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    New HP Laptop Additional Partition

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bww, Nov 21, 2009.

  1. bww

    bww Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,
    Just got a new HP Laptop dv7t and it comes with 4 partitions on the 320gb hard drive. I need to have the Windows 7 partitions divided for my OS and programs and then a new partition for Data.

    I am only allowed 4 partitions (I do not want to use dynamic disks), currently there are two hp ones, recovery and hp tools and the two win7 partitions system and os (Win 7 Prof).

    What does everyone do if they want to have an additional partition, delete recovery or hp tools????
     
    bww, Nov 21, 2009
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  2. KLF

    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    Create an Extended Partition, it can contain multiple Logical Drives.
     
    KLF, Nov 21, 2009
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  3. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    I am looking for some way to hide the recover partitions in W7 to i dont damage them by accident , most other notebooks i have had hide the recovery partion`s hidden but not HP :(
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Nov 21, 2009
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  4. bww

    bww Notebook Enthusiast

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    Right now I have 4 partitions and it was my understanding that to create an extended partition I would need to create it from my last partition hp_tools.

    How exactly with my current 4 partitions, system, operating system, recovery, and hp_tools can I create an extended partition. I am pretty much leaning towards creating the recovery disks and then deleting the recovery partition, but I am interested in this extended if it would meet my needs.
     
    bww, Nov 22, 2009
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    i personally just delete the recovery partition after making multiple copies of the recovery discs
     
    timtravel42, Nov 22, 2009
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  6. DanaGoyette

    DanaGoyette Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm, if you wanted to hang onto all the utilities, you could merge the Win7 system partition with the HP_Tools partition -- the only thing that distinguishes the HP_Tools partition is the volume label.
    It would take a bit of hackery in bcdedit, though, to make sure the "fix my booting" thing still works.
     
    DanaGoyette, Nov 22, 2009
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    langostino Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a HP Pavilion DV8 and I have the same problem (4 partitions created). I made a partition backup for all ones. If I erase last partition (HP TOOLS), then reduce os partition and move recovery partition to end of disk, I could create an extended partition and create some partitions inside extended partition. If I restore HP-TOOLS partition from backup...Will this work?
     
    langostino, Nov 26, 2009
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