I have a nine month old ACER laptop. It came with a 250GB drive. It
was partitioned into two equal primary partitions for OS and Data as
well as a couple of hidden partitions for ACER recovery/restorations.
I turned the data partition into an extended partition, and increased
it's size.
I happen to have 80GB 72k laptop drive. The ACER has two HD bays. So
I am thinking of putting the OS and programs on the 72K drive, and
running the 250GB drive as a data drive, removing all the hidden partitions.
Is this going to kill my battery life?
The ACER is running the OEM Vista Home Premium that came with the
laptop. Are these changes going to cause it to shut down, and if so
will it be a big hassle to reactivate?
Suppose I backup my existing partitions with Acronis, try the setup
as described, have problems or don't like it and then go back restore
what I had. Will Vista let me alone once I restore the partition or
does it know things changed and then came back? I am working with a
OEM OS version I am worried about being shut out.
While I am on the subject I own a OEM Vista Home Premium DVD I bought
from Newegg and am running on this desktop. Can I use that DVD with
the ACER laptops license number to do a clean install on the laptop
is that allowed?
I am also thinking about buying a use ThinkPad tablet
how do you
even install a clean version? The way I understand it such a thing is
not possible
you use the OS IBM or Leveno has on there and that is
that. Or am I wrong?
Thanks
