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    Y580 Partitions? Please help!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by raezo, Dec 26, 2012.

  1. raezo

    raezo Newbie

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    Greetings and Happy Holidays to all,

    I have just installed a crucial m4 128gig mSSD into my Y580 (did not come with one pre-installed). I have not touched this laptop much because I am not liking windows 8 so far. I am looking to install my copy of windows 7 onto the mSSD and use the 1TB for storage. I am having trouble figuring which partitions are safe to delete and which are not. Imageshack - picstitch.jpg is what I see, not sure if you can help based on this? I only want to keep the necessities and wipe the rest. I am trying to avoid deleting anything that will affect the OKR.

    I also do not understand why my laptop did not come with a windows 8 key on the bottom. I have never see that before, any ideas?

    If there is any other advice you can give to make my install smoother I would appreciate it very much! Thanks!
     
    raezo, Dec 26, 2012
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    JohnJacob Notebook Enthusiast

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    The OKR thread has some good details on the partitions to keep (and what to do if you remove them all).

    Win 8 key is in BIOS. No need to enter it manually.
     
    JohnJacob, Dec 26, 2012
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    raezo Newbie

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    I don't see anything in there distinguishing which partition is what in correlation to what i see on my screen?
     
    raezo, Dec 27, 2012
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