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    Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by an4rew, Mar 4, 2007.

  1. an4rew

    an4rew Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just ordered a new Acer Notebook with 120GB Hard disk, is it a SATA disk because i was going to format and install my new copy of Vista.

    Sata drives Vista should recognize but if not then i would obviously be screwed with no way to recover and no floppy drive.

    I have no interest in having these 3 Fat32 partitions tho.

    Just one Big NTFS partition + Windows Vista.
     
    an4rew, Mar 4, 2007
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  2. camsimple

    camsimple Notebook Evangelist

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    What was the Acer model? That might help.
     
    camsimple, Mar 4, 2007
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  3. an4rew

    an4rew Notebook Enthusiast

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    its an Aspire 5633WLMI
     
    an4rew, Mar 4, 2007
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    camsimple Notebook Evangelist

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    It appears that it is not a S-ATA drive, but a ATA. I don't see how though you would not be able to convert it to NTFS, repartition the HD and be all set. Correct me if I am wrong.
     
    camsimple, Mar 4, 2007
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  5. an4rew

    an4rew Notebook Enthusiast

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    well i hope it does and no extra drivers would be required in vista setup :)
     
    an4rew, Mar 4, 2007
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  6. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Just scrap your orignal Acer partitions and start with a one, fresh NTFS partition and install Vista. Once you have a copy of Vista in your hands, you aren't really going to have to worry about your old recovery discs. They are kind of useless after an OS upgrade.
     
    Gautam, Mar 4, 2007
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