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    G50V-A1 repartitioning

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by okuni, Sep 16, 2008.

  1. okuni

    okuni Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi All,

    I am getting a G50V-A1 in a few days, and was wondering about partitioning. I'm going to do a fresh install when it comes, but would like to partition the disks the way I like.

    Do the recovery disks run through the partition manager? Or will I have to get something like Acronis, partition the way I like then run the recovery disks?

    Thanks for your help.
     
    okuni, Sep 16, 2008
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  2. Sparky86

    Sparky86 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nope, the system recovery disks just gives you 3 options to install Vista:
    a) Use the whole disk for Vista64
    b) 50% Vista64 and 50% Data
    c) Install Vista64 in the first partition available.

    After that, the installer starts copying the OS files to the hard drive.

    I've done fresh Vista installs with options (b) and (c) and neither of them got rid of the recovery partition.
     
    Sparky86, Sep 16, 2008
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  3. kennyy

    kennyy Notebook Consultant

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    okuni, are you from Whirlpool forum? LOL

    :)
     
    kennyy, Sep 16, 2008
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  4. okuni

    okuni Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes lol :)

    Anyway could I just use the partition manager in Vista to get the partitions how I want them, and wipe them all through disk manager (apart from the OS partition which will be wiped with the recovery disk)?
     
    okuni, Sep 16, 2008
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  5. kennyy

    kennyy Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone willing to test for us?
     
    kennyy, Sep 16, 2008
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    did that with mine, worked like a charm.
     
    VikingBastich, Sep 16, 2008
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  7. Kalam

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    I just made a gparted bootdisk and got rid of the extra partition on each drive, rebooted and works like a charm.
     
    Kalam, Sep 16, 2008
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    i was repartitioning my drives on my A2 cuz it had 4 partitions, 2 per drive, is that 9-10gb partition labeled "recovery" required to reinstall with the recovery disks? if not then whats it there for?

    also on a side note ppl should check their jumper on their drives as mine also had them set to sata 150 instead of 3
     
    stevelp99, Sep 18, 2008
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