| Subject: Reinstalling Vista: 2 unknown partitions |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/27/2008 1:18:21 AM |
| From: "Alb�do" [Email Address Protection] |
Posted to: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general + microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup Follow-up to: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general Hello from France. Here is my problem of the day... I just put a new, 160 Go hard disk in my Dell Inspiron laptop. Then, following Dell's instructions as found on a flyer that came with the machine, this is what I did : 1. install Dell's "For Reinstalling Dell Media Direct 3" DVD 2. install Vista 3. finish with "For Reinstalling Dell Media Direct 3" At stage #2 I choose to have C: at 50 Go, leaving the rest to D: Once Vista was installed, I found that D: had yet to be formatted, which I did. Now, as I take a look at the system, I find that there are in fact 4 volumes: - one is 47 Mo - "Type :" basic - "Statut :" Sound (Configuration EISA) ; this one can't be touched - second is 2,01 Go - "Type :" basic - "Statut :" Sound (Principal partition) ; this one can be deleted - then C: et D: I've been searching the internet, and found quite incoherent bits of information, so I decide to ask you all: 1. how were those two, unnamed volumes created? a. may the first one have been created by the first, Dell DVD I used first? b. then which program can possibly have created the 2,01, and what was it intended for? 2. can I safely suppress the 2,01 Go partition and try to have Vista give them to C: (which, I'm afraid, may prove too small, as I guess the system files will be getting bigger in the future)? Thanks *very sincerely* for your attention, and thanks in advance for any answer. So greeting from France. -- a. |
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| Subject: Re: Reinstalling Vista: 2 unknown partitions |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/27/2008 1:27:26 AM |
| From: "Alb�do" [Email Address Protection] |
I guess "Installing Vista" should have been the proper name of the post, as I am using a new hard disk. Sorry for that. -- a. |
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