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    normal hard disk space

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by peraffi, Feb 17, 2010.

  1. peraffi

    peraffi Notebook Geek

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    I have a t500 I purchased with a 80gb hard disk space. I noticed when I first bought it that my available space is only 15 gb. why is that?
     
    peraffi, Feb 17, 2010
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  2. hding

    hding Notebook Consultant

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    when i did you purchased the T500, sounds like it was way back?

    how come you just brought this up? If I notices it was only 15Gb left when it was new, I would contact Lenovo or seller right away, unless you bought it from somebody else and he left all the crap on the disk.
     
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  3. peraffi

    peraffi Notebook Geek

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    i purchased this last year but never made a big deal on the storage space but now I want it . I bought it from lenovo
     
    peraffi, Feb 17, 2010
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  4. gmoneyphatstyle

    gmoneyphatstyle Notebook Deity

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    Sounds like you have a 15GB partition.
    see here for instruction on how to resize a vista partition. Windows 7 might be the same, you didn't say what OS your using. When using the disk management tool you might see a hidden partition that contains an image of your harddrive when it left the factory. You might want to leave this intact incase you ever wish to restore the factory image.
    http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02/16/how-to-resize-a-partition-in-windows-vista
     
    gmoneyphatstyle, Feb 17, 2010
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  5. hding

    hding Notebook Consultant

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    Since he bought the computer from Lenovo, it should not contain any hidden partition though. anyway, hope gmoneyphatsytle is right and you get what you want back. good luck!
     
    hding, Feb 17, 2010
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    Lenovo's install of Vista does take up quite a bit of space. You could, after making your recovery disks, clear out the Lenovo and SWTOOLS partitions and try a clean install.
     
    MidnightSun, Feb 17, 2010
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  7. t30power

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    google Disk State and browse the biggest files on your HDD.
     
    t30power, Feb 18, 2010
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