Changing The Partition Sizes; About Hard Disk Partitioning; Creating A Hard Disk Partition; To Create A Partition - Sony Vaio series Operating Instructions Manual

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Changing the partition sizes

This section describes how to change the partition sizes.

Hard disk partitioning is to divide a hard disk into multiple partitions. It allows

you to organize your data or software on each hard disk partition more

effectively.

The computer has a partition (C drive) only with the default settings. You can

repartition the hard disk into two partitions: C drive and D drive, and use the

D drive as a location to back up your data. For information on how to create

a partition, see "Creating a hard disk partition" described below.

The steps described here take as an example the hard disk partitioning to

change the size of the C drive and create another partition.

If you reduce the volume of the C drive partition, you may not create recovery discs or

complete the recovery process successfully because the free space on the hard disk

is not enough.

You need to recover your computer system if you create a partition with recovery

discs. Recovering your computer system will delete all the data previously stored on

the hard disk.

If you want to create a partition using the recovery discs on models without a built-in

optical disc drive, you need to connect an external optical disc drive (not supplied).

Follow step 1 to 4 in "To restore the C drive" on page 20.

Select the button next to C and D Drive Recovery (Change

Partition Sizes) and click Next.

Select your desired configuration for hard disk drives from the

drop-down list and click Next.

Selecting Customized drive size allows you to specify a desired drive size within the

predetermined range.

Read the on-screen instructions carefully, and then click Start to

begin the process.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

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