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What should I do when ordering a computer?

Post Date: 2012-05-30
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    Posted: 30 May 2012 at 1:01pm
How is the 1TB hard drive partitioned on the ODE computers? And if it is up to the customer, how should I have it partitioned? Any other things that I should ask for/customize when ordering my computer?  Thanks, Dave
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sorry, i'm new, but what do you mean? why would a computer store voluntarily partition it for a customer? i don't think bestbuy even ask me that question.
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We do not break the 1TB into partitions, it's left as a single partition.
 
For the ODE systems, we don't really allow customization, but we could partition the drive into parts for you if you wish, the team may charge a small fee for that. If you would like that, please send me an email: [email protected]
 
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I can partition the 1 TB hard drive myself AFTER receiving the computer, without any problems or having to reformat the hard drive FIRST can't I? Divide it into five separate hard drives, with the Windows operating system in one of them, the rest for storage, without erasing the pre-installed operating system? Or do I have to keep it as a single 1TB hard drive? Sorry, it has been a while, and I am not that tech savvy of late.... Dave
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Most definitely, you can change it later, there are some free tools out there too that can do this. In Windows 7, the built in "Disk Management" section may even allow you to do this as well.
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Thank you Alex!!  I am going to be buying my first computer  from Digital Storm in about sixteen hours from now!! Dave
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