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    1520 Partitions

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Zydan, Jul 29, 2007.

  1. Zydan

    Zydan Notebook Evangelist

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    What all partitions come stock on the Dell 1520?
    What are they for?
    And are they needed?

    Thanks!
     
    Zydan, Jul 29, 2007
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  2. pardes3

    pardes3 Notebook Evangelist

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    God... this guy has a question every 5 minutes .....
     
    pardes3, Jul 29, 2007
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  3. XxXKUL

    XxXKUL Notebook Consultant

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    well this guy is excited for his laptop and he wants to know more about it. Its not his fault! Plus I want my damn laptop NOW!
     
    XxXKUL, Jul 29, 2007
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  4. Benutzername

    Benutzername Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah but the threads are mostly worth it. I'm also interested in that issue ^^
     
    Benutzername, Jul 29, 2007
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  5. Mr. Virus

    Mr. Virus Notebook Enthusiast

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    wat was ur original ship date
     
    Mr. Virus, Jul 29, 2007
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  6. CyberGhost

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    That's the forum is for.


    Zydan, as far as I've read here, one of the partitions is media partition, and if you remove it, you won't be able to install vista, the other partition must be the recovery partitions.
     
    CyberGhost, Jul 29, 2007
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  7. farelli09

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    you're telling me. I have the same shipping date as you yet I ordered july 9th.
     
    farelli09, Jul 29, 2007
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  8. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Though almost everything can be answered through a simple search but no one does that now, do they? Expect some changes tomorrow to the forum(just this one really :p).
     
    coriolis, Jul 29, 2007
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  9. Zydan

    Zydan Notebook Evangelist

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    Well before I canceled and re-ordered I had Midnight Blue that I ordered on July 16th and was supposed to ship on the 26th and it got delayed.
    Oh the fun.

    And yes I suppose I do have a lot of questions, but I have some answers to! :p
     
    Zydan, Jul 29, 2007
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  10. TuxDude

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    Hmm I would like to know a clear answer to this question as well.... And as one of you here said one is a Recovery Partition does and deleting it means you can install Vista again....

    I was on the impression that they supply you the Vista DVD as well with the lappy.... So dont they do that ? One guy whom I PMed said so and another guy somewhere had said he had not received any such DVD...... :(
     
    TuxDude, Jul 30, 2007
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  11. Kaosfury

    Kaosfury Notebook Consultant

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    If the selections for OS did not say "with media" it probably won't come with the media. :p

    I've emailed my sales rep. requesting the media be shipped to me.
     
    Kaosfury, Jul 30, 2007
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  12. JETninja

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    My Son's came with only the 1 "C" Partition. If you have more, I personally think its a good thing. I like to keep Games and Data away from the programs partition when I can. Makes it easier to defrag a smaller partition too.

    His also came with all Back Up discs. Vista, Drivers, etc. Must be 5 or 6 discs in all.

    Stop worrying so much...look forward to exploring your new toy when it arrives.....
     
    JETninja, Jul 30, 2007
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  13. TuxDude

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    Actually you can later also split up your partitions using utility like Partition Magic or some other tool keeping the data intact :) ....
     
    TuxDude, Jul 31, 2007
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