Satellite 300CDT: number of HARD disk - partitions show only 4 GB

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• Satellite P300 - question about HARD Disk Partition

  Hello.

  I just bought a P300-1 Satellite has very nice portable 8. Everything has been restored to the original state. The thing is, I'm sure someone has resized the partition of HARD drive on the disk "D". It has a 160 GB hard drive, but the "D" drive is showing only 54 GB. I would like to reduce the size to give me maximum space on the 'C' drive but worried that it might affect the "HDD Recovery" folder that exists on this subject.

  Any help asap would be greatly appreciated!

  Thank you very much

  Create recovery DVDs using Toshiba Recovery creator tool. After doing this, you can do with disk partitions you want.
  One day, if you want to reinstall Vista and have the factory settings, you can use this created DVD facilities.

  Please note: before installation of Vista drive HARD whole lance and ancient structure of the partitions is deleted. Data back up are required.

• Satellite A300-1J1 - resize hard disk partitions

  Hello, a little long but need the expert advice from you guys.

  Recently, I bought the laptop above with a 250 GB hard drive. It comes preinstalled with 3 partitions as follows:

  1.5 GB: hidden partition Toshiba System Recovery
  116 F: (C :)) System Partition of Windows Vista)
  GB 116: (E) Toshiba System Recovery Image file

  My understanding of pass briefly on these forums, the hidden partition houses the mini operating system that controls the real Windows recovery and Image file contains data extracted and installed on the C:? If I'm wrong please let me know!

  Anywyay, the problem I have is that I prefer to have all available space mapped in the C:, rather than on the E:. I tried to use the disk management utility to shrink and then expand the partitions, but it wont let me c (I guess it is the system partition, maybe?). I also tried to use the Diskpart.exe program, but to no avail.

  The plan I have is to create the recovery disks two DVDs of the utility from the desktop icon.

  Copy all the data recovery of E: (approximately 5 GB worth) off the coast of the laptop temporarily.

  Manually by using a 3rd party utility drive partition, delete C: and E: and then set the partitions c: = 224GB and E: = 6 GB.

  Via the recovery DVD, restoration of Windows Vista in the C:.

  Copy all the data recovery back on E: to nowdays fill it and keep it for any future recoveries from disk rather than the DVD.

  What I need to know is, is it as simple as that, or I'll run into trouble? HARD drive recovery utility still work the resized partition?

  If there are better ways to do or things to watch then please tell me how to on this subject. I would like to know if you guys did the same thing or have left as it came with 2 large partitions.

  Thanks for any answers in advance.

  Hello

  I think you can have 3 primary partitions.
  In your case if you want to create other partitions then you can choose the extended partition!

  Just for everyone here:
  Before you modify the partitions (C-system partition or E-recovery partition), you must create the Toshiba Recovery DVD.
  So if something goes wrong with you, HARD drive, system, either, you should be able to restore the operating system from the Recovery DVD!

  So before you change the partitions-> burn the recovery DVDs!

• Satellite A200 - Question on RAM and HARD disk partitions

  Maybe it's in the wrong section... I do not know.

  I've never owned an OEM operating system and I do not understand why the HARD disk is partitioned, 90, 2, 90 (who thought of that?).

  The thing is that I have to format and partition differently (since I dual boot Linux) and need to create a structure more like 40,40,100 or such. (100 in fat32, so data is available for both)

  Now I wonder what data should I keep these readers. There is a folder called Toshiba on the C:\ drive that seems to have the drivers and such, some wallpapers and who knows what else. Then there's the WinRE called D: drive which has a kind of sdi and wim files.

  Another question, if I buy the 2 GB that is listed in the compatible options for my laptop (A200 - 28 p)
  Link: [http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/jsp/individualOptions.do?service=UK&OPTION_ID=138301&t oshibaShop = true & SelCategorie = 4700]
  It will match the 2 GB already in the laptop? It will void the warranty anyway?

  Hello

  > I've never owned an OEM operating system and I do not understand why the HARD disk is partitioned, 90, 2, 90 (who thought of that?).
  I assume you are using Vista.
  The 2 GB partition is a hidden partition which contains the data and the backup files in Vista. This partition will be automatically created during the installation of Vista.

  On the other partition 90GB.
  Well, this partition (partition of data) can be used to store files such as photos, movies, personal documents, etc. it s always recommended to partition a large HDD in more partition. This improves performance because the OS can access files much faster.

  Of course, you can change the size of the partitions. In Vista, you can change this in disk management.

  Regarding the upgrade of RAM;
  The laptop seems to supports the Intel® PM965 chipset and it manages 4 GB of RAM. It seems that you could use a 2 GB of RAM in one slot.

  Welcome them

• Satellite C660: HARD drive space shows only 20 GB of free?

  Toshiba Satellite c660 with 320 GB of disk space, it shows that 2 hard drives or 2 partitions, one called data shows only 20.6 GB of free on 148, but when I go in there I can only find at maximum approximately 50 GB even with all the backups?

  Hello

  There are more partitions on the HARD drive.
  You can see it in disk management.
  Right click on computer and select manage.
  Now you should be able to go to the disk management which will show you all the available partitions.

  A hidden partition is used for the Windows 7 backup files that are needed to fix the Windows 7 in the case where something goes wrong with the OS.
  Then, you can find a Windows partition and the other partition is used for HARD drive recovery. The point is that you are able to run the system recovery from the HARD drive without the use of the recovery disc (recover disk must be created using the recovery disc creator)

• Satellite Pro U400-130 - hard drive Partition - help

  Hi all

  I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite Pro U400-130 mobile - cell PSU45E-005005EN

  Processor Intel Core 2 Duo (T8400) 2.26 GHz, the front side Bus speed: 1066 MHz, level 2: 3 MB Cache
  3072 MB (1024 + 2048 MB) DDR2 RAM
  250 GB hard drive
  Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition

  What I've found, is that the hard drive is partitioned into two separate drives

  1. the drive C - 117 GB - hand player - all programs, user accounts and files of work / are saved on the C drive.
  2 drive E - 113 GB - A folder titled HDDRecovery (size 4.42 GB) nothing elese is on the E drive.
  3. This only totals to 230 GB, then where is the other 20 GB?

  I want to know/how is is:

  1. Why are we doing this way?
  2. What is the purpose of the file recovery Drive E and it does not require the space of 113 GB?

  3. If I increase the size of drive C to say 55GO and decrease the size of drive E?
  3.1 is it possible?
  3.2 what impact will?

  4. the drives C and E only total 230 GB so where is the other 20 GB?

  Can someone please help

  Thank you very much

  Vash01

  (1) the HARD disk is partitioned into 3 partitions and not 2! Go to the disk management utility and you will see that there is a hidden partition. This hidden partition is created by Vista. It contains the necessary backup files that are needed for the repair of the system, if something goes wrong with your operating system.

  (2) the second partition contains the record of recovery of HARD drive that allows you to retrieve the laptop without using recovery discs. But of course, you are able to create a recovery disk and it s highly recommended to create a recovery disk using the preinstalled Toshiba Recovery Disk Creator.

  3.1 I think that this could be possible, but before that you'd change any partition size I recommend the creation of the recovery disk because there is a high risk that after changing the size of partitions you drive HARD recovery option does not work.

  3.2) see point 3.1

  4.) I think the other hidden partition using this 20 GB. Also please note that 250GB are not really 250 GB 1 GB is not 1000MB but 1024MB.
  This means that the 250 GB HARD drive is not 250 000 MB but 238 418 MB

• Satellite L300 - Chaning the HARD drive partitions

  I'm not a computer expert, so answers in clear English + please.

  I own a Satellite L300. Recently, the hard disk was doing fairly complete. I save all my files in "My Documents" etc... I had a look under my computer and the volume C: (called 'Vista') has only 5 GB of free space. However, there is also another volume E: (called 'Data'), and this volume is almost empty, apart from a folder called HDDRecovery.

  I would like to start using this free space. I tried to reduce the size of the E: volume and the volume C:, but - although I can reduce volume E: via Start-computer-Manage - I can't increase the volume C:. In any case, I could only reduce the E: volume by half.

  I created the recovery DVD, so can I remove this volume E: or not? And if I do, I'll be able to extend the C: volume to fill my hard drive?

  If not, can I just start to save files in the E: volume it will affect what is already there?

  What is the best course of action? What I would really like is just a very large volume, so that my files are in one simple place.

  Any help is appreciated, thanks,
  Andrew

  Hi André,.

  First I put t understand why reduce you the E: volume or use only one partition. In my opinion every computer must have at least two partitions. On the second partition, I always save my documents, videos, photos, music, etc.. It is cool and can save a lot of time because if I reinstall Windows using the recovery disk, all the files it will not be deleted, only the first partition.
  As you can see, the second partition is a useful feature!

  But if you have the Toshiba Recovery disk you can do what you want. If a problem occurs, you can restore the settings from the factory with this disc in a few minutes.

  By the way: here's an interesting article on the Windows disk management:
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB7101OB0006R01.htm

• Satellite L670 - change of HARD drive partitions

  I just brought a new toshiba laptop Satellite L670.
  I just watched the player and its distribution, but they put the 139g on the d drive,
  Is there anyway I can change this?

  Hello

  How do you change it?
  I put t recommend that before you didn't create a Toshiba Recovery disk!
  You must create this disk to reinstall the OS again in case something goes wrong with the HARD drive partitions

  In General, you can change the size of partitions in Windows 7 disk management.
  To start disk management diskmgmt.msc term use

• Satellite A-P70-11V - HARD disk protection works without accelerometer?

  Hi all

  I'm new here.
  I did another post. In short, I'm expert enough in Toshiba Satellite laptops, but my new, Satellite P70-A-11V, a portable high professional range, had some problems. It came with Windows 8, which I upgraded to 8.1. Unfortunately, the degraded system so bad that all pendrives made plant. I have connected my Toshiba camcorder, and it also crashed the laptop.

  The search indexing was not working outside the C: drive. The pointer of an optical mouse has started to freeze for seconds on the screen.
  This last I believe was due to the low power USB ports.

  So, I really had no choice after 2 restorations system total and installed Windows 7 Enterprise x 64 SP1. Operating system almost seems ok, but I still have problems, and one of them is that but I'm trying to install the accelerometer utilities, there is no driver.

  I tried that Windows 8 x 64, but just, it does not appear on the list of services.

  I found that the utility of the HARD disk protection was also arrested, I searched this forum and someone said that the Intel Rapid Storage technology must be uninstalled. I did and my HDD is running... but I don't know if it's effective!

  I remember with the 8.1 Windows, the utility always shown a message on the upper right: Vibration is detected, the drive is temporarily closed, etc..

  She has been associated with some high tone sound indicating that the drive has been effectively stopped. Now I can shake it off the laptop, but no message appears, there is no sound.

  I checked all the boxes on the interface of protection of HARD drive to indicate if there are vibrations, but so far nothing. The drive protection is in place and running, but in the absence of use of the accelerometer, the protection of disk HARD just don't know when to act.

  Am I wrong? Can Toshiba fix this?

  All responses are greatly appreciated.

  Hello

  Toshiba drivers and tools available to win 8 or 8.1 to win are not entirely comparable with Toshiba available for Win 7 OS software.
  Some drivers and tools that are available to win 8 don t exist for the Win 7 system.

  For example; commercial accelerometer or HDD Protection Utility released in particular to win 8 / Win system 8.1 and are not available for Win 7.

  But for Win 7, you can find the Toshiba VAP (value added package) and this package installs a range of important services that are an essential component of the Windows system and this PPV will perform the other original programming TOSHIBA works correctly.

  Therefore, you must install the VAP as Toshiba's first tool to ensure that other software such as HDD/SSD Alert Utility or PC Health Monitor

• Satellite L50-A-19N - HARD disk controller is not compatible SATA 3

  Hello.

  I have a model of L50-a-19n satellite.
  The hard drive it is HGST Travelstar 5 K 1000 750 GB, SATA 6 Gbps (HTS541075A9E680/0J22412).

  On Web site of the manufacturer and as Aida64 diagnostic software the hard drive is named SATA-III 600 MB/s.

  But when I run the Crystaldiskinfo software or simillar, it is said that the taken and current transfer mode supported SATA/300.
  Why is it like that?

  Is this some sort of software limmitation?
  In the Bios, I turned on the performance mode.

  HARD drive supports SATA 6 Gbit/s, but the portable controller is probably limited to SATA II (3 Gb/s)

  If the HARD disk controller does not support SATA III, HARD drive performance will be limited.

• Satellite M40X-189 - replace HARD disk - what size should I go to?

  Hi, I have a SATELLITE M40X-189, I would like to replace the hard drive and would like if possible some recommendations!
  I know I need an ide/pata and I currently have a hard disk of 40 GB hitachi 5400 rpm installed. The memory is just what came installed originally, (512 MB, no upgrade).

  So what size I can up to?
  I have a lot of music/photos and video to change so must also size decent 80 GB would be enough?
  I really don't use it for anything other than that, and also the navigation on the internet. Although I often have a few programs running at the same time which causes problems... freeze, (in particular I tunes) and generally slow running.

  I'm confident on the physical replacement, and I know how to clone my old drive hard etc, but just need some info about the size and speed and if possible
  a recommendation of the manufacturer. Just worried about incompatibility really issues.

  Also, if you think I should install more memory, which size and make and model may recommend.

  Thank you in advance!

  Denise.

  Hi mate

  First he must know that this question have been posted a lot of time in the forum.
  If you want to use the search option, then you will find this thread for example:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=68287

  Is the M40X series supports the IDE controller and I think that you need a 2.5 IDE HDD.
  The old ide controllers are limited to 128 GB with 28-bit LBA
  However, you can take an 80 GB or 120 GB HARD drive and it should work fine

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• Satellite 2410-404: which HARD disks are supported

  Hello

  one of our phones, to a new hard drive. What toshiba product are compatible to our Toshiba Satellite 2410 404?

  concerning
  Jan Wernecke

  The problem is that Toshiba provides official information on compatible HARD disk HARD disk sizes.
  But I've studied a bit in the internet and the following four sizes of hard drives must be supported:
  20 GB; 30 GB; 40 and possibly the 60 GB.

  Perhaps more info:
  Must HARD disk supports the improved IDE ""(ATA-5) EIDE interface ".

• HARD disk partition

  I bought Dell inspiron 5547 with a hard disk of 1 TB with windows 8.1 but to manage my data I need three hard disk drives. so my questions are:

  1. What is the best way to divide still more the hard drive into two parts more for windows 8.1 has already been installed on the hard disk.
  2. Here are the disadvantages of this new division of the hard disk to the windows, applications or in the system it self.

  Please post the disk map produced by the Disk Manager for more information.

  No problem in principle. You can reduce the size of the partition to the OS (C:, Windows). This will leave unallocated space after the new partition to the OS. In this space, you can create additional data partitions.

  In principle, this can be done with Windows Disk Manager, although this program has restrictions to reduce the size of the partitions. If this concerns you, you can use another partition manager.

• Hard disk partition error

  I have an external hard drive that is partitioned into 2 drives recently I plugged in and saw that one of my player does not show their name of file system is displayed but size and other information are not visible, it opens either, the other drive works fine, what do I do if I want the data intact?

  Hello

  Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.
  This is not possible because there is an error in the HARD drive partition. I suggest to save the data of the second partition and do a clean format, with a single partition and try to use it. If the problem persists, contact the manufacturer, it may require repair.

• Cannot create custom on the dv4-1318tu HARD disk partitions

  I have the model of HP dv4-1318tu, which have 320 HARD drive. The hard drive has only two partitions (factory settings) are C280 GB) and another D20 GB), which is taken * beep *.

  But I want to recreate the so-called partitions C (60 GB), D (120 GB), E (120 GB) etc. So I tried to recreate the partitions, but all the time it takes to factory settings. No option can't change/remove partitions.

  I also tried to create the partition in disk management, but only 20 GB (factory settings D is coming in the shrink option)

  NB. My OS is Vista Home Premium. So, how do I create partitions of customs?

  Thanks a lot guys.

  After you have reinstalled the operating system with the settings I could reduce the disc 50% C.

  So now, the scenarios are:

  C drive 140 GB

  80 GB of disk D

  E disk 80 GB

  I think Yes drive C use unnecessary additional 80 GB and I can't shrink the C drive too.

  What should I do?