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Partitioning hard drive
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My computer is partitioned - my C drive has only 2% free space left and is thus causing problems. I want to merge the C drive with the D drive which has 86% free space. Can anyone tell me how to do this please?
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It would be easier to move your music, photos and documents to D, freeing up space on your C drive?
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It would be easier to move your music, photos and documents to D, freeing up space on your C drive?
Yeah moving the files from the C drive helps a lot. All Mp3, AVi, JPG and other types of files can be safely moved to the D drive.
Always think that Windows runs from the C drive and other data stays on the D drive. That way you wont confuse things later. Also, programs dont need to be installed on the C drive to run, they can be run from the D drive in a Program files folder too. When you instal a program when it comes up saying target location i.e
C:\Program files\NortonInternetsecurity
Just change the C to a D and the instal will create the directory for you.
Always think that Windows runs from the C drive and other data stays on the D drive. That way you wont confuse things later. Also, programs dont need to be installed on the C drive to run, they can be run from the D drive in a Program files folder too. When you instal a program when it comes up saying target location i.e
C:\Program files\NortonInternetsecurity
Just change the C to a D and the instal will create the directory for you.
You might want to try a program like CCleaner as well.
It'll clean up your internet cache and get rid of a lot temporary files.
You'll not be able to move Documents and Settings quite that easily. It's a system folder and XP wont let you.
You can move My Documents however which also lives in there. Just right click on the My Documents icon on the desktop and pick properties. You'll be able to pick a new location from here.
It'll clean up your internet cache and get rid of a lot temporary files.
You'll not be able to move Documents and Settings quite that easily. It's a system folder and XP wont let you.
You can move My Documents however which also lives in there. Just right click on the My Documents icon on the desktop and pick properties. You'll be able to pick a new location from here.