That is one of the prime reasons I will never have another HP laptop. The other is being let down by the infamous re-balling issue. Shame, I was predisposed to like them before that.
I spent ages trying to move hidden files in C so the partition could be smalerized. No problem at all on the Vaio, the hidden bits are just that: Hidden.
You could I suppose create recover discs and strip your hard drive of all the tosh. Partition first, and then download OS and apply your Number to it. Anyone know if that will work with W8?
I'm now on a new (ex demo) ASUS Ultrabook. It has electric drive, so I'm not sure about partitions. What's more, I'm having my first bash at W8. Not too bad at first, but then hitting resistance to getting things as I want them. I have permission to load 8.1 or W7 downgrade without losing my right to return said item. Good old American return policy.
another edit to see if it leaves that message. Hooray! It didn't
