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Solved! How to set partition on laptop

sippey

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i need to know how to set partition on laptop apart from formatting ma lap???
 
Solution
A hard drive doesn't know whether it is in a desktop or a laptop. Two options:

1. If installing the OS yaself, just set the partition size you want for C:\ and install Windows.

2. If already installed using an older OS, try a 3rd party partitioning tool.

3. With Windows Vista or 7:

http://techpp.com/2010/01/19/how-to-partition-a-hdd-hard-disk-in-windows-7/
A hard drive doesn't know whether it is in a desktop or a laptop. Two options:

1. If installing the OS yaself, just set the partition size you want for C:\ and install Windows.

2. If already installed using an older OS, try a 3rd party partitioning tool.

3. With Windows Vista or 7:

http://techpp.com/2010/01/19/how-to-partition-a-hdd-hard-disk-in-windows-7/
 
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