Partitioning my aspire V 15

HugoMNG
HugoMNG Member Posts: 4 New User
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Hello 

 

I purchased an Aspire V 15 with a 1TB hard drive and i was wondering if i could make some partitions on it to better organize my files ?

 

Can you suggest an easy to use program to make the partitions ?

 

Will warranty be voided if i do this ?

 

Thanks.

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  • HugoMNG
    HugoMNG Member Posts: 4 New User
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    mine came with a 1 TB WD blue and i realy dont feel like its slow just wondering if i would benefit anything by partitioning, like my friend told me, but thinking back hes desktop is about 8 years old and considering what u told me in his case he might get some benefits from adding partitions to it.

     

    Ill leave my laptop as it is, at least for the time being Smiley Very Happy.

     

    Ty a lot for your trouble.

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  • JordanB
    JordanB ACE Posts: 3,729 Pathfinder

    Partitioning your drive can be a little risky unless you're an intermediate to advanced user.

     

    I would recommend making some backups before partitioning.

     

    http://acer--uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26286/~/create-a-acer-factory-default-backup-in-windows-8.1#_ga=1.157196280.237648148.1435182563

     

    http://acer--uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27089/~/creating-a-usb-or-dvd-drivers-and-applications-backup-in-windows-8#_ga=1.103250883.237648148.1435182563

     

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/what-happened-to-backup-restore

     

    And of course turn on File History and OneDrive and/or backup all your important files.

     

    Windows has builtin partitioning features/capabilities.  You don't really need a third party program.  A simple google search will give lots of instructions/tutorials about partitioning with windows.

     

    I don't know if it would void your warranty, but I doubt that it would.

     

    Edit: The vast majority of users just use "folders" to organize their files.

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • HugoMNG
    HugoMNG Member Posts: 4 New User

    Hi JordanB 

     

    Ty for your answer, i thought about partitions because a friend told me that if i kept my system files away from the files that are changed more often like games, windos virtual memory file, it would prevent disk fragmenting and windows would keep its original performance for more time.

     

    So do you think i should make partitions or just use it as it is ?

     

    Ty.

  • JordanB
    JordanB ACE Posts: 3,729 Pathfinder

    I don't want to discourage you from trying it or otherwise tinkering with your computer.  I would just recommend to anyone that they should have a very good understanding on how to back up their computer/files and have the ability to put it back to where it was before they started experimenting with partitions or adding/altering partitions.....in case something goes wrong.

     

    I honestly don't know what kind of performance increase you'll receive from creating partitions.  I have one Acer computer that I added a SSD.  And the other Acer computer came with a 1 TB Western Digital Blue (which is a really good/fast desktop HDD), so I haven't thought about it.  I'm tempted to think that the partition thing might be a little outdated since these modern SATA controllers/drives are supposed to be more advanced especially when used with Windows 7,8, and soon to be Windows 10.  But not sure.

     

    If you're really looking for a noticeable performance gain, then I would look at using a SSD.  On the Acer computer that I added a SSD, it originally came with a 500GB Seagate HDD.  I wish I could tell you that the 500GB seagate HDD was just as fast as that 1TB WD Blue, but it wasn't.  It was painfully slow when switching between the two.  So I solved that annoyance by adding the SSD.  I added a 250 GB SSD and use the original 500GB HDD for backup/data, images etc..  

     

    The drive I added was a crucial bx100 250 GB and it sells for around $90.  Definitely not cheap when compared per GB to HDD, but if you use Acer BYOC cloud or Google Drive,Google Photo OneDrive, Flickr,DropBox or have USB drive etc....most people don't need a huge main drive.

     

    Edit: Ok, now I'm looking at specs for some V15.....doesn't your computer already come with a SSD?  You would never need to partition a SSD drive to increase speed because they work differently than a platter HDD.

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • HugoMNG
    HugoMNG Member Posts: 4 New User
    Answer ✓

    mine came with a 1 TB WD blue and i realy dont feel like its slow just wondering if i would benefit anything by partitioning, like my friend told me, but thinking back hes desktop is about 8 years old and considering what u told me in his case he might get some benefits from adding partitions to it.

     

    Ill leave my laptop as it is, at least for the time being Smiley Very Happy.

     

    Ty a lot for your trouble.

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