the HP dv6-6017tx, 6121tx, 6140tx and dv6-6165tx thread

[arsenalfan001]

Depends on your tasks to be performed.
For me it was necessary to run Oracle 10G, OBIEE 10G and Informatica together.
For entertainment (gaming and movies), not required.

 

[sarathsnair]

I have dv6 6121tx. Once i go through the HP recovery Manager it shows different Recovery Options. But i didn't understand what is "Minimized Image Recovery" ? How's it different from System Recovery and Factory Reset ? Will that option will format the entire hard drive (like Factory Reset) or the Windows installation Drive Only ?

 

[Niilesh]

I have dv6 6121tx. Once i go through the HP recovery Manager it shows different Recovery Options. But i didn't understand what is "Minimized Image Recovery" ? How's it different from System Recovery and Factory Reset ? Will that option will format the entire hard drive (like Factory Reset) or the Windows installation Drive Only ?

Minimized Image recovery includes less/none(never really checked it) bloatware. It will not format your system.

 

[sumansherlock]

Guys a little problem , today when i turned off my laptop screen(it can be done by pressing f4 and selecting projector only) i just noticed a bright light bleeding at right bottom side of laptop may be it is due to hp logo ...is that a any defect in laptop??? or every dv6 has it?? please anybody confirm this for me especially arsenal fan who have 6140tx.

And how much hours battery life you get while gaming and normal use?

 

[Lucky_star]

@sumansherlock, Its the HP Logo light bleeding from the back. Nothing harmful. Every dv6 has got it. While playing Bf3/MW3, I got approx 1 hour on battery with HP coolsense at max.

On normal usage, I get over 2 hours. This is for a 6121tx which is 6 months old.

 

[sarathsnair]

Minimized Image recovery includes less/none(never really checked it) bloatware. It will not format your system.

Will it format the entire hard disk ? or the windows partition ( C:\ )

 

[Niilesh]

Will it format the entire hard disk ? or the windows partition ( C:\ )

Making the disk will not format your system in anyway. Running/restoring the Recovery disk will format your whole HDD(probably quick format).
BTW i never used them they are just for emergency if nothing works or HP would want it in future(which most probably they don't)/
I format the system from normal Win 7 disk(well actually pirated one but i change the serial after installing it) and then install the drivers. Hey, Do backup SWsetup(IIRC) in the C:\ drive.

 

[arsenalfan001]

Guys a little problem , today when i turned off my laptop screen(it can be done by pressing f4 and selecting projector only) i just noticed a bright light bleeding at right bottom side of laptop may be it is due to hp logo ...is that a any defect in laptop??? or every dv6 has it?? please anybody confirm this for me especially arsenal fan who have 6140tx.

And how much hours battery life you get while gaming and normal use?

dont worry about the light coming through. it is common and present in almost all dv6 series laptop(6121,6017 etc).

i never game on battery. but it should last 1.5 hours.
on normal use (browsing or watching movies) it lasts 4.5-5 hours in power saver mode.

 

[swiftshashi]

6770m is much better than 630M.

Really??I thought the next gen hp's are coming with much better gpu's.Kindly pardon my ignorance and do provide some comparison data for me...I'm really looking forward to the new dv6 and dv7 series along with cb45 for my younger brother.

 

[dashing.sujay]

Really??I thought the next gen hp's are coming with much better gpu's.Kindly pardon my ignorance and do provide some comparison data for me...I'm really looking forward to the new dv6 and dv7 series along with cb45 for my younger brother.

Use this for mobile graphics comparison.

DV7 is 17 inches. Wait for the newer DV6 series to come out and expect HP to overcome its patent problems.

 

[sarthak]

^^^^ Correct the link. You deleted the 'n' from notebookcheck.

 

[sumansherlock]

@arsenalfan & lucky star

thanks for the reply guys.. i was a bit scared about it.
@ arsenal fan
are you still using Home basic or upgraded??

@All

i have done recovery disks by using 3 DVDs and deleted the Recovery Partition, But where does the 15gb space gone??? Now there are 3 partitions (c) 451gb , HP TOOLS 99mb ,System 199mb now How to make partitions( at least two)???

 

[arsenalfan001]

@arsenalfan & lucky star

thanks for the reply guys.. i was a bit scared about it.
@ arsenal fan
are you still using Home basic or upgraded??

@All

i have done recovery disks by using 3 DVDs and deleted the Recovery Partition, But where does the 15gb space gone??? Now there are 3 partitions (c) 451gb , HP TOOLS 99mb ,System 199mb now How to make partitions( at least two)???

I am using the *ahem* version of Win ultimate.
Making partitions is easy. Try shrinking c:

 

[swiftshashi]

What is the highest stable overclock dv6 6121tx users have been using??I just dont wish to go experimenting as i'm a novice in overclocking field.

 

[Jripper]

^ Then why are you even asking? :OO

And in any case overclocking in a laptop is not really recommended.

 

[sumansherlock]

I am using the *ahem* version of Win ultimate.
Making partitions is easy. Try shrinking c:

Ok, i partitioned HDD like this

c:226GB
system 199MB
D:126GB(primary partition)
F:111GB(logical drive)

The c:drive showing 0MB left to shrink....Now how do i shrink c:drive and create another partition...or shrink the space into D:& F: drive??

 

[sarthak]

^^^^ I don't think you can shrink more of C. You will have to format to shrink more. You can also try defragging C and then shrinking.

 

[sumansherlock]

@sarthak
I don't want to format,it takes lot of time...i removed the all bloatwares and just want to play games on it......Can defragging is done even the fragmentation level is 0%???? does the defragging deletes data on c: drive? should i backup the all data??

 

[sarthak]

^^^^ If fragmentation is 0% you can't defrag. If you really need more space in other partitions you will have to format.

 

[sumansherlock]

ok what are primary partition and logical drive?? b/w i partitioned HDD like this
c:226GB
system 199MB
D:126GB(primary partition)
F:111GB(logical drive)

Now i am not able to delete "system" partition...how to delete it?? if it can't be done then is it possible shrink the all the space in "System" into another partition and make a new drive or partition??