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    Unallocated Hard Drive Space

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Whaler, Jan 28, 2012.

  1. Whaler

    Whaler Newbie

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    Yesterday I unpacked a new Asus N75S. Yes, the keyboard is different but I will get use to it. The N75S is pretty, I mean really pretty. Okay here is the issue I hope someone can help me with. I immediately created recovery disk. Why, when you spend $1300 on a laptop the manufacturer supply you with an OS disk? What would it cost Asus, 6.5 cents? I pulled the C drive and replaced it with a 120 GB SSD. Reloaded the OS from the recovery disk without a hitch. Here is the problen; 25 gigs were allocated on the drive. I beleive it is for recovery purposes. Simply stated, how do I reallocate the 25GB? Would the OS software do the job? How? Would software like Partition Magic do the job? SSD space is expensive and 20% - 22 % of the new hard drive is unusable. HELP!!!!!!

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    Whaler, Jan 28, 2012
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  2. Loweack

    Loweack Notebook Enthusiast

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    You could use the integrated disk utility in Windows 7. Delete that partition and then expand your Windows 7 partition to the new free space disk.
     
    Loweack, Jan 29, 2012
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  3. tijo

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    f windows doesn't want to do it, gparted live will allow you to remove the recovery partition and merge them. I'd keep an image of the recovery partition somewhere though.
     
    tijo, Jan 29, 2012
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