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    Win-7 Partition issue

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by nkaufman, Apr 6, 2014.

  1. nkaufman

    nkaufman Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    Installing Win-7 on my laptop with 750GB HD. Wanted to have 4 partitions but could not do so.

    Right now I have

    System - 100MB; C:\ ; D:\ as primary partitions and
    E:\ and F:\ are logical drives

    Is that the correct configuration or am I making a mistake? Please let me know.

    Thanks.
     
    nkaufman, Apr 6, 2014
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    It sounds like you have 4 partitions; why do you say you "could not do so"?
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 7, 2014
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  3. nkaufman

    nkaufman Notebook Consultant

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    Wanted 4 primary partitions like I have for my XP box but it seems Win-7 makes the System partition as primary, so I ended up with my structure as mentioned in the OP.

    There have been suggestions to remove the System Partition completely (if not using Bitlocker).
     
    nkaufman, Apr 7, 2014
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