Partition Problem Perplexes Early Dell Mini Inspiron 9 Notebook Owners, Now Fixed
Partition Problem Perplexes Early Dell Mini Inspiron 9 Notebook Owners, Now Fixed
Posted 10/19/2008 at 3:44pm
| by Paul Lilly
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Early batches of Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 notebooks had customers scratching their heads over what appeared to be a case of paying for a larger size solid state drive but receiving a smaller one instead. How else would you explain paying for a 16GB SSD only to find 4GB of usable space in the default shipping state?
The answer, says Dell, is a partitioning SNAFU. The confusion stemmed from Dell using a 4GB Ubuntu image for new installs regardless of the SSD size, causing some customers to "freak out" before discovering the unused and unpartitioned remaining space. The problem has since been addressed, but if you own an early model with the incorrect partition scheme, running the included system restore DVD partitions the entire drive and makes the world right again.
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jwalch.hawk
October 19, 2008 at 6:38pm
Lol, the fact that you capitalized the snafu leads me to believe that you know the original acronym... Which leads me to believe you're making a dig at Dell. :P It's a normal situation for them? :D
AndyYankee17
October 19, 2008 at 4:52pm
OEM's shoulds realize that thier typically consumer doesn't know anything about computers and would naturally freak out. seems like something slipped through QC
AntiHero
October 20, 2008 at 12:16pm
True. They should know this, I as a person who has repaired many computers, have seen the most basic of problems that people don't know how to fix, be it they have a solution fo two or three right clicks, or the running of a program to the install of new/broken hardware drivers/software. They needed to make sure of all the little things like that before marketing.
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