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    Reformatting M1530 Kills The Amount of Space You Have on C Drive Due to Partitioning

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Forte, Jun 3, 2008.

  1. Forte

    Forte NBR's Supreme Angel

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    What did you guys do for Partitions on the M1530? Option 1 says allocate all to C, Option 2 says specify partitions and some to D.

    When I do option 2, it says how much I want to allocate for C, which default says 153GB though I have a 250GB drive... seems a bit low?

    When I check the C: drive under my computer in windows it shows 215 out of 220GB available.... does this mean I will be stuck after reformat.. with 153GB of free space... seems sketchy.

    When I select option 2, I attempt to put 220GB for the C drive and the rest for D drive.. but it says the number can only be between 2-207... does this mean reformatting will actually shrink the amount of space I have??
     
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  2. r34p3rex

    r34p3rex Notebook Consultant

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    delete the MD3 partition and the recovery partition, then combine them into one partition :D you'll end up with 230gb like i did
     
    r34p3rex, Jun 3, 2008
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  3. Forte

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    Got a guide on what you did?

    Also why not stick with 2 partitions? Isnt it better that way?
     
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    just do option 1 its easier and it works.
     
    wywern209, Jun 3, 2008
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  5. Forte

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    Mmm... I kinda like having the D :(

    Whats the diff between having 1 partition vs 2?
     
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    look at les' guide at reformatting.
     
    wywern209, Jun 4, 2008
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