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I recently got a new laptop (win 8) and it has the hard drive split into 2 halves - c & d
my old laptop (win 7) originally had this function and i found it a bit annoying - and when i reformatted, i made them one whole hard drive and preferred this.
i am debating whether or not to do that to this one, or whether to try to get used to having 2 places to store things
other than having another drive in case one fails, and keeping the recovery on a separate one, can anyone tell me any benefits to having it split?
thanks
my old laptop (win 7) originally had this function and i found it a bit annoying - and when i reformatted, i made them one whole hard drive and preferred this.
i am debating whether or not to do that to this one, or whether to try to get used to having 2 places to store things
other than having another drive in case one fails, and keeping the recovery on a separate one, can anyone tell me any benefits to having it split?
thanks
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Well Joko, I agree that the second partition looks to be too large just for recovery purposes. I don't know anything about Windows 8 but there must be some way of displaying "invisible" system files like there is in earlier versions of Windows - if that shows the partition to be truly empty I can see no reason why you shouldn't merge the two partitions.
Read Buenchico's link first, though. He knows what he's talking about computer-wise and you might find there is adantage to you in keeping some things on a separate partition (I do).
Read Buenchico's link first, though. He knows what he's talking about computer-wise and you might find there is adantage to you in keeping some things on a separate partition (I do).
Be careful Ivor. A re-install is usually only possible if you have original discs.
All the systems I have have provided a means of restoring the system and doing so wiped the whole disc (not just one partition) and replaced it with the setup that came from the manufacturer. You then have to re-instate the data from backups and re-install all your user software.
All the systems I have have provided a means of restoring the system and doing so wiped the whole disc (not just one partition) and replaced it with the setup that came from the manufacturer. You then have to re-instate the data from backups and re-install all your user software.