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    Dreaded EISA configuration

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Shamrock, Dec 9, 2008.

  1. Shamrock

    Shamrock Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's annoying the bloody hell out of me. I deleted it with diskpart in CMD if that is the right command. I can't recall at the moment. Anyway, I deleted it and was able to extend the partition to it, but now my main Vista partition is showing up as the EISA configuration and so is this new partition I created.

    Is there anyway to completely remove it from my computer and HDDs without a complete reformat? I have a stable install right now, and I'd rather not reformat and have to reinstall everything and what not. It's just the nuisance of the dreaded EISA configuration!

    Also, when I go into Disk Manager, it shows my disk has 170 GB free which is completely wrong. So I'm just confused if this will corrupt anything, or if it is fine to just leave there. I'm fine using Gparted to partition my HDD, but it was just easier if I could do it in Vista.

    Anyway, if no one can help, thanks anyway! :D

    Also, I recall there was a reformatting guide for the 7811FX which I cannot seem to find. If I do end up reformatting, I want to make sure the multimedia buttons work, and everything just works exactly as before.
     
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  2. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    do diskpart

    select disk 0

    list part

    also list volume so we can see what it show?
     
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    madweazl Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is how I did it. After I deleted the partition, I ran a quick format and then attempted to extend the the primary. It failed. Since this drive was now in an external enclosure and I'd all ready backed everything up to the RAID array I just deleted both partition and created a new one. No problems.
     

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  4. Kamin_Majere

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    Ok something i'm completely ignorant to. :D

    What is the Dreaded EISA Configuration? :confused:
     
    Kamin_Majere, Dec 9, 2008
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