-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Partition Drive
- From: dsw32952 <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 08:52:39 -0400
Yes. No. Maybe. Recovery disks recover a drive to its original
state. That means all partitions and other OS installations are wiped
out. Since you will be dual booting with Windows 7, this should not be
a problem since it will be the newer OS and should be installed last.
On my HP desktop with Vista Home Premium, when I try to partition the
hard drive Vista refuses to release more than about half of the drive
for new partitions. On my 500GB drive it would let me have about 250GB
to partition however I wanted. According to HP this is exactly what all
of their customers want. I installed a 160GB drive and had to remove
the 500GB drive in order to recover to it. I then reinstalled the 500GB
drive. Again, this is the way all HP customers want their computers to
work. Once recovered to the 160GB drive I was able to partition it to
about half of the drive.
This partition limitation exists whether using the build in disk
manager, ATI Disk Director Suite or the partitioning function available
during OS installation.
Don
tempting2taanzaa wrote:
> Ok, I think I will take the plunge tomorrow and let you know what happens.
> But, if you have further information to give, I will still be available to
> read since I have my other laptop standing by in case something flubs...:)
>
> Ok, but here is the one other question I have. I don't have a retail
> version of Windows Vista only a recovery CD which will put the computer back
> to out of the box state. Would I need a retail version to partition the
> drive?
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