Drive C and D question.

[Scaper-S2k]

Okay, I just plug a new computer in and go, that's it. I did a "defrag once when Grassmaster told me too. That was once in like 4 yrs on my Toshiba laptop. No issues ever on that thing.


Well, I have a Sony at home, not a laptop. It's a fairly new unit.

Anyway, I just got a message saying that my C: drive was almost full? It said it recommends 200 Mb to stay free for reliablity issues?

I checked the properties and it says that I have 13 Gb used and only 170Mb free?

Well, I checked and I guess this is where all my programs and all my desktop stuff is stored. I went under add/remove programs like I remember Grassmaster saying once and deleted some worthless junk. Whatever.


So I check on drive D:. It says I have 92 Gb available and only used 314 Mb!


Funny stuff. I must be doing something wrong?


I have had my Toshiba for 3 more years and a LOT more photo and song files. Yet I have never got the "C: drive is almost full" thing.


So how do I use all that space on drive D:? Do I just drag stuff over to it?


Ever since I started using a PC, I just save all files on my desktop in a folder somewhere.


Hook me up Computer Gurus!!!!

[Chuck Sinclair]

Just save or copy stuff over to your D drive.

[Scaper-S2k]

Thanks for the reply Chuck.


It seems odd, my Toshiba might be 5 yrs old and has at leat 20 times the amount of photos, and more programs too. Yet the Sony has twice the disk size. And I have always saved things the same way. But the Toshiba has never given me this message.


Maybe the Toshiba only has one drive?


I'm not sure what to drag over to the D:. Heck, my photos on this computer don't add up to even 1 Gb. And same with my songs.


It would appear that most of the memory is just programs? I just don't know. Won't dragging programs around cause issues?

Heck, I don't even see 13Gb of programs when I go to the add/remove option.



Is it like one 120 Gb disk divided up into 2 parts giving D: 95 Gb and C: the rest? Is there anyway to just increase the size of C:?

[Chuck Sinclair]

If your drive is split like that C & D you could get parttion magic to change the parttions, with out hurting any thing.
What drive letter in your cd drive?

[Mike J]

whoa...

If your drive is split like that C & D you could get parttion magic to change the parttions, with out hurting any thing.
What drive letter in your cd drive?

D: should be CD drive

[Scaper-S2k]

Well, it says I have Floppy drive A:

I put a disk in the top CD slot unit and it said it's drive E:

Then the CD slot under that unit is marked as drive F:


So I don't know much else.

[GrassMaster]

Are you & your PC both from Up Narth Ohio? Yankee Stuff?

Anyway, I just got a message saying that my C: drive was almost full? It said it recommends 200 Mb to stay free for reliablity issues?

I checked the properties and it says that I have 13 Gb used and only 170Mb free?

Well, I checked and I guess this is where all my programs and all my desktop stuff is stored. I went under add/remove programs like I remember Grassmaster saying once and deleted some worthless junk. Whatever.


So I check on drive D:. It says I have 92 Gb available and only used 314 Mb!
Funny stuff. I must be doing something wrong?
Hook me up Computer Gurus!!!!

Yo Erich:

I find it hard to believe that your C: drive has 13 GB of OS + Programs only on it. I think you going to find some folder has a lot of files, pics or something using up that 13GB. The reason is I have over 70 programs installed on my hard drive & I'm only using 10GB. You've got to have a folder with a bunch of files of some type on it hogging up some Gigs somewhere? I would look again?

Now I do not know why a retail computer would come with a 13GB HD & a 93GB. Maybe they are configuring them differently now? I do know that some of the Overclocker & Gaming boys will partition their hard drives similar to yours. Yes a small amount of space for the OS & programs, 10 to 13GB sounds about right for C: drive, then use the larger one like your D:HD basically for file storage?

They do this so it will run faster, not take as long to defrag & run other programs. They could even reformat the C: Drive & not touch the file storage on the larger D: Drive.

I would go back to C: Drive & go through all suspicious folders that are over say 50 to 100MB. You got to have some Gigs used up somewhere on that drive? Be careful at what you delete.

One of these days when I get around to it (Yeah Right maybe 2010), I'm going to learn about Remote PC Administration & I could help you with this but until then all I can do is post & talk crap!

Hey you mentioned all your Desktop Stuff Stored, how big is those folders? If they're very big, I would move them over to D: Drive & have a shortcut on the Desktop leading to them...

Do it & Holler at us about what's going on! :alien:

[Scaper-S2k]

When I bought the Sony a couple years ago it was suppose to be a good setup for digital imaging and video stuff. So maybe it is setup like that?

Also, it did not come with startup disks. The start up info was built right into the computer. Maybe on D:?


How do you take a screen shot of the computer and save it?


I don't have many programs. Heck, I don't even have many photos on this one. I'll double check.

But it is definetely showing around 13 Gb for C: and 95Gb or so for D:. And obviously I don't have anything on D: yet.

[Woody]

Scaper is downright dangerous around computers.

For advice that is actually worth something...

You can MOVE the directory (folder some may call it) Program Files from C to D. The thing is, it isn't like Linux where you can have a symbolic link on C that points to D. So, you'll have to instruct everything to install to D:\Program Files instead of C:\Program Files. Some installed programs may need to be reinstalled afterwards though.

Chuck's suggestion is the best. Remove the partitions D and C and create a new one, just C. You can purchase software to do this, but there is also freeware available to do it as well.

Caveat: The freeware is just as good and just as easy, but you'll be forced into reading and learning beforehand.

[Scaper-S2k]

It's like Greek to me. I don't understand why it would be set up that way.

One of my lady friends needs a computer. Maybe she will buy this one and I can go get a new one.

I hate computers. Might as well go back to all Mac.

[Scaper-S2k]

Okay, another easy, but stupid question:

I went ahead and copied a few Gb's of music from C: into D:.

Normally when I move things from file file to file, it simply moves it. But when I moved between these drives, it just copied them? So now I guess I have duplicates?

Can I go ahead and delete them off the C: drive unit now?


Don't worry, I don't have gobs of duplicate files because I have never used D: drive.

[Darrin A.]

Yes, delete the copied files from C: The reason this happens is because it sees C: and D: as 2 physical drives. It is not possible to "move" a file from one physical drive to another, the computer can only copy it. This came from when people were only using 2 disk drives to run everything. Good luck. I hate cleaning hard drives.

[Woody]

Yes, delete the copied files from C: The reason this happens is because it sees C: and D: as 2 physical drives. It is not possible to "move" a file from one physical drive to another, the computer can only copy it. This came from when people were only using 2 disk drives to run everything. Good luck. I hate cleaning hard drives.

BZZZZTTTTT: Incorrect answer.

To MOVE a file in Windoze, select it by left clicking on it. Grab it by right clicking, and holding down the right mouse button. Drag it on over to D, then upon release of the right mouse button, it will give you a menu. Select "Move Here" rather than "Copy Here".

[Scaper-S2k]

I never got the option of 'move' or 'copy'. But I didn't left click on it first?


Of course, as mentioned, moving things between folders on my desktop does not create copies.

I'll try the left click thing with something else.





But hey, I suppose Darrin was right about being able to delete the originals though.

[Scaper-S2k]

Okay, I tried your method Woody.

left click, then right click did nothing different.

But if I simply use the left mouse button to drag and drop I will get that message you said.