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Why does Sony partition its Hard Drive?

post #1 of 9
7/10/04 at 3:53am
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I have had A190 and S150 and both came with 1 HDD that was partitioned.

Its annoying to have to change C drive to D drive to install programs and also to defragment both.

Why does Sony do this and how do I remove the partitions without erasing any info.
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post #2 of 9
7/10/04 at 3:58am
Just another reason why you should always format a oem computer. Reminds me why i've always built my systems (with exception to the laptop i own). If i were you i would back everything up, and just wipe it all clean.....it definetly can't hurt.
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post #3 of 9
7/10/04 at 4:01am
It's because of the way they do recovery

The "system" partition is C, the apps partition is D, and you can restore either/or with the hidden partition they also have on the disk.


Hey, real fast, a question about the S150 - what size is the screen? 1280x800 or 1366x768? :P
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post #4 of 9
7/10/04 at 4:11am
Sony's big on the whole media thing. Some editting programs prefer having 2 drives to work with, instead of running from and saving to the same partition. It's annoying. That other partition was totally empty on my Vaio when I got it.
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post #5 of 9
7/10/04 at 4:17am
I like having lots of partitons myself. I have five 15GB partitions now, System, Music, Movies, Downloads, and Temporary. It keeps everything ordered nicely, and you don't need to worry about your files when re-install. I wouldn't like my apps to be on any other partition than the C: though, WTF was Sony thinking. That makes updating programs a real PITA.
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post #6 of 9
7/10/04 at 4:36am
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its 1280 x 800 native and no option for that 1366 reso

this is why I feel like the 32mb 9700 might also be a mistake

but i really dont care i will continue to cost Sony as much money as i possibly can with returns extended to the longest periods and free shipping incentives

they deserve it for their bad marketing decisions
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post #7 of 9
7/10/04 at 4:53am
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what partition is the page-file for virtual memory active on?

both?

and how can I increase and decrease partition sizes?

Shouldnt I install apps on System Partition and declare the other partition the "workspace" ? Not sure how...
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post #8 of 9
7/10/04 at 4:56am
its good to have ur hard disk partitioned

windows when it boots up scans the boot partition (C, so if u have a smaller C: drive it speeds up ur boot time

also if u want to clean install ur OS after format u neednt back up all ur data if u store it on the other partition, just reinstall the programs.

i have like a 2 gb C: and large D: & E: drives, which i use to install programs & keep my data respectively

u can use partition magic to merge the partitions if u wanna, but its finicky so do it only if u r comfortable with pm
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post #9 of 9
7/14/04 at 4:08am
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