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    reformat hard drive / fresh start questions

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by aerodrome, Oct 28, 2009.

  1. aerodrome

    aerodrome Notebook Consultant

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    I've had my FW for over a year now, and it is bloated and buggy, and I believe it is time for a fresh start.

    Recently, I purchased an Asus netbook for my wife and I noticed that the drive was partitioned into two. This makes perfect sense, I'm assuming, so that a user can reinstall the OS on one drive, and keep other items stored safely in the other drive. Awesome!

    So, my questions...
    How much space should I save for the OS drive?
    Can I load all of my non OS software on the non os partition without problems?

    Any other concerns?

    Thanks!
    Jeff
     
    aerodrome, Oct 28, 2009
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    aerodrome Notebook Consultant

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    Or... now that I'm thinking this through, it wouldn't be so much that I could reinstall the operating system, as much as I could possibly reformat the OS side while leaving the non OS intact?
     
    aerodrome, Oct 28, 2009
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