Posts by makings

Heh, I'm now considering not blatting the PQSERVICE partition, as it can be used to restore a factory install, so it might have merits. I'll still be resizing and converting my paritions tho'... Thanks, Mike K.

Hi all, Well, I managed to comprehensively bugger my Acer Aspire 5633WLMI last night, by deleting the PQSERVICE partition. I was looking to get rid of the partition as I will be using Acronis TrueImage for backup and restore after...

Hey DracUK, would you mind giving the steps for doing that? I kinda destroyed my 5633 WLMI last night by deleting the PQSERVICE parition (it fails to boot and gives an error message). I'm currently restoring (via TrueImage) a backup of...

Hi SouthCali, thanks for your reply and additional info. I've now got Partition Magic, and I can categorically state that you SHOULD NOT delete the PQSERVICE parition - my PC won't boot any more, and the recovery DVDs created when I...

Hey Southcali, that's useful timing, as I have a question: would Partition Magic allow me to 1) delete the PQService Partion and 2) merge the C: and D: paritions? I've heard it said that you can't merge an OS parition, but I guess I...

Hi there, I recently bought an Acer 5633 WLMI having been impressed with the spec. Now I have the machine, I'm not so impressed with the 3 partition bull-poo that's been forced upon me. I would like to do a clean install of Windows...