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Thread ID: 61904	2005-09-20 11:54:00	new computer,some questions	kiwikeith (1273)	Press F1

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389772	2005-09-20 11:54:00	Hi All Just bought a new asus laptop and am a bit puzzled.. Is it normal to have a partitioned drive on a new computer when i havnt asked for it to be partitioned? I see that my windows version is sp 1 is it alright to upgrade it to sp2 which i have. thanks keith	kiwikeith (1273)
389773	2005-09-20 12:07:00	Yes and yes. Asus ship their laptops with the drive partitioned into 2 active partitions and a third hidden partition that holds the recovery files. Strange that a new unit would only ship with SP1 but I would suggest you install SP2 when you can, and I would also recommend an app called autopatcher that will bring nearly everything on your computer (in regards to Xp) right up to date.	Metla (12)
389774	2005-09-20 12:15:00	Thanks for the reassurance Metla.. I bought the thing from dick smiths and apparently it was sold previously but broke down and they have had it fixed and rewarranted as new. its an a4d amd athlon 64 3200 1.99ghz with 512 ram and separate video card as i use photoshop a lot. I hope i havnt been conned but it is working fine so far fingers xed	kiwikeith (1273)
389775	2005-09-20 20:14:00	It has a new warranty on it, so you should be right. If it causes any problems, just take it back	Myth (110)
389776	2005-09-20 20:46:00	Yes and yes. I'd say yes and maybe. Given the number of people that ***** and moan about their SP2 update problems, an SP1 machine with appropriate firewall and anti-virus coverage is perfect. (in my experience)	Greg (193)
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