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    Missing 40gb HDD space

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Neubeehunhun, Mar 19, 2011.

  1. Neubeehunhun

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    Does anyone know how to show hidden partitions used for OS recovery? I have the samsung HM640JJ 640gb HDD and the total disk space is only shown as 596GB + 100MB windows reserved space. I suppose it's the hidden OS recovery that's taking up the missing 40GB. Does anyone know how to make it show up in Disk Management so I can format and redistribute it?
     
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    Ah okay, thanks for the info
     
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    The recovery partition is showing up for me...

    Perhaps it wouldn't if the HDD that came with the comp was the internal system disk, rather than externalised (after I swapped it out for an SSD)?

    Have decided to keep the recovery part just in case - but I'm sure I'd be able to access it and format it OK if I needed the space that desperately ;p

    cheers,
    dave
     
    Fluffybug, Mar 19, 2011
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