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Which Of These Disk Configurations Is Correct?
Hello All,
I have 2 computers, a custom built desktop PC and an ASUS N550JK laptop. The hard drives that are installed on each are as follows:
[Desktop PC]
Drive C: Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (OS Disk)
Drive D: Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB SSD (Data Disk)
[N550JK Laptop]
Drive C: Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (OS Disk)
Drive D: HGST Travelstar 7200 RPM 1 TB HDD (Data Disk)
I recently did a clean install of Windows 8.1 Pro on both computers and I noticed something odd about the partitioning of the OS disk for my Desktop PC. It did not have a Recovery partition. Also, the laptop had this partition called "NO NAME".
Here is a screenshot comparing my desktop OS disk and my laptop OS disk:
As you can see the OS disk for my desktop has the following 2 partitions:
1. 350 MB System Reserved
2. 238.1 GB OS
and the OS disk for my laptop has the following 3 partitions:
1. 300 MB Recovery
2. 100 MB NO NAME
3. 238 GB OS
When I installed Windows 8.1 on each of these computers I selected "Clean Install" and then "Customize" and wiped all the disk partitions (for all drives), then selected the SSD as the drive for Windows to install to. I did not see anywhere to select whether or not I wanted a Recovery partition to be created. In fact Windows did not ask anything about the way I wanted to partition the drive.
I don't know if Windows is smart enough to know what to do and that's why it did not ask or if I am too stupid to manually setup the partitions prior to installing Windows.
I have a few question about these partitions:
What is the "NO NAME" partition on my laptop used for? Can I delete it?
Secondly, which of these two configurations should I have for both systems:
1. Recovery + NO NAME + OS
or
2. System Reserved + OS
Seems to me that I should have at least have a Recovery partition on both systems but I don't know how to create one and, as I said, Windows did not prompt me to create one during installation.
Thank you,
Jan
which configuration should I have? 3 Partitions or 2?
Hello All,
I have 2 computers, a custom built desktop PC and an ASUS N550JK laptop. The hard drives that are installed on each are as follows:
[Desktop PC]
Drive C: Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (OS Disk)
Drive D: Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB SSD (Data Disk)
[N550JK Laptop]
Drive C: Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (OS Disk)
Drive D: HGST Travelstar 7200 RPM 1 TB HDD (Data Disk)
I recently did a clean install of Windows 8.1 Pro on both computers and I noticed something odd about the partitioning of the OS disk for my Desktop PC. It did not have a Recovery partition. Also, the laptop had this partition called "NO NAME".
Here is a screenshot comparing my desktop OS disk and my laptop OS disk:
As you can see the OS disk for my desktop has the following 2 partitions:
1. 350 MB System Reserved
2. 238.1 GB OS
and the OS disk for my laptop has the following 3 partitions:
1. 300 MB Recovery
2. 100 MB NO NAME
3. 238 GB OS
When I installed Windows 8.1 on each of these computers I selected "Clean Install" and then "Customize" and wiped all the disk partitions (for all drives), then selected the SSD as the drive for Windows to install to. I did not see anywhere to select whether or not I wanted a Recovery partition to be created. In fact Windows did not ask anything about the way I wanted to partition the drive.
I don't know if Windows is smart enough to know what to do and that's why it did not ask or if I am too stupid to manually setup the partitions prior to installing Windows.
I have a few question about these partitions:
What is the "NO NAME" partition on my laptop used for? Can I delete it?
Secondly, which of these two configurations should I have for both systems:
1. Recovery + NO NAME + OS
or
2. System Reserved + OS
Seems to me that I should have at least have a Recovery partition on both systems but I don't know how to create one and, as I said, Windows did not prompt me to create one during installation.
Thank you,
Jan
which configuration should I have? 3 Partitions or 2?
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