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    merging the two partitioned hard disks on W3J

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tk11, Aug 29, 2006.

  1. tk11

    tk11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    well im trying to get this thing to boot up as fast as possible..

    wanted to know how the two hard disk sectors can be put together without a formatting? is this possible? thank you
     
    tk11, Aug 29, 2006
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You may need a program like Partition Magic to do so, if you don't want to reformat.
     
    coriolis, Aug 29, 2006
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    hrm, curious about something, does the recoverydisc reformat the drives again?
     
    DuckM4n, Aug 29, 2006
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    Partition Magic from Norton can do the job without any problem. If you have the recovery disks, whcih I assume comes with each Asus notebook, you can format the one that does not have the windows installed and combine them.

    Partition Magic is expensive software, but you can easily download one of of torrents sites using utorrents. Never pay for software.
     
    PersianKing, Aug 29, 2006
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  5. MilestonePC.com

    MilestonePC.com Company Representative

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    Yes, it is possible to do this, but you need to have another 2nd hard drive and USB exthernal enclosure or 2.5" to 3.5" adapter. If you would like to use an external hard drive, through Ghost or Acornis clone or create an image to to an external hard drive, then clone it back to the original laptop hard drive.
    Cheers
     
    MilestonePC.com, Aug 29, 2006
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