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    T61 Re-partition

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by a13519, Jun 14, 2007.

  1. a13519

    a13519 Newbie

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    Hello everyone, I just get my T61. Pretty happy with the deliver time and service. One thing I feel a little bit silly is it has only one partition for whole hard drive. It comes with a hidden service partition for recovery the whole system. But I want my working drive has 3 to 4 partitions. How can I do that? I still need my Vista running on my machine, any ideas?

    Thanks,

    Wallace
     
    a13519, Jun 14, 2007
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  2. Grentz

    Grentz Notebook Evangelist

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    You will need a partition manager such as Partition Magic or Acronis.
     
    Grentz, Jun 14, 2007
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    jstigall Notebook Enthusiast

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    Partition magic doesn't work on Vista so you'll need Acronis :) There really is no reason to partition a hard drive these days, I would leave it all one big drive because there is no advantage at all to splitting it up, unless you're installing linux or some other operating system.
     
    jstigall, Jun 14, 2007
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  4. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I like to keep my data on a separate drive. If I reinstall windows I don't have to mess with it.
     
    ZaZ, Jun 14, 2007
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    a13519 Newbie

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    Yah, that's what I want to do. Partition it, install OS, then clone OS drive.

    Thanks,
     
    a13519, Jun 14, 2007
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    a13519 Newbie

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    Acronis pretty nice, well done!

    Thanks!
     
    a13519, Jun 14, 2007
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