery from dvd or HD only restore windows.
     
    hirush, Sep 13, 2010
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    Yasser_Ahmad, Sep 14, 2010
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    Yes if you use the recovery DVD it will re-partition your drive to the factory default.

    For clean installing windows you should have used a windows installation disk and not the recovery disk.
    I hope you did not have any important data on the other partitions that you lost in this process. :(
     
    Turbogear, Sep 14, 2010
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  10. Yasser_Ahmad

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    dont worry .. some games and movies .. no big deal :)
    but i still appreciate your help .. thanks a lot
     
    Yasser_Ahmad, Sep 14, 2010
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