Vista - Why do i have three partitions?

My laptop's HDD is separated into three partitions. i know which one is my "main" partition and im guessing one is a recovery partition (it says EISA Configuration, whatever that means). But, the other from appearance is just a an ordinary random partition. both of the smaller ones have no name, what are they for? oh and the "EISA" one is 1.46GB and the other is 7.95GB.

Specs:
Toshiba Satellite P-350D S8900
320GB HDD
Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit
if more info needed tell me...

Hi GRock

Recovery partitions.

Hello GRock, and welcome to Vista Forums.

A EISA partition is a "extended" partition. The one Vista is on is a "primary" partition. You are correct that the EISA partitions are your recovery partitions. One is for the Vista recovery, and the other for Applications & Drivers.

If you have not already, you should create a set of recovery discs as a backup. This way if something should ever happen to your hard drive, you will still be able to restore Vista back to factory conditions easily on a new hard drive. If you do not know how to, then post back with your brand of laptop. I'll post a link back to the manufacturer's site on how to.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

so there both recovery partitions? okay so what do i do if i need to create a new partition? can i back them up on cd or DVD and delete them from my hard disk?

hello shawn,
it does help but i need to create a new partition. can i back the others up to DVDs and delet them to make room? if so how do i back them up?

my laptop brand should be at the top under my original post. if thats not what you mean tell me and ill get whatever it is.

GRock,

Here you go. It will be under the Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs section towards the top of the link below.

How to use the Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility

crap...i knew that was there the whole time! thanks i forgot all about that.
thank you

LOL, you're welcome GRock.