Acer :: Partitioning For Vista And XP
Apr 14, 2009
I'm just bought an Acer Aspire 6930G and here's how my partitions look now:
Now I want to divide the partition C: into 3 partitions as following:
1.Windows Vista (The Current One and must stay as it is now)
2.Windows XP (Want to install it and use it as my 2nd OS)
3.Accessories (Just Some Files)
I've already tried shrinking them but failed as there's already 4 partitions exist in my HD! So my questions is how can I create the partitions as the way I want it?
I Haven't made backup dvd's yet so the current windows musn't be harmed and New partition should allow me to install new windows (XP) and use it as my 2nd OS
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Apr 14, 2009
I'm just bought an Acer Aspire 6930G and here's how my partitions look now:
Now I want to divide the partition C: into 3 partitions as following :
1.Windows Vista (The Current One and must stay as it is now)
2.Windows XP (Want to install it and use it as my 2nd OS)
3.Accessories (Just Some Files)
I've already tried shrinking them but failed as there's already 4 partitions exist in my HD! So my questions is how can I create the partitions as the way I want it?
I Haven't made backup dvd's yet so the current windows musn't be harmed and New partition should allow me to install new windows (XP) and use it as my 2nd OS
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Feb 24, 2009
this is my HD it was prepartitioned into these 4 Primary Partitions (i did resize C and extended the D partition) any way i know the 1st partition is the recovery but what about that last one?
now i wanna install windows 7 beta to try it out for real (I did try it in VM) so i want to dual boot it with the pre installed Vista Home premium SP1, the problem is i can't create any partitions bcuz i already have 4 primary partitions.
with Paragon Partition manager i can convert the D partition to Logical partition but will my data be safe ... i wanna be sure about that first.
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Feb 23, 2015
I have acer aspire timeline x 5830TG. I Bought It which have Recovery Partition & One Main Partition ( C: )
I shrink this partition into two Partitions then i want to restore my laptop to factory defaults by using recovery discs .
Ido but when open my laptop again i found my hard drive still have two partions , not just ( C: ) like i bought first .
* I just finish restoring , this photo right now ....
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Nov 20, 2014
I have a brand new Acer Aspire E1-572G. It has 1TB HDD and with no partitions. So I want to create partitions as I wish, but before that, I would like to know if the recovery option will work if I alter the default HDD structure. Before I have failed with restoring after creating partitions with some other brands.
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Jan 31, 2009
I bought the macbook pro to run windows on it with OSX being an afterthought. Now, I'm kind of disappointed that bootcamp only allows 50-50 partitioning of the HD, when I don't plan on using the OSX partition ever.
I know bootcamp will not allow XP to have more HD space, which to me does not make any sense at all for those who prefer XP over OSX.
Is there any way to make the OSX partition smaller? I want to give OSX 20% of the HD and XP 80%.
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Feb 17, 2009
I am pretty new at this partitioning thing and only plan on putting windows on for gaming....I will only be putting games Empire, Medivial 2, Rome, Total War and Age of Empire III on it along with a virus scan for potential online problems with online gaming w/ these titles.
How much HD space should I dedicate to windows with this being the direction I am taking?
I have just bought the Macbook 2.0 Aluminum w/ 4GB upgrade
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Jun 22, 2009
Description of problem.
I bought a new Dell Studio 15 - 1555 with 320 GB (7200rpm Performance Hard drive). It came preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Premium.
I see two drives as C & D. C drive shows 260GB free of 282GB and D drive (Recovery) shows 8.83GB free of 14.9 GB.
How can I create partitions of my own choice with the space left on the C Dirve?
I believe the existing partition that I have are Primary partitions and the new one are also getting created as Primary, so its not allowing me to create more partition of my choice.
Please help, how can I have atleast 5-6 partitions of 50GB each .....
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May 17, 2009
I have a Windows XP I want to install, and I'm reading the walkthrough for partitioning my hard drive, but it says that I cant use XP if it doesnt have SP2! I have the XP with SP1a on it. So I cant use that right? Or am I a little off on my thinking here?
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Jun 20, 2014
I bought z510 i want to do partition with the inbuilt OS, how to do that.
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Apr 24, 2014
I purchased Z510 recently with 1 TB hard disk. The problem is that it came with only 2 partitions :
a) Windows (C) - 891 GB
b) Drivers (D) - 25 GB
When asked with the support, I was told that if I make new partitions my warranty will void. and if anything bad happens on the software part I have to pay for that to fix it.
It is very difficult to work on a system with only above partitions.
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Mar 17, 2013
I purchased 15r 7520 win 8 laptop which came with single hard drive.i wanna partition it to three drives.
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Feb 21, 2009
Background:
A few days ago i bought an Acer 7730 laptop with Windows Vista pre-installed and no disks. After initial hesitation i have decided to keep vista and not downgrade to XP. After all there will be more service packs and tweaking should speed it up lots anyway.
However, i really want to get rid of the three partitions on the hard drive. There is only one physical hard drive but there are three partitions; a hidden 10GB one (EISA configuration) which from what i have gathered is now obsolete, a C: partition 111.44GB and a D: partition 111.44GB. There is no need to split a drive into several partitions now that we have the NTFS file system (unless you are using multiple operating systems of course - but i am not) so this is really annoying me.
I have made the 2 recovery DVD and the 1 applications/drivers DVD. I have an old WinXP disk that i can use to format the laptop if required.
Question:
Using the recovery disks (which i'm assuming contain a copy of my bought OEM Vista that was pre-installed on the laptop), can i delete the partitions, format the hard drive and install Vista onto a single c: partition?
I've done this exact process before with WinXP hundreds of times but i'm not sure whether i can do the same for Vista with just the 3 DVD mentioned...
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Jan 4, 2010
I have just bought Inspiron 1440. My configuration is - Intel T6600, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 320 GB Hard Disk and 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330.
Further I have also taken 1 Year Complete Cover Accidental Damage Protection plan.
I am thinking of doing a clean install of windows7 on the machine with two key objectives:
Although the Dell Inspiron doesnot come with a lot of bloatware still it has few programs which I dont require.
Partitioning of the C Drive .....
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Jan 4, 2009
I have a wireless network setup between my desktop w/xp pro an my laptop w/vista home preminum Acer 5570Z.
My laptop can open drives & folders on my desktop, but my desktop can't open drives or folders on my laptop it says I don't have permission. I fixed this once before but can't remember what I did.
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Feb 12, 2009
There does not seem to be any buttons anywhere on the computer that start the webcam recording. I have an acer with vista.
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Feb 3, 2009
I've just install vista ultimate on my laptop. but.... all my usb devices are not working. Mouse, Ext Hdd, camera, usb memory stick. And ols my phone ... windows bassed
What is really the problem?
I reinstall windows 3 times and the same problem.
I have attached a print screen....
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Jan 11, 2009
Firstly I apologize if this has been asked earlier, but I couldn't find an answer to my question. I have a 1530 on order. The OS will be Vista Premium x86. There are 2 things I need to do-
1. Upgrade the HD from a 5400 to a 7200, I have the HD.
2. Install Windows Vista Business - I have an original retail version, and I absolutely need this.
I have the Vista Business Retail DVD. What I want to do is have Windows and the dell partitions configured exactly as they came with the original computer, only with Vista Business, and on the new hard disk. I don't want to alter Media Direct, or delete the restoration partition. Everything should be the same except the Windows Versio
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Nov 28, 2008
I've found most of the drivers for xp64bit but i read that tuba speaker doesn't work well (even if you install the corrent drivers from acer) and that's very dissapointing...
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Jun 17, 2009
I am in the process of performing a much needed system recovery of my Acer Apsire 7720. Ideally I would like a fresh install of Vista Ultimate without all of the unneeded software added during the recovery process.
I purchased a retail copy of Vista Ultimate a year ago for my desktop but am wondering if I can perform a clean install of Vista retail on my laptop but using the OEM serial number on the bottom of the Aspire unit and successfullly activate without issues.
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Dec 29, 2008
I consider installing XP instead Vista (no Vista drivers for my HP scanner).
Where can I find XP versions of ACER software (Acer Empowering technology, AcereAudio management, AcereRocovery Management etc.) for 8930G notebook as well as all necessary drivers?
Are there any sites where all this stuff is grouped according to the specific notebook model?
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Jan 20, 2009
I've heard that the 32bit Vista is limited to only 3Gb of RAM. I've got the 8930G and it's installed with 4Gb of RAM. The system detects the 4Gb. My question how can have the 32Bit Vista detect the 4Gb in the Task Manager without changing to Vista 64Bit?
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Nov 30, 2008
I have an Acer 6920G with tons of problems so I wanted to reinstall vista. The thing is that a Vista installation CD didn't come with it, just a CD key on the label. And I didn't create a backup of the system.
In Acer Empowering Technology there's an option called "Restore factory defaults" which didn't work. When I click it, it warns me that all data will be lost and that I have to restart the pc. I click Yes then the notebook restart but nothing happens, it just boot Vista like it usually would.
My question is: is it legal to download Vista and use the CD key on the label?
A few of my problems are
-BSOD when i launch games (sometimes)
-Random music start playing even though I have no music player up, not even in processes. this is the weirdest bug I've ever seen. It starts playing a random song for like 10 seconds then stop.
-Slow system, I just feel like a fresh installation would fix everything.
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Jun 3, 2009
Just for information, the SP2 for Vista is starting to come out in MS updates.
I have ran it for about a week and no issues todate other than the visual volume indicator (green bar) is no longer there when adjusting volume.
Its also about a 500MB download.
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May 7, 2009
I have problem with my Acer Aspire 8920G,
I got : Bootmgr is missing press Alt+ctrl for restart, tried few time but not working!
cause that i need windows vista ultimate oem installation cd for fix it / repair/ reinstall. when i bought it, unfortunately did not come with windosw vista installing cd, so anybody know solution and where i get it?
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Nov 14, 2009
As you know the default OS of Acer 1410 is Windows XP, and the battery life is about 6 hours; if I install Windows Vista or Windows 7, how much it will affect my battery life?
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Jun 27, 2009
I bought this laptop for work and they have this custom software that doesn't work with vista 64 bit. Can I put vista 32 bit or win 7 32 bit on it?
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Sep 7, 2009
I have an Aspire Timeline 3810T that came preloaded with Vista Premium 64 bit. Is there a way to downgrade to 32bit?
If not I assume I can install my XP on this machine?
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Mar 21, 2009
I have an Acer aspire 4315. When I switch on I get as far as the windows start up screen and then the screen goes blank and starts windows again.It I then get a screen come up asking me if I want to launch start up repair or start windows normally.
I have tried the start up repair and it says it cannot repair automatically. I have also tried to start in Safe mode but get the same result as above.
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Jul 11, 2008
Is it possible to wipe the hdd of an Acer TM8200 and load Vista w/o all of the Acer preinstall crap?
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