I have one hard drive in my pavillion g7 hp laptop. for some reason it split itself into four different ones. i want to install a new windows OS on one of those HDDs but i want to merge the other ones can anyone please explain to me how to do it i'm not sure and i'm afraid of screwing something up.
Merging virtual HDDs.
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Nikolay Savov
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This is the way HP preinstall the laptops ....
HP restore use one of those to recovery process
You can delete all partitions and have clean install but :
- you gonna loose all DATA on the drive
- you will loose HP recovery , HP tools for ever ...
- consider OS ACTIVATION as problem to - if you don`t have SN sticker with key - you have problem ....
- if you HP is with Win 8 - speak with Service Center for details about clean Win 8 install - you cant activate you OEM install later .....
If you still wana go for fresh install
- copy & move you DATA to any temporary storage - USB hdd or other PC ....
- boot you Windows setup and follow the wizard
- choose advanced option when you see it
- at the point you have to select drive to install the OS choose advance drive option
- delete all partitions one by one
- create partitions - as many you want ans as size you want - set one for C: atleast 50-60 GB
- choose it - to install OS on it
- next
Done
You have clean HDD with only OS and partitions by you taste ...
Usin any method for merging and keeping the data will take you weeks to manage if you drive is low free space ....
ok Thanks i'll just go for a clean install and hope that it works. If not the I'll just format it. but do i really need the recovery tools because i have had the laptop for 2 years now and i have never needed them and i don't think i'm going to keep it for a lot longer anyway.
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Since when do harddrives live longer with they older they get? They don't. The older they get the closer to failing they are. You can delete the diagnostics and restore partitions if you want and as long as you have a way to reinstall windows without them but never trust a single drive to hold your only copy of important files.
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