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    asus g51j-a1 partitions

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by scothu, Dec 10, 2009.

  1. scothu

    scothu Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok, so I know a lot of other people have mentioned this, but I still need some help! I just bought this new laptop and have read about how ugly the partitions are and such. When I first turned on the computer, it recommended to create the factory setting recovery cd- which took 4 dvd's. OK, i did that, but doesn't it come with a recovery cd? Anyways, it said successful so i hope it will work when i need it. Then i noticed the partition recovery. is that any different than what i just burned?

    Here are the partitions of the two 320g hdds:
    15g recovery partition, 75g OS partition, rest is logical drive partition.
    Second hard drive: 2 equal partitions (i already made that one into one using win7 partition manager or something).

    Basically, I believe I want the first hdd to be one partition maybe with the 15g recovery partition though.
    The second one to be one partition as well.
    Any ideas, recommendations, suggestions about partition ideas and how to go about making the new partitions with software or something?
     
    scothu, Dec 10, 2009
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  2. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    Control Panel(classic view) ->Administrative tools->COmputer management->disk management. Delete the data partition, click on your OS partition and click Expand.
     
    Lanaya, Dec 10, 2009
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  3. scothu

    scothu Notebook Enthusiast

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    can't expand OS partition, i tried. =[
     
    scothu, Dec 10, 2009
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    sama98b Notebook Evangelist

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    you need to delete the partition after it first
     
    sama98b, Dec 10, 2009
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  5. scothu

    scothu Notebook Enthusiast

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    i did, it says "free space" in green font, but the expand button on the OS partition is gray and not able to be clicked. However, i can shrink it.
     
    scothu, Dec 10, 2009
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    bmcassagne Notebook Geek

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    I had the same problem. There's a free program out there called Gparted. Download the CD iso, burn to CD and this will let you do whatever you like. Just remember to backup everything just in case.
     
    bmcassagne, Dec 11, 2009
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    scothu Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you, Gparted worked like a charm.
     
    scothu, Dec 12, 2009
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