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    N53SM 2 Partitions???

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by dangos327, May 17, 2012.

  1. dangos327

    dangos327 Newbie

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    I just recieved my ASUS N53SM-ES72 laptop and let me first say hat I love it. Very fast and everything is running great. My problem comes when I looked in "My Computer" and see that I have two HDD spaces set up. One has 279 GB and the other has 394GB. This thing was supposed to have a 750 GB HDD, which the space between the two would give me roughly, but why is there two seperate partitions right out of the box?
     
    dangos327, May 17, 2012
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  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Asus does this on all their laptop, i can't remember why, but it is easy to merge both partition using window's disk management tool if you do not want two partitions.
     
    tijo, May 17, 2012
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  3. Support.4@XOTIC PC

    Support.4@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    That is correct, they are just partitioned. You simply want to adjust that as Tijo said.

    You may have a back up recovery partion as well, be careful not to erase that, as you may need it in the future. It's a good idea to have a back up recovery disc in case your drives fail.
     
    Support.4@XOTIC PC, May 21, 2012
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