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    Acer travelmate 4500 merge partitions

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Mobius, Jun 26, 2006.

  1. Mobius

    Mobius Newbie

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    does any one know how I can merge the two partitions on a Acer travelmate 4500 without loosing any data?
     
    Mobius, Jun 26, 2006
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    koiking Notebook Consultant

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    RUN > MMC.exe
    FILE > SNAP-ON
    ADD > DISKMANAGER > OK

    You should find what you need there. There are 2 reasons I know that notebooks are divided into 2 partitions.

    One, if one partition fails the other will be fine.
    Two, the page file on another partition is said to be better for performance (According to MSCE2000!)
     
    koiking, Jun 27, 2006
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