Computer curious

[RED-DOG]

My hard drive is split into two 30 gb sections, drive: c and drive: d.

Drive c is almost full, drive d is empty. How do I get the computer to utilise drive d?

[booder]

if you pick it up and shake it,you should find both drives have an equal amount of free space.  you are welcome.

[RED-DOG]

if you pick it up and shake it,you should find both drives have an equal amount of free space.  you are welcome.

Does it work with people?

[kinboshi]

Tom, do you store most of your data (music, pictures, video, porn, etc.) on the C drive?  Do you store it in the 'My documents', 'My pictures', My Music' folders?

If you do there's a quick and easy way to free up some disk space on the C drive by moving your My Documents folder (I'm assuming you're on XP rather than Vista?).

http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_move_my_documents.htm

[Dingdell]

Tom, do you store most of your data (music, pictures, video, porn, etc.) on the C drive?  Do you store it in the 'My documents', 'My pictures', My Music' folders?

If you do there's a quick and easy way to free up some disk space on the C drive by moving your My Documents folder (I'm assuming you're on XP rather than Vista?).

http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_move_my_documents.htm

How is it I read this and am none the wiser? It's like a techiespeak word blindness. Amazing - I've read it 3 times and still not a word of it has gone in. 

[tikay]

Tom, do you store most of your data (music, pictures, video, porn, etc.) on the C drive?  Do you store it in the 'My documents', 'My pictures', My Music' folders?

If you do there's a quick and easy way to free up some disk space on the C drive by moving your My Documents folder (I'm assuming you're on XP rather than Vista?).

http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_move_my_documents.htm

How is it I read this and am none the wiser? It's like a techiespeak word blindness. Amazing - I've read it 3 times and still not a word of it has gone in. 

Because you are female, & don't understand these techie things like we men do.

Now, go clean that carpet.

[RED-DOG]

Thanks for that Kin, but I only have about 5GB of pics/docks so it won't help a great deal.

What I really want to know is why the drive is partitioned if the computer can only use half of it.

Can I put programmes into the "D" drive and if I do, will they still run as normal?


PS- Take no notice of Ding, she's a girl. (Good for making tea and other stuff)

[AndrewT]

LOL, I was just about to say to Dingdell that Tikay would be along in a bit to explain it all in simple layman's terms.

Instead he was just rude.

Not the kind of thing we want round here - instaban IMO

[Bongo]

Can I put programmes into the "D" drive and if I do, will they still run as normal?

Yes, if you choose the d drive when you install all will be fine.

If you try and copy already installed progs you can get into trouble.

[AndrewT]

Thanks for that Kin, but I only have about 5GB of pics/docks so it won't help a great deal.

What I really want to know is why the drive is partitioned if the computer can only use half of it.

Can I put programmes into the "D" drive and if I do, will they still run as normal?


PS- Take no notice of Ding, she's a girl. (Good for making tea and other stuff)

Every time you install new stuff on your computer, you can manually change the C: to a D:, which will put it on D:

I wouldn't start moving program folders about willy nilly - Windows won't know it's moved and will get all stroppy when it can't find things.

The computer can use both drives, it's just it needs to be told to use D: - it'll default to c:

[tikay]

Thanks for that Kin, but I only have about 5GB of pics/docks so it won't help a great deal.

What I really want to know is why the drive is partitioned if the computer can only use half of it.

Can I put programmes into the "D" drive and if I do, will they still run as normal?


PS- Take no notice of Ding, she's a girl. (Good for making tea and other stuff)

Every time you install new stuff on your computer, you can manually change the C: to a D:, which will put it on D:

I wouldn't start moving program folders about willy nilly - Windows won't know it's moved and will get all stroppy when it can't find things.

The computer can use both drives, it's just it needs to be told to use D: - it'll default to c:

Why does it have two Drives?

[cia260895]

Thanks for that Kin, but I only have about 5GB of pics/docks so it won't help a great deal.

What I really want to know is why the drive is partitioned if the computer can only use half of it.

Can I put programmes into the "D" drive and if I do, will they still run as normal?


PS- Take no notice of Ding, she's a girl. (Good for making tea and other stuff)

Every time you install new stuff on your computer, you can manually change the C: to a D:, which will put it on D:

I wouldn't start moving program folders about willy nilly - Windows won't know it's moved and will get all stroppy when it can't find things.

The computer can use both drives, it's just it needs to be told to use D: - it'll default to c:

Why does it have two Drives?

male / female

ying and yang

[tikay]

Thanks for that Kin, but I only have about 5GB of pics/docks so it won't help a great deal.

What I really want to know is why the drive is partitioned if the computer can only use half of it.

Can I put programmes into the "D" drive and if I do, will they still run as normal?


PS- Take no notice of Ding, she's a girl. (Good for making tea and other stuff)

Every time you install new stuff on your computer, you can manually change the C: to a D:, which will put it on D:

I wouldn't start moving program folders about willy nilly - Windows won't know it's moved and will get all stroppy when it can't find things.

The computer can use both drives, it's just it needs to be told to use D: - it'll default to c:

Why does it have two Drives?

male / female

ying and yang

But one does all the work?

[Laxie]

Always

[cia260895]

Thanks for that Kin, but I only have about 5GB of pics/docks so it won't help a great deal.

What I really want to know is why the drive is partitioned if the computer can only use half of it.

Can I put programmes into the "D" drive and if I do, will they still run as normal?


PS- Take no notice of Ding, she's a girl. (Good for making tea and other stuff)

Every time you install new stuff on your computer, you can manually change the C: to a D:, which will put it on D:

I wouldn't start moving program folders about willy nilly - Windows won't know it's moved and will get all stroppy when it can't find things.

The computer can use both drives, it's just it needs to be told to use D: - it'll default to c:

Why does it have two Drives?

male / female

ying and yang

But one does all the work?

must be female then

one is master,one is slave