is the hpa required?

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phutro · #1 Post by **phutro** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:15 pm

is it necessary to keep the hpa? or can i reclaim it's space? furthermore, how do i do that? i went into the bios and changed the hpa setting so that it's reclaimable, but i am unable to see it once i boot into windows.

i'm also thinking about upgrading my hd, can i do a fresh install of windows without having to re-install / copy over the hpa?

sugo · #2 Post by **sugo** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:56 pm

HPA is not needed. I deleted it and reclaimed a few GBs. All you need is a re-partition utility like partition magic.

hiyel · #3 Post by **hiyel** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:22 pm

I'm not quite sure but, I think you also need to go to bios and change a setting there before it can be seen by a partition utility

sugo · #4 Post by **sugo** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:26 pm

hiyel wrote:I'm not quite sure but, I think you also need to go to bios and change a setting there before it can be seen by a partition utility

Yes. OP said that's already done however.

hiyel · #5 Post by **hiyel** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:35 pm

My bad, sorry...

is the hpa required?

is the hpa required?

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