Help/Support Need some help with my laptop's partitions

Crypto · January 16, 2017

Hey guys,this is a bit long sorry.

So I recently bought an SSD and downloaded a cracked windows 7 on it. Now when it asked me to choose my partition's volume, I chose 30GB since it's recommended for my OS and my SSD is 480GB so I don't mind.

After everything installed and I found my laptop drivers and installed them. I see this when I open "My computer"

This is what "Disk Management" looks like

Okay so basically why do I have 3 Local Disks and why is my windows on my (C:) and not (D:) or (G:)

Sorry, this is a bit confusing. Can't I just put everything on my (C:) or have 1 "Local disk" for windows and another one for all my other files?

Thanks

Updated January 16, 2017 by Crypto

Patricktph · January 16, 2017

Windows is always on C: because that's where your computer is going to be Booting from.

Crypto · January 16, 2017

Windows is always on C: because that's where your computer is going to be Booting from.

So what's the point of having partitions?

Patricktph · January 16, 2017

So what's the point of having partitions?

I was doing some research and i found this

it's for keeping your data, applications, and operating system on the same partition can be risky because, if something happens to the partition's index file (the file that tells your computer where the various pieces of your data are located), your computer won't be able to boot up off that drive--and even if you boot up with a recovery disc or external drive, you won't be able to access the rest of your data.