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    g50vt-A1 Lost internal HD's

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by gimpie, Jan 14, 2009.

  1. gimpie

    gimpie Newbie

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    When i recieved this notebook it came with four separate HDs but one day two of them randomly dissapeared. Does anyone know what happened, and how I can get my storage space back!?! thanks

    -gimpie
     
    gimpie, Jan 14, 2009
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  2. thalanix

    thalanix Notebook Deity

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    it came with 2, split into 2 partitions each.
    try doing "restore user defaults" in bios. i had the same issue yesterday.
     
    thalanix, Jan 14, 2009
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  3. aethelbert

    aethelbert Notebook Evangelist

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    don't worry. you didn't lose any storage space in total.

    Asus for some reason partitions their recent dual HDD notebooks into 4 partitions.
     
    aethelbert, Jan 15, 2009
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