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    Cutting down on Partitions

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jeremy2223, Feb 27, 2008.

  1. jeremy2223

    jeremy2223 Notebook Consultant

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    Today I was about to install Linux along side my Vista installation, and while I was formatting a new partition for Leopard I noticed I had heaps of hidden and unneccesary partitions. I have a pic of them below. I want to get rid of them, does anyone know what they are for? I did do a clean installation when I got the laptop and installed media direct but surely I don't need all this crap. Also my media direct partition appears as drive d:\ and it is 25 gigs but why does it need 25 gb and when I click on it in My Computer it says it needs to be formatted...

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    jeremy2223, Feb 27, 2008
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    You're trying to install Leopard on your 1530? Installing an Apple OS on non-Apple hardware is against its EULA...

    EDIT: BTW MediaDirect doesn't take up 25 GB. It's probably the 2 GB partition. Also, it wouldn't show up in My Computer because it's hidden.

    The 25 GB partition is the size of D:\ that was left over after choosing a size for C:\ when you formatted. You need to format it in order to use it.
     
    crash, Feb 27, 2008
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    jeremy2223 Notebook Consultant

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    I was sure I made it as big as possible. Any how what about the other ones like the 45mb one? I surely didn't make those.

    Not if your a selected developer or have someone in your family who is, but I changed it to linux in case it is illegal to talk about that anyhow.
     
    jeremy2223, Feb 27, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    The 45MB one may be the Dell Utility Partition, not to be confused with Dell Recovery Partition. ;)

    In GParted the partitions are more clearly labeled and nothing is hidden....
     
    pixelot, Feb 27, 2008
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    Oh ok. I wasn't accusing you, I was just saying.. :)

    I have 4 partitions... C:\, D:\, a 2.01 GB MediaDirect partition, and a 47 MB EISA Configuration partition. I'm not sure if the last one is really necessary to keep; I don't know exactly what it does.
     
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Like I say, with GParted, you can view the contents of such partitions, and get a better idea of what purpose they serve. :rolleyes:
     
    pixelot, Feb 27, 2008
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    GParted seconded. In addition, you can edit, resize, delete (be very damn careful with deletions), etc. Great app. Start by using it set on Automatic; makes life much easier, IMO.
     
    bmwrob, Feb 28, 2008
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    Oh don't worry thats all good.

    Yeah I will try Gparted, I wonder what ones I can delete though.
     
    jeremy2223, Feb 28, 2008
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    Open them first and see what they contain.....maybe research a little....
     
    pixelot, Feb 28, 2008
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