I started up my Viliv X70 which was delivered earlier today. No problems. I then checked the properties of my C drive. I expected to see 128GB of SSD goodness. Instead I saw 32GB. WTF? I panicked. I thought Dynamism shipped me a 32GB instead of 128GB unit when I made the last minute changes described here. But as usual, my mistake.
Turns out Viliv partitioned the disk: 31.25 GB (FAT32) for the C drive, 83GB (NTFS) for the D drive, and 5GB for a hidden recovery partition.
Why did Viliv choose 32GB for the C drive (other than to give me a heart attack)? Dynamism support’s educated speculation was this was Viliv could use the same image for both 32GB and 128GB units.
But I was correct about one thing. The spare AC adapter was missing a small piece that snaps on to the top of the recessed plugs on the adapter to extend those plugs sufficiently to plug into a power source. Dynamism support told me the spare AC adapters shipped by Viliv were missing this part, and Dynamism would coordinate with Viliv to rectify this.
Hopefully now I can start playing with the device without more of these interruptions.
[...] Tablet PC FAQ « Viliv X70 – Partition and Parts [...]
[...] and software is not a problem if you want to restore, say after an OS crash. As discussed in Viliv X70 – Partition and Parts, there is a 5GB hidden recovery [...]
Very disappointed to find this situation myself, though my power supply was intact. Interestingly, my partitions came diferently: 110Gb for C:, and 6.82 for the Recovery partition. Maybe they don’t use the same image for the 32′s and the 128′s.
I am impressed with the hardware so far, though. And willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. But my patience only stretches so far.
I also have a 128GB unit. However, my OS is XP. Is yours Vista? If so, that might explain the difference in partitions.
Yes I did opt for the Vista at the last minute. Much to my chagrin. I was lured in by the promise of the “free upgrade to Win7″ with which I’ve had good results on slower processors. Meanwhile, Vista is just a dog on the EX70.
And I was hoping that MAYBE the recover partition might be XP, but it was not, it’s Vista.
Since supposedly Microsoft says that a Vista license entitles you to an XP downgrade if you want, I’m following that up with Dynamism, they’re being very helpful in that regard.
Just found out about the AC adapter. Anything I can do about it?