Solved Dell laptop drive c partition

[shankly769]

hello,recently i got a dell insprion laptop and after formating i need to partition drive c and make drive d,can someone help me how,

laptop is still formated as if i can do it before i can install from scratch again,so how can i do ?

thanks
silvio

 

[mrjimphelps]

What are you installing on the drive? If you are installing Windows, then you will have an option at the beginning of the install process to partition the drive.

 

[Megahertz07]

Silvio, what you want to do? Delete all partitions, create new C: and D: and clean install Windows?
This tutorial explain how. Clean Install Windows 7 - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

[shankly769]

hi,thanks m8's,i used to partition my 1 drive in half and created disc c and d in half capacity each,windows installed safely and updates installed ok,

thanks ,ill keep the link above for future installations

 

[shankly769]

hi,instalation ok but im having this in system:-3 days until automatic activation,and that the product key is invalid for activation,

NB ;- i used the product key there is beneath from its original sticker,and it was ok during installation when it asked for.whats next?

 

[shankly769]

windows was activated by the toll free setup.