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yogesh2006

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October 1st, 2006 11:00

hard drive partition

I have bought the new inspiron 6400 laptop in sept 2006. it has 80 gb hdd.
the comp mngt software shows 3 partitons though the windows explorere shows only one.
 
1. basic  fat      healthy eisa config total capacity 39 MB and free space is 31 MB
2. basic  fat32  healthy unknown parttion total capacity 3 GB and free size is 1.09 GB
3. basic  NTFS healthy  system capacity 51.44 GB
 
Now i want to partition further so how do i do ?
 
Secondly microsoft website says if computer management softwarew list any partiton as "unknown patition"  then it means it is corrupted by virsus.
 
so pls clearify
 
  • frankcava

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    Posted October 1st, 2006 12:00

    The simple answer to manage partitions is to use software like Norton's Partition Magic or Acronis' PartitionExpert, check out this link for some great information:

    http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_05.htm

    Also regarding the unknown partition it is not corrupted, but Dell Utility and Dell PC restore, check out Dan Goodell's site:

    http://www.goodells.net/dellutility/index.htm

    HTH