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Windows 7: Ordered new laptop with Win 8 but plan to install Win 7 - partitions?
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05 Jan 2013
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#21 | |
Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bit United Kingdom |
Quote: Originally Posted by theog  Your partitioning will be smaller than 500 & 250.
Could work out the size better with a screenshot of Disk management. Well, I was working it out in gigabytes rather than gibibytes (which Windows shows everything in).
I don't have the laptop yet so I can't take a screenshot  | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Myself
OS Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bit
CPU AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (stock) with CM V8
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (AM3)
Memory 8GB Corsair Red Vengeance @1333MHz 9-9-9-24 Dual-Channel
Graphics Card XFX AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB (stock)
Sound Card Onboard Realtek Azalea 8.1 Channel
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster P2250 DVI-D
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60Hz
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Corsair TX750W 750W PSU with 4x PCI-E 6+2-pin connectors
Case Lancool [Lian Li] PC-K62 Dragonlord (originally w/blue fans)
Cooling Lian Li: 3x140mm, 1x120mm | Bitfenix: 1x140mm - ALL RED LED
Hard Drives 1. 60GB (55.7GiB) Corsair Force 3 SSD (firmware 1.3.3) SATA III (in SATA II mode) - contains OS, drivers and non-game programs
2. 500GB (465GiB) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II 7,200rpm 16MB Cache - contains games
3. 250GB (232GiB) Weste
Internet Speed BT Infinity Option 2 ~38Mbps download, ~8Mbps upload
Other Info Also have a Logitech G27 Racing Wheel, Creative Fatal1ty Stereo headset, Logitech X-140 Stereo Speakers, a disused Xbox 360 USB game controller pad and a CM Storm WoC M4 Mouse mat. The *GB of Corsair Red Vengeance DRAM is the CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R set which can run at 1600MHz at 9-9-9-24 in Intel's XMP but my AMD board doesn't have this and it's not recommended for AMD Phenom II's anyway.
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05 Jan 2013
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#22 | |
ME/XP/Vista/Win7 uk Hampshire |
Quote: Originally Posted by jayrap
Quote: Originally Posted by theog Your partitioning will be smaller than 500 & 250.
Could work out the size better with a screenshot of Disk management. Well, I was working it out in gigabytes rather than gibibytes (which Windows shows everything in).
I don't have the laptop yet so I can't take a screenshot Take a look here: Hard Drive Size Capacities Calculator
500 = 465.66. | | My System Specs | | |
05 Jan 2013
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#23 | |
Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bit United Kingdom |
Quote: Originally Posted by theog
Quote: Originally Posted by jayrap
Quote: Originally Posted by theog Your partitioning will be smaller than 500 & 250.
Could work out the size better with a screenshot of Disk management. Well, I was working it out in gigabytes rather than gibibytes (which Windows shows everything in).
I don't have the laptop yet so I can't take a screenshot Take a look here: Hard Drive Size Capacities Calculator
500 = 465.66. This is what I used: MB to MiB and GB to GiB conversions « Mythical Noppatech
Same thing? Maybe I got GB and GiB mixed round though?
So partitions of 465.6 GB (or GiB not sure) for Windows 7 and 232.8 GB (or GiB not sure) for the pre-installed Windows 8
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Bob's you're uncle? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Myself
OS Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bit
CPU AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (stock) with CM V8
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (AM3)
Memory 8GB Corsair Red Vengeance @1333MHz 9-9-9-24 Dual-Channel
Graphics Card XFX AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB (stock)
Sound Card Onboard Realtek Azalea 8.1 Channel
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster P2250 DVI-D
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60Hz
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Corsair TX750W 750W PSU with 4x PCI-E 6+2-pin connectors
Case Lancool [Lian Li] PC-K62 Dragonlord (originally w/blue fans)
Cooling Lian Li: 3x140mm, 1x120mm | Bitfenix: 1x140mm - ALL RED LED
Hard Drives 1. 60GB (55.7GiB) Corsair Force 3 SSD (firmware 1.3.3) SATA III (in SATA II mode) - contains OS, drivers and non-game programs
2. 500GB (465GiB) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II 7,200rpm 16MB Cache - contains games
3. 250GB (232GiB) Weste
Internet Speed BT Infinity Option 2 ~38Mbps download, ~8Mbps upload
Other Info Also have a Logitech G27 Racing Wheel, Creative Fatal1ty Stereo headset, Logitech X-140 Stereo Speakers, a disused Xbox 360 USB game controller pad and a CM Storm WoC M4 Mouse mat. The *GB of Corsair Red Vengeance DRAM is the CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R set which can run at 1600MHz at 9-9-9-24 in Intel's XMP but my AMD board doesn't have this and it's not recommended for AMD Phenom II's anyway.
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05 Jan 2013
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#24 | |
Win7 x 6 PC's California, Florida, Boston |
Quote: Originally Posted by theog
Quote: Originally Posted by gregrocker I'm only recommended Bypass UEFI to Install WIn7 for those who are seriously stuck trying to install to UEFI, a growing backlog. These need more intensive UEFI-experienced help. No backlog with legal installs. How would UEFI deem a install not legal when most of these haven't even had a chance to insert their Product Key or activate, and are using the latest official Windows 7 installer. | | My System Specs | | |
05 Jan 2013
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#25 | |
ME/XP/Vista/Win7 uk Hampshire |
Quote: Originally Posted by gregrocker
Quote: Originally Posted by theog
Quote: Originally Posted by gregrocker I'm only recommended Bypass UEFI to Install WIn7 for those who are seriously stuck trying to install to UEFI, a growing backlog. These need more intensive UEFI-experienced help. No backlog with legal installs. How would UEFI deem a install not legal when most of these haven't even had a chance to insert their Product Key or activate, and are using the latest official Windows 7 installer. Using a OEM manufacturer's disc & Torrent downloads with no uEFI support. | | My System Specs | | |
05 Jan 2013
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#27 | |
Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bit United Kingdom |
After reading that link again, I'm confused again. Partitions: system, MSR and Primary - I'm confused as to what will go where and the sizes of these partitions. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Myself
OS Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bit
CPU AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (stock) with CM V8
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (AM3)
Memory 8GB Corsair Red Vengeance @1333MHz 9-9-9-24 Dual-Channel
Graphics Card XFX AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB (stock)
Sound Card Onboard Realtek Azalea 8.1 Channel
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster P2250 DVI-D
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60Hz
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Corsair TX750W 750W PSU with 4x PCI-E 6+2-pin connectors
Case Lancool [Lian Li] PC-K62 Dragonlord (originally w/blue fans)
Cooling Lian Li: 3x140mm, 1x120mm | Bitfenix: 1x140mm - ALL RED LED
Hard Drives 1. 60GB (55.7GiB) Corsair Force 3 SSD (firmware 1.3.3) SATA III (in SATA II mode) - contains OS, drivers and non-game programs
2. 500GB (465GiB) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II 7,200rpm 16MB Cache - contains games
3. 250GB (232GiB) Weste
Internet Speed BT Infinity Option 2 ~38Mbps download, ~8Mbps upload
Other Info Also have a Logitech G27 Racing Wheel, Creative Fatal1ty Stereo headset, Logitech X-140 Stereo Speakers, a disused Xbox 360 USB game controller pad and a CM Storm WoC M4 Mouse mat. The *GB of Corsair Red Vengeance DRAM is the CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R set which can run at 1600MHz at 9-9-9-24 in Intel's XMP but my AMD board doesn't have this and it's not recommended for AMD Phenom II's anyway.
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05 Jan 2013
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#29 | |
Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bit United Kingdom |
Quote: Originally Posted by theog Not seen any. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 7 with Quote:
6. You will notice that the disk has now been formatted as GPT with 3 partitions. Select the "Primary" partition 3, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You might receive a "Windows can't be installed on drive 0" warning, but as long as you can click on the Next button, you're fine.
Note
The 3 partitions are:
Partition 1 - System - The EFI System partition that contains the NTLDR, HAL, Boot.txt, and other files that are needed to boot the system, such as drivers.
Partition 2 - MSR - The Microsoft Reserved (MSR) partition that reserves space on each disk drive for subsequent use by operating system software.
Partition 3 - Primary - Where Windows is to be installed to.
It is imperative that these 3 partitions remain in the exact order as they are  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Myself
OS Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bit
CPU AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (stock) with CM V8
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (AM3)
Memory 8GB Corsair Red Vengeance @1333MHz 9-9-9-24 Dual-Channel
Graphics Card XFX AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB (stock)
Sound Card Onboard Realtek Azalea 8.1 Channel
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster P2250 DVI-D
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60Hz
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Corsair TX750W 750W PSU with 4x PCI-E 6+2-pin connectors
Case Lancool [Lian Li] PC-K62 Dragonlord (originally w/blue fans)
Cooling Lian Li: 3x140mm, 1x120mm | Bitfenix: 1x140mm - ALL RED LED
Hard Drives 1. 60GB (55.7GiB) Corsair Force 3 SSD (firmware 1.3.3) SATA III (in SATA II mode) - contains OS, drivers and non-game programs
2. 500GB (465GiB) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II 7,200rpm 16MB Cache - contains games
3. 250GB (232GiB) Weste
Internet Speed BT Infinity Option 2 ~38Mbps download, ~8Mbps upload
Other Info Also have a Logitech G27 Racing Wheel, Creative Fatal1ty Stereo headset, Logitech X-140 Stereo Speakers, a disused Xbox 360 USB game controller pad and a CM Storm WoC M4 Mouse mat. The *GB of Corsair Red Vengeance DRAM is the CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R set which can run at 1600MHz at 9-9-9-24 in Intel's XMP but my AMD board doesn't have this and it's not recommended for AMD Phenom II's anyway.
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