RE: Partition - what for and how do I use them?
- From: Esoterixia <Esoterixia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:11:01 -0700
Actually, Acer noetbooks/laptops have 3 partitions: 1 is the Hard drive (C),
1 is the Data drive (D), and 1 is hidden, and I believe is used for the
eRecovery.
The C drive is where most of your programs install by default. According to
Acer, I was told that the Data drive is for you to save your stuff to -
documents, photos, downloads, etc.
In the event that you have to do a rollback/Windows Restore, the stuff in
the Data drive will NOT automatically rollback. This means that if you
downloaded a file, and a week later you have to do a Restore to Previous
version for some other issue you've got, all of the files you've
accumulated/saved in the Data drive doesn't disappear, since technically,
those files didn't exist in the date that you rolled back to. Make sense?
This was explained to me over the phone, but the initial conversation started
in a tech support email I sent to them, which I'll paste below for you.
If you delete the partition and merge it with the C drive, you can do so -
but I'm not sure if it will give you problems when/if you later on need to
use eRecovery.
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Thank you for contacting Acer America. I’ll be happy to assist you.
The hard drive is partitioned into three partitions by design. If you look
in My Computer you will see two of these partitions, Acer C and Acerdata D.
Acer C is where the operating system and all software is installed. Acerdata
D is for you to use as storage. This protects your data. If you ever have to
reformat due to a virus or other corruption, the data in the Acerdata D will
not be erased. The third partition is not shown in My Computer. This
partition has the files necessary for the Acer eRecovery to:
1. Reinstall the operating system, setting the system back to the way it was
the day you purchased it.
2. Create copies of the factory installation CD's.
3. Create a snapshot of your current configuration, you can then use that
configuration if you have to wipe out the operating system.
4. Reinstall just the drivers or applications that came preinstalled on the
system.
If you prefer to remove all the partitioning and have the hard drive set up
as one large partition, you are free to do this however Acer does not provide
software for this purpose. You will need to use a third party formatting
utility like Fdisk or Partition Magic to create, change or delete partitions.
Partition Magic can be used to manipulate partitions in Windows without
losing data. Again this is something that Acer does not provide or support;
you will need to contact the manufacturer of Partition Magic for assistance
on how-to questions using their software.
Respectfully,
Acer America
Online Technical Support
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