ssd partitioning on gaming laptop

[osherdo]

I am about to purchase a new laptop.

The specifications indicate that it has both 1TB hard disk drive + 128SSD drive.

How do I know how it is going to be partitioned, and if the OS is going to be installed on the SSD (as I heard that it's good that the OS is installed on the SSD drive)?

The representative at ASUS don't know to determine how the HDD allocation part is at these laptops.

Anyone who can give me details about it?

 

[Faktion]

When you go to install windows. There is a custom option you have to click on. It will show all of your available drives (even unpartitioned and unused drives. You will choose your SSD and format it and then choose it as the drive to install windows to.

 

[Faktion]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2677700/pick-install-windows.html

 

[rhysiam]

I'm assuming it will come with the OS installed.

Your C Drive will contain the operating system.
If they've set it up properly you'll then have a second drive (probably D drive, but the letter doesn't really matter), which will likely be empty.

Simplest way is just to look at how big each drive is. If you OS (C) drive is ~120GB, then you know it's on the SSD.

I'd be surprised if it didn't come that way. It really should.

 

[USAFRet]

If the OS is NOT on the 128GB SSD, Asus has failed, hard.

And this isn't partitioning, but two distinct drives.
When you get it, open Disk Management. See what it shows you.

 

[Faktion]

Woops my first part didnt come in.. Let me try that again.

The OS is usually installed on the SSD which is normally used as a dedicated boot drive.

If by chance it comes installed on the mechanical HDD you can grab any windows 10 install disk\flash drive and reinstall it. You will have to choose the SSD as a boot drive in that case.

When you go to install windows. There is a custom option you have to click on. It will show all of your available drives (even unpartitioned and unused drives. You will choose your SSD and format it and then choose it as the drive to install windows to.

The page must have refreshed during my break.

 

[Faktion]

Oh! You can also use a migration software to basically clone the boot drive to the other drive and the software will also change your boot device for you in the boot record.

 

[USAFRet]

Oh! You can also use a migration software to basically clone the boot drive to the other drive and the software will also change your boot device for you in the boot record.

Lets not go there yet, on a brand new system he doesn't yet have.