Format laptop

[sagar_auti]

i have bought a new HP laptop installed a license copy of WINDOWS 7 HOME Basic.
but they have kept c drive of 400 gb and another drive of 20gb only
so i want to reformat it........
but they didn't gave me any installation win 7 cd.....
how how i format my laptop and reinstall os as it is?....

 

[zdbc13]

Don't do it. The 20gb partition is probably the recovery partition and will allow you to re-initialize the laptop back to factory basic if you ever need to.

There should be a way for you to create installation disks from the laptop itself. Look in the HP support on the laptop for ideas.

 

[manojgj]

you no need to format your laptop just to partition. in win 7 you can do in by
ringhtclick on mycomputer->manage
select disk management..
now you can shrink c: drive to 100 gb or 50 gb as you need & create new partitions
shrinking
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2672-partition-volume-shrink.html
creating new partition
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2674-partition-volume-create-new.html

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http://www.7tutorials.com/how-manage-your-disks-using-disk-management-utility