Hmm? Guess you're the lucky one then..I only have Sonic. I read from a forum that it is possible to request one from Dell, wondering if it applies to Malaysia as well.

Umm, so anyone has any ideas with the reformatting question? Is it possible to create a partition from C drive without reformatting the hard drive? I guess I could live with all the Dell junkware but I just want a separate partition to store other documents and data.

u cant partition the c drive without reformat it...

means when u double-click the program and waiting it to load? how long does it take to reach the main screen (after the blank black screen)..mine took not more than 20secs i tink. maybe its the warcraft program problem? did u tried uninstall it and reinstall again? its a weird problem..

who said cannot? can lar...use partition magic 8.0..google for it ok...

eyh...wahhh....dell didnt include cyberlink powerdvd nemore eh..last time they provide it (powerdvd 5.5) if u opt dvd writer....dis time i chk, they only provide Sonic™ MyDVD and Sonic™ Digital Media...

i guess they replace powerDVD with sonic MyDVD....izzit?

0.o i got both sonic mydvd and power dvd wor....

i got both also...kekekeke

ooo..i tot this is normal bcoz nowadys all the games so complicated ...for cd also now minimum 3 discs oledi and some 4 discs...it took quite a long time for me to enter the main screen also(i mean the screen after the black screen)...around 10 seconds....will it because of our hdd not fast enuff?

Actually I did, I also installed Partition magic..however when I selected 'create partition' this error message popped up- "The selected disk contains one or more partitions that cannot be moved." The only options available are resize and format I think. So do I select resize? Will it wipe out everything installed on the C drive? Perhaps you could elaborate a little more on that, sorry I'm quite a noob on all these.



Just checked all the CDs that came with the laptop, I only have 4 CDs with Sonic... gonna give Dell a call to see if they're willing to send me PowerDVD as well

Actually I prefer to partition my HDD with a freshly formatted HDD, it's more stable.

Normally I partition during the windows installation.

You can partition from C drive without formatting the hard drive. Try partition magic, partition expert, etc.

Who said cannot? I did that when I got my 6400. After 2 days later, format and create only 2 partition, del all dell's partition.

meaning u can partition again although there are thing inside ur c drive.. ?

ok , get the answer d....

soli ya , never done b4...

This post has been edited by steventan85: Dec 17 2006, 09:45 PM

if not mistaken choose resize...it will resize ur C: partition...then u will get xtra space...use that xtra space to resize ur other partition..forgot edy...i did b4...do not opt format..of cos it will delete everythg...u required to restart ur notebook after dat...maybe u can consult ur question at technical support thread

yeargh...me oso prefer partition during installing windows...hv a feeling it would b better + stable

delete the dell's partition will void the warranty or not?

Of course not, it doesn't violate any warranty. It's up to you to keep it or not.

Mine's gone. Couldn't reinstall it as it was supposed to be.

wont void warranty lerrr if not, all of us dont hv warranty nemore...

haha... yahor.... thx ya

Alright, I think I'll post up at Technical support instead, thanks Well I know starting fresh without all of Dell's junk is probably the best option to boost speed and all but I'm usually cautious with these stuff because I'm screwed if something goes wrong (and it happens quite often). Then again the best way to learn is of course by trial and error but I'm a little uncomfortable delving into a sea of nowhere especially when I'm no pro in these stuff.

Well if only Dell wouldn't charge $30 upon request of partitioning then I wouldn't have so much trouble. Installing windows altogether from scratch do mean reformatting right?

normal?i don think is normal la..cos last time 4 to 5 sec can in already..but now need to wait more than 20 secs..sweat i don think is our hdd problem lo..cos before that still can load fast..dunno what should i do..i am thinking to upgrade my ram to 1.5G and see if the problem can be solved..

more than 20secs..i dunno whether is warcraft problem or not..i nvr try to uninstall it..will try later..

Check and see any background apps running and eat the resources. Try do some cleaning, checking, defragment, etc and see the problem still there or not.