Partition Hard Disk Drive

It's advisable to put all your data on a different drive than on your OS drive. In future if you need to recreate the OS, you will have your data safe on a separate logical drive.

To partition your hard drive, right click on the “Computer” on and click manage.

This should open computer management window, which looks like:

Scroll to Disk management. On the right, locate your disk (generally called C:). Right Click and select shrink volume.

In the Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB:, enter the size of the data drive that you want to create. I would suggest you retain at least 60 – 250 GB on your C drive, based on the total disk size. Changing this later would be troublesome.

After shrinking you'll find unallocated volume. Right click on the volume and click on “New Simple Volume”. 

This should open the wizard. Follow the steps given and you should have your data drive ready.

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Laptop - Warranty Details and serial numbers of other laptop components

Warranty Details: All companies maintain the warranty details on their website. You can check it online.

Some links are given below, but it may change. If the link doesn't work, search for it on your favorite search engine.

HP: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/weInput?cc=in&lc=en

Dell: http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/in/en/indhs1/TroubleShooting/ProductSelector

Lenovo: http://support.lenovo.com/en_IN/product-service/warranty-status/default.page

Toshiba: http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/service-support/onsite-warranty-lookup

Sony: http://www.sony.co.in/section/warrantyinfo

Make sure that your laptop warranty details on the site matches what is mentioned on your invoice.

Serial Number of other components: You may also want to note down the serial number of other components of your laptop. In case you give your laptop for maintenance or repairs, you want to be sure that you get back your laptop without any replacements. Since you cannot open your laptop without voiding the warranty, the best alternate is to use a key finder software. I have tried Belarc in the past and it has worked for me. Download the software from the below mentioned URL, install and run it. It'll give it's output in HTML format. You can save this file for future reference.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

This gives the serial number of main circuit board (planner), memory and hard disk. You can note down the adapter and battery serial number from the body.

Sample of the Belarc Report.

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Locating the serial number of a laptop

All laptop comes with a unique serial number. The nomenclature may differ from vendor to vendor. The covering case of the laptop will carry the serial number. The same number should be available on the body and in the BIOS as well. (if you cannot locate it on the laptop body, it may be under the battery). If you are not sure where to look for, ask the customer executive.

For locating the serial number in the BIOS, login to the Windows, open command prompt and type

wmic bios get serialnumber

You can open command prompt by typing “Windows Key + R”, and then type cmd.

Windows Key:

Run Dialog Box:

Make sure, you note down this as your laptop warranty is tied to this number.

This number will come handy when you face any planner related problems or replacement. Replaced planner board should be updated with this serial number.

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Locating Windows Key

Every laptop comes with a activated Windows license. To find your license key, Right Click on the Computer Icon and click Properties.

  

Note this down. In case, you face any problems in future, you can use this key to reactivate your windows.

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