QUOTE(rurushu @ Aug 7 2011, 10:39 PM)
First, you need to know that the computer can only have either 4 "primary" partition or 3 "primary" + XX number of logical partitions.
By default, our notebook is already full with 4 "primary" partitions, namely the system, C:, D:Recovery and HP_Tools.
If you want to repartition your C: drive, you need to first change D:Recovery drive to logical or delete it, dont delete systems (contain bootloader) and HP_Tools...
Then you shrink the C: drive while it is still "primary", dont change it to logical, it will not boot... experienced it beforehand.
Then your remaining spaces would be logical and the new drives that you created would be ALL logical drives....
So in the end, you will have System (primary), C:(primary), D:Recovery(logical, or deleted it), HP_Tools (primary) and others logical (the new partitons that you created)
thanks very much rurushu. Will give it a go tomorrow..really appreciate it. Can the D:Recovery be deleted off? what is it actually? Ive already created the recovery discs by the way. Oh and one more thing, when you say shrink the C: drive, that means resizing it right? which in my case, resizing it to 150gb...and then if i follow your steps correctly, that means I would have the remaining 550 gb as a new logical partition right ?By default, our notebook is already full with 4 "primary" partitions, namely the system, C:, D:Recovery and HP_Tools.
If you want to repartition your C: drive, you need to first change D:Recovery drive to logical or delete it, dont delete systems (contain bootloader) and HP_Tools...
Then you shrink the C: drive while it is still "primary", dont change it to logical, it will not boot... experienced it beforehand.
Then your remaining spaces would be logical and the new drives that you created would be ALL logical drives....
So in the end, you will have System (primary), C:(primary), D:Recovery(logical, or deleted it), HP_Tools (primary) and others logical (the new partitons that you created)
really appreciate the help, cheers
This post has been edited by faridz7: Aug 8 2011, 12:22 AM
Aug 8 2011, 12:20 AM

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