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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day                    Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6433 days Last view: 6431 days |
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| I recently got a new Dell Laptop (Inspiron E1505). Laptop is great except my 40GB HD has only 31GB of available space. What happened to the remaining space? The remaining space is divided into unmounted partitions (a EISA Configuration partition and ~4.37GB Partition according to window's logical disk service). The EISA Configuration and the ~4.37GB partition are linked as Dell documentation says those partitions are my means of restoring my new laptop to original factory conditions (i.e. my laptop did not come with CDs to restore the laptop to original factory conditions)
My questions are as follows: 1) Is there anyway for me to save the data from those two partitions with some program? 2) Is it even worth it for me to save the original factory software? 3) Other than losing the ability to restore the laptop to original factory conditions, is there any other harm in losing the EISA configuration partition (i.e. voiding warranty etc) |
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||bass Administrator   Since: 11-17-05 From: Salem, Connecticut Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6431 days |
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| All those partitions are are standard ghost images. I would get a copy of something like partition magic to make the partition visible from within windows, copy the ghost images to DVD, then wipe out the backup partition and expand your main partition. | |||
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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6433 days Last view: 6431 days |
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| Thanks for the advice.
I eventually found a very informative page that described how the newer Dell machines are setup. I followed the steps and extracted all the data off the hidden partitions. Dell's approach is good for people who aren't computer savvy but I don't belong there. I wish I could save Dell's MBR info but I really don't need the bar that says "www.dell.com" for 2 seconds. |
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