How to identify / resize partitions on Satellite L300D-06N

People,

My son has a Satellite L300D-06N and I'm trying to optimize its HD.

In the windows storage management window, it seems that there are 4 partitions on its HD 250 GB (of which two are hidden). There is a C: (216 GB) who seems to be holding. D: (7.7 GB), which seems to be empty. There is also a partition of 1.46 GB non-lettre (hidden?) called "EISA Configuration" and another (?) hidden partition 7,57 GB.

I guess one of them is the so-called recovery partition which holds an original image of the system drive (c :) only?). But what would the other?

And who is that?

I can also resize partitions C: and D:? I would like to keep the C: folder for the operating system and any program installs and uses the D: drive as its repository of data. But the C: drive currently has 150 GB free space, I want to take about 100 GB and reallocate to D.

If I resize C: and D: this effect the recoverability of restore the C: drive if I ever? And can they just be resized through the management of storage Windows Vista (I'm used to XP and have used Partition Magic on my other XP system, but I understand that it does not work on Vista).

Thanks in advance.

... Bill

Hello

As far as I know, there should be only one hidden partition containing Vista backup files. This partition is created automatically by Vista and it s need for some processes of repair if something would be wrong with the operating system.

The other partition must contain the Windows Vista, drivers and other applications.
The next partition must communicate with Toshiba HARD drive recovery files.
This HARD drive recovery could be in the order of the group without the use of recovery disks!

I have used the magic of partitions in Win XP too, but it didn t work in Vista OS.
But I could use the free tool called Gparted. It s a software opens and you can use it for free.

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