topic Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63116#M97941 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>too right...........<BR /><BR />just finished recovering my C drive, still runs much faster now<BR /><BR />very good advice<BR /><BR />Tom<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:55:37 GMT tdw197 2006-02-20T19:55:37Z How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63097#M97933 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Please, I am newbie.<BR />Hi to everyone.<BR />Can I eliminate, and recovery free space on hard disk, the hidden partition on my VGN-FS315M ?<BR />Thank you very much and scuse me for my english language.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:38:16 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63097#M97933 nunziovaio 2006-02-20T00:38:16Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63099#M97934 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, well i had this problem too...<BR />You can eliminate it, when you re-install de OS. For example, i re-installed the Windows XP Pro. and during the installation you come to the partitions menu, where you can see all the partitions. Now you can delete all and create a new partition to install the OS or you can delete the hidded partition.<BR />If you have any questions, don't hecitate to ask.<BR /><BR />Saludos<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:40:00 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63099#M97934 El_Andaluz 2006-02-20T09:40:00Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63101#M97935 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,<BR /><BR />may be a bit of a simple question, but if i follow the instructions on sonys website, will it format the whole drive, and hence lose all progs/data?<BR /><BR />Tom<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:26:11 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63101#M97935 tdw197 2006-02-20T11:26:11Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63103#M97936 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Please, I am newbie.<BR />Hi to everyone.<BR />Can I eliminate, and recovery free space on hard disk, the hidden partition on my VGN-FS315M ?<BR />Thank you very much and scuse me for my english language.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Hi nunziovaio,<BR /><BR />Welcome to Club Vaio, <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /> <BR /><BR />You can delete the recovery partition by simply following these <A href="http://kb.sony-europe.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=30,E=0000000000031768769,K=3775,Sxi=16,Case=obj(20838)" target="_blank">instructions</A>.<BR /><BR />If you are going to delete your recovery partition, it may be wise to have at least two sets of System Recovery Discs in case one gets damaged, etc. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:32:51 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63103#M97936 Thalamus. 2006-02-20T11:32:51Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63108#M97937 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Hi,<BR /><BR />may be a bit of a simple question, but if i follow the instructions on sonys website, will it format the whole drive, and hence lose all progs/data?<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Hi Tom<BR /><BR />It depends on what instuctions you follow and what type recovery you intend to perform, have a look at this <A href="http://kb.sony-europe.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=100,E=0000000000031769622,K=1501,Sxi=16,Case=obj(45450)" target="_blank">guide</A> for further information, no. 6 may be of interest.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:40:58 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63108#M97937 Thalamus. 2006-02-20T11:40:58Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63109#M97938 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi, without re-install SO you can do that using a program as PARTITION MAGIC with this great program you can delete/create partitions, resize partition ecc.<BR />on my new FE11M i have do this:<BR /><BR />- deleted recovery partition<BR />- reduced C space to 25gb<BR />- increased D space to 70gb<BR /><BR />All without lost any kind of files.<BR />naturally i did this after created recovery disks<BR /><BR />bye:smileyhappy:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:48:30 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63109#M97938 diskostu 2006-02-20T11:48:30Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63112#M97939 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok!<BR /><BR />I thought about it, but am always a bit wary of using third party partition manager, but if you say it'll work...............<BR /><BR />thanks, tom<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:09:39 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63112#M97939 tdw197 2006-02-20T12:09:39Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63114#M97940 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Backup vital data<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:01:09 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63114#M97940 kee-lo_ 2006-02-20T15:01:09Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63116#M97941 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>too right...........<BR /><BR />just finished recovering my C drive, still runs much faster now<BR /><BR />very good advice<BR /><BR />Tom<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:55:37 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63116#M97941 tdw197 2006-02-20T19:55:37Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63118#M97942 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Tom,<BR /><BR />Did you remove the hidden partition or just complete a system recovery?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:58:38 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63118#M97942 Thalamus. 2006-02-20T19:58:38Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63120#M97943 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Used partition magic to merge hidden partition and c partition, however, somehow this deleted a windows boot file. Then as no windows cd to boot from and replace file, I just recovered my C drive. <BR /><BR />Annoying but all the useless progs have gone, and i now have a sleek fast VAIO!<BR /><BR />Tom<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:01:46 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63120#M97943 tdw197 2006-02-20T20:01:46Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63121#M97944 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@4D7C97FD8435BC5F6F42C999D01DAE43/images/smilies/026.png" alt=":cool:" title=":cool:" /> A new sleek Vaio.:smileyhappy:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:09:54 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63121#M97944 Thalamus. 2006-02-20T20:09:54Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63122#M97945 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Used partition magic to merge hidden partition and c partition, however, somehow this deleted a windows boot file. Then as no windows cd to boot from and replace file, I just recovered my C drive. <BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />That's why I hate PM<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:23:49 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63122#M97945 kee-lo_ 2006-02-20T20:23:49Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63123#M97946 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hahah you guys are crazy, why should he take so much trouble. <BR />The most simple solution=<BR />Just use Partition Magic.<BR /><BR />And you will notice the MAGIC <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@AA54D1ADEA1F132CA785997A9F9988A8/images/smilies/022.png" alt=":tongue:" title=":tongue:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:10:14 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63123#M97946 Carelino 2006-02-20T22:10:14Z Re: How eliminate hidden partition!!! https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63124#M97947 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you very much everyones!<BR />Very gentlmen. Hi!!!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:06:34 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/how-eliminate-hidden-partition/m-p/63124#M97947 nunziovaio 2006-03-03T23:06:34Z