Why is HDD partitioned in C & D partition on Satellite Pro C

Why is the HDD disk split and how do I use it?
Does it matter which one I use?
Can it be turned into just one large disk?
The manual says nothing about this.
Thanks for any help
Ken

Hi
The HDD is partitioned and contains two partitions. The C partition is the system partition which contains the Windows OS. The second partition D contains the HDD recover data.
The HDD recovery allows you to set the notebook back to factory settings without the usage of Recover disk.
But its strongly recommended to create the recover disk!!! The user manual provides the info about that in case something would go wrong with the HDD, the recover disk allows you to recover the notebook.
Of course you can delete the D partition if you want but before doing this, you should create the recovery disk.
However, my HDD contains 3 partitions. I created additional one. In my case the C partition contains only the system and single software. My private files like Mp3, movies, etc are placed on D (second partition).
The third partition (E) contains a folder with games.

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I want to make three HDD partitions on Satellite A200-1GB

Hi all,
Yesterday night I noticed that there is a small sound comes out when Hard disk is being read. The sound same as the Desktop Hard disk sound. In desktop HDD's that's normal.
I thought that Notebook's HDD doesn't sound like that even it has the same technology of Desktop HDDs.
Is that also normal thing?
The other thing is I thought to divide my second partition (D drive) in two partitions because I can have separate three partitions then.
If I do it using Disk management will it give any matters?
In desktop PC's I have done many operations on HDD's with Win XP but I have no experience on notebooks. is there any difference between desktops and notebooks running WXP?
I hope to divide my second partition (93 GB) in two as 45GB & 45GB.
Can anyone give idea about this and is any body have done this operation?

> Yesterday night I noticed that there is a small sound comes out when Hard disk is being read. The sound same as the Desktop Hard disk sound. In desktop HDD's that's normal. I thought that Notebook's HDD doesn't sound like that even it has the same technology of Desktop HDDs. Is that also normal thing?
My notebooks HDD makes a loud sound and since 2 years it has been running ok.
I presume its nothing serious due to the fact that the A200 is not an old series and the HDD is new.
>The other thing is I thought to divide my second partition (D drive) in two partitions because I can have separate three partitions then. If I do it using Disk management will it give any matters?
No everything should works. But I think XP OS is not able to create an HDD partition. You will have to use an 3rd party program like Partitions Magic 8 for example.
> In desktop PC's I have done many operations on HDD's with Win XP but I have no experience on notebooks. Is there any difference between desktops and notebooks running WXP?
No feel free to create an partition.
>I hope to divide my second partition (93 GB) in two as 45GB & 45GB.
>Can anyone give idea about this and is any body have done this operation?
Use the Partitions magic 8

Need info about max HDD size available for Satellite Pro M30-813

Hello,
The following question is mainly to be addressed to authorized Toshiba support personnel. What exactly is the limitation of a maximum size of an internal HDD that I could use with my Satellite Pro M30-813?
Recently, I have bought and installed seagate 160 GB SATA drive, onto which I have successfully installed WXP Pro and have been running it for quite a while with no problems. Recently, I have been copying large amount of data from an external hard drive to my new internal disk, and as the files were being copied as I noticed having about 50 GB free space left, I had experienced windows "delayed write failed" and a massive partition failure with no possibility to recover data. The system would no longer boot and the whole MBR was damaged. As the result, I have lost all data on my new disk.
Although, I realize that Toshiba is not responsible for additional hardware that I use with my laptop and that is not officially supported by Toshiba, I am certain that as an end user of a Toshiba product I have the right to know about a max HDD size limitation information for my notebook model. Therefore, I request Toshiba technical support representative to give me a straight official answer to my question.
Thank you in advance,
Andrejs
(You may also contact me privately at my e-mail address)

Hi Andrew
> The following question is mainly to be addressed to authorized Toshiba support personnel
I think you are in the wrong area if you are looking for an answer from an authorized Toshiba support.
This is a Toshiba user-to-user forum! You will meet here Toshiba notebook owner and enthusiasts who share knowledge and tries solve problems but nobody from Tosh :(
I could provide my experience with the M30 Satellite and the HDD upgrade possibilities.
In my knowledge the Sat M30 supports a 40GB, 60GB and 80GB HDD for sure.
In my opinion you could use the 100GB HDD but bigger HDDs will not run and functions correctly.
So switch to a lower HDD size and enjoy the notebook!
Ive goggled a little bit and found compatible HDD and the part numbers
HITACHI GBC000Z810 -> 80GB
HITACHI GBC00014810 -> 80GB
TOSHIBA HDD2188B -> 80GB
HITACHI G8C0000Z610 -> 60GB
HITACHI G8BC00013610 -> 60GB
TOSHIBA HDD2183 -> 60GB
TOSHIBA HDD2184 -> 60GB
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Satellite A200 - Question about HDD partitions and RAM

This may be in the wrong section... I don't know.
I've never owned an OEM OS and I also don't understand why the HDD comes partitioned 90, 2, 90 (who thought of that?).
The thing is that I have to format and partition differently (since I have to dual boot Linux) and need to create a structure more like 40,40,100 or such. (100 being fat32 so data can be accessed for both)
Now I'm just wondering which data I should be keeping from these drives. There's a folder called Toshiba on the C:\ drive which seems to have drivers and such, a few wallpapers and who knows what else. Then there's the D: drive called WinRE which has some sort of sdi and wim files.
Another question, if I buy the 2GB which is listed in the compatible options for my laptop (A200-28P)
Link: [http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/jsp/individualOptions.do?service=UK&OPTION_ID=138301&t oshibaShop=true&selCategory=4700]
Will it match the 2GB already in the laptop? Will it void the warranty in any way?

Yes, I am using Vista, sorry, I forgot to mention that. The drive however is definately not hidden (it's clearly visible as the D drive and labelled WinRE).
I'm not an idiot. I understand it, but you have got to admit that giving the OS 90 is a bit extreme and obviously I know what I can do with the other 90.
I'd also like to point something out:
"It's always advisable to partition an large HDD in more partition. This improves the performance because OS can access the files much faster."
This is more than just an urban myth, it is down right stupid to believe that. After all, the data has a physical position on the drive and partitioning doesn't change the fact that it still has to get the needle to point to the location where the data is located on the drive.
The needle still travels the same distance as referred to by the MFT.
The question is if I can alter the partitions when using the strange Toshiba recovery disk. Afterall OEMs don't come with standard install disks and seem to limit your options.
Again regarding the ram, I know the laptop can run 4 gigs, but I want to know whether the 2GB stick I'd buy from Toshiba would be the exact same as the one already installed, as in same timings and such.
So in conclusion the data on D is worthless. What about the stuff in the Toshiba folder? And sorry if I sound condescending or like an *insert disallowed word here*, I'm just not in the best mood right now (serious data loss on my project because of a Uni server crash!).

L505-S6946 HDD PARTITIONS @ WINDOWS VISTA

Hi everyone i need some help or plz correct me if im wrong.
Im using a L505-S6946 Satellite Toshiba, it came with vista home with only 1 partition, with the manage computer and shrink option (in the Disk Managment), i split in 2 partitions, but my problem is why de first partition where is vistas installed, boot partition, system. Why i cant modify (reduce or shrink) to less than 160gb ?
For example if a want my frist partition (where vistas will be installed) to be 80 gb, and a second partition for data storage, its this posible? HOW? with a 3rd app? I think its posible cause i installed vistas in machines with 80GB HDD.
All the help will be apprecited
My bad.. sorry for my english.
Thx
Solved!
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Satellite L505-S6946
Why i cant modify (reduce or shrink) to less than 160gb ?
It's because of some immovable files. See Additional considerations at this web page for details.
Shrink a Simple or Spanned Volume
It's easiest to use a third party manager. I used this free one.
EASEUS Partition Master
-Jerry

Why use key-partitioning and key-associator features?

Why use key-partitioning and key-associator features?
What kind of applications are suitable for using key-associator and key-partitioning features?
Could you give me some example?
Thank you

So the typical way is to use KeyAssociation. This is a single interface that uses a method
public Object getAssociatedKey();
I believe this works on the ClusterService level (rather than say the Cache). So, say you have a Client and an Account cache where a Client can have multiple Accounts. Now both the Client and the Account object will implement KeyAssociation and return the client object as the AssociatedKey. This will cause these associated objects to live on the same partition.
Now you can do some clever tricks since you know these are on the same partition. These include using the BackingMap and EntryProcessors / InvocationService / Aggregators to return all the AccountIds associated with a client account (essentially a join).
Unfortunately, these are pretty advanced Coherence features so it is worth building them in a testcase first and getting them to work before you integrate them into your application.
Best, Andrew.
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Why is the "Partition" tab gone from my Disk Utility???

Why is the "Partition" tab gone from my Disk Utility? How do I partition a disk?

1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc One if you are trying to partition your startup drive and after the installer loads select your language then click on the Continue button. After the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
If you are trying to partition an external drive or a non-startup drive then simply open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
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Error in Restoring the HDD partition using BootCamp assist

This is regarding error in restoring the HDD partition using BootCamp assist. Yesterday I was trying to instal Windows 8.1 Pro on my Mac Mini.
Started had installing windows software using Boot Camp assist using the USB flash drive
Took the back of Windows Support software from Apple store
Did the HDD partitioning for Windows,
Then went ahead to install the windows and automatically machine restarted.
After few minutes started installing Windows... and stuck for more than 3hrs at by displaying the blue screen of Windows installation... and inactive
I had restarted the using start button, and finally I could not able to install Windows.
Then I got black screen with message ' No boot disk, please insert boot the disk and press any key to restart'
I have restarted using start button by holding 'Alt' key
Finally I could able to started machine with OS X
Now I wanted to remove the partition created above, using Boot Camp assist, but it is not able to do it. There is error message ' Error while restoring the hard disk'
Any help, how to remove this partitioning? Also in every restart I need to hold 'Alt' key to boot the machine with OS X.
-Narsimloo Begari

if you've tried and cannot remove the partition with boot camp assistant, you'll have to open disk utility and reformat the partition there - choose mac journaled and then try to combine this partition back into your existing Mac partition

Hdd partitions are messed up

After using bootcamp my hdd partitions are messed up and disk utility will not repartition anything without giving an error. If anyone needs more details ask as I want my 30gb back....
Yes there are leftovers from ubuntu but those are very small. If I can recover those that waould be awesome. Thanks in advance!

Steve359 asked me to see if I could help you out. Unfortunately, I don't think I have any good news for you. Judging from what I've perused your problem stems from a completely messed up boot loader caused by all the operating systems you tried installing. I really don't see a solution other than repartitioning the drive from scratch and starting over.
Now, I'm not sure what your current goal is. If you want to just get back to a working Lion system, then I would start from scratch.
Install or Reinstall Lion from Scratch
If possible backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You can also re-download the Lion installer by opening the App Store application. Hold down the OPTION key and click on the Purchases icon in the toolbar. You should now see an active Install button to the right of your Lion purchase entry. There are situations in which this will not work. For example, if you are already booted into the Lion you originally purchased with your Apple ID or if an instance of the Lion installer is located anywhere on your computer.
The above assumes you still have a functioning Recovery HD. If you don't then it gets a bit more complicated.
Boot from your Snow Leopard DVD
Use Disk Utility to partition and format the drive: one partition, GUID, Mac OS Extended, journaled.
Install Snow Leopard. If needed upgrade to 10.6.6 or later.
Open the App Store, login using your Apple ID, re-download the Lion installer.
Make a bootable Lion installer USB flash drive.
Install Lion.
Make Your Own Lion Installer
1. After downloading Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Lion application. After Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing Lion.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
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4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility.
Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Drag the InstallESD.dmg disc image file into the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable Lion installer that you can use without having to re-download Lion.

What is the best HDD partition recovery to toshiba laptop ?

hallo
what is the best HDD partition recovery software to toshiba laptop ?
I am me I needed to retrieve the recovery partition to toshiba satellite pro c850-1fn after full format toshiba hard disk
please help me

This site is for U.S. models only. Support for your U.K. model is located HERE. Specifically, the Europe Forum like this one is HERE.
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Satellite Pro L300 - using partition magic

Hi,
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 laptop and I would like to make an additional partition beside the already existing C: and the hidden partition. I have created the recovery discs and I want to use partition magic for the partitioning process (no new installation of windows xp). Can anyone tell me if using partition magic will have unwanted effect on possible recovery from the created disks?
Thank you in advance

Usually you can do this with Windows option in disc management but can you please tell me something at first?
Do you use Vista or WXP? I ask this because if you use preinstalled Vista the HDD must already have two partitions. Please check it out in Windows explorer.
Is hidden partition described as EISA (WinRE) partition?

Satellite Pro L850-1UJ: How create recovery DVDs from recovery partition

I recently bought a Satellite Pro L850-1UJ with Windows 8
http://www.toshiba.co.uk/laptops/satellite-pro/l850/satellite-pro-l850-1uj/
I've created a new partition (so i could use it as data room)
i.e. C: the windows system AND Z: my data
after that, i could NOT use the RECOVERY MEDIA CREATOR to create the recovery dvds
BUT the partition still exists and i can see the inside files from windows
IS IT a way to extract the files from the recovery partition or any other clue how i could fix the partition scheme so the RECOVERY MEDIA CREATOR could recognize it
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>I've created a new partition (so i could use it as data room)
This was a mistake
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What you could try to do is to reset the notebook back to factory settings.
For this you can use the option called Reset your PC.
Details here:
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB2A03ES0000R01.htm
After that the partition table should be set to the same state like at the first day of purchase and you could try to create the recovery disk once again.
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How to make new partition on Satellite P850?

Hello guys
Which program is the best for making a new partition without lost my existing?
And if I make this new partition, after recovery it will be existing or not and I mean my files in this partition
Thx

When you buy new notebook it is preinstalled with recovery image and has factory settings. So long you have original factory settings you will be able to install OS using HDD recovery installation.
Please before you do and change anything create recovery DVD (recovery discs) using preinstalled Toshiba recovery disc creator tool. It can happen that after changing HDD partitions structure recovery installation will not be possible anymore.
> And if I make this new partition, after recovery it will be existing or not and I mean my files in this partition
After recovery you will have absolutely the same partitions structure as you have it now. So be careful with this and before you install recovery image back-up al your data to some external device.
Best program? Best program for me was Partition Magic.

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Hi LamboMong,
just try this:
http://refit.sourceforge.net
install, reboot twice and choose the Windows-Partition on next startup.
(The apple-bootloader doesn't display all bootable harddisks.
With rEFIt you can boot from all partitions/harddisks on your computer.)
I hope that will solve your problem.
Daniel Fernau

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