Dell :: Studio 151555 Disk Partitioning
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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Apr 24, 2014
I purchased Z510 recently with 1 TB hard disk. The problem is that it came with only 2 partitions :
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a) Windows (C) - 891 GB
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b) Drivers (D) - 25 GB
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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.
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It is very difficult to work on a system with only above partitions.
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I just checked out Dells web site for the Studio 17 and on the menu you can select 1 500G drive or 2 320G drives.
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What manufacture drives does Dell use these days ?
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when i start my laptop i straight to media direct and it show me can't detect hard drive.
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after restart 1 times. and it can create partition. but it can't install windows also.
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Jan 15, 2009
My Studio originally had a Toshiba, 5400 rpm 250 gb drive in it.
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I also got the carrier assembly from Dell and I installed the Western Digital into the Studio 17 in drive bay 1 , and put the Toshiba into Drive bay 2.
I had made an image of my C drive with Vista on it, and after installing the new hard drive I put the image onto the Western Digital drive, and all seemed to be well, I booted up and get into Vista, but now I see the C:
local hard drive shows exactly what I had before, and Vista is showing my new drive as Drive F: but it also has all my files on it exactly as the original C image that I made .....
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Hi I am new to this Forum and new to laptops I have just purchased this machine, DELL STUDIO XPS M1640 Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz ,500GB,
4GB I got it new on ebay. It arrived today and everything is fine except it won't eject CD's using the highlighted touch button.
I have to go into computer and eject from there.
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Feb 4, 2009
Might as well outline what I did. Picked up a 2Gb stick of Patriot RAM for my Studio 15, boosting total RAM in the laptop to 4 Gb.
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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 :
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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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Now I want to divide the partition C: into 3 partitions as following:
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3.Accessories (Just Some Files)
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I used NHC and set the option "Max Performance 254" and It is fine all the time.
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I found too the HDD has jumper:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....p?p_faqid=1410
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I did just install a HP wireless printer 3052A
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I have that hard drive in my ps3 and love it. Fast, cool and quiet.
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I did some searching, but couldn't find anything directly related to this problem.
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I've never had blu-ray before, so i only have one disk - Wall-E -, and well, it won't play.
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