Newbie question about partion and accessing it

[alex718]

I would like to partition my hard drive to three separe partitions. First c drive: 5gb (operating system).
Second d drive: 30gb (videos)
Third e drive: 30gb (music)

I formatted and partioned my c drive to 5gb. I did not partion the other two in the setup screen. I waited until it finished formatting the c drive and I went disk managment to create the other two primary partions. Now here is the problem, I boot up in the c drive where all my system files are located. When I try to download a song or a video it says I "low disk space". I also tried installing the latest service pack for my os and I get the same message low disk space. How can I make it so that all downloads will be defaulted to either the d or f drive. How about windows updates how can I change the default from c to d or e? Thanks.

 

[linney]

See if something like these can get your downloads away from your rather smallish C: drive?

Not Prompted to Specify Download Folder for File (Q177976)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q177/9/76.asp

Cannot Specify Default Download Folder in Internet Explorer (Q159859)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q159/8/59.asp

These are general space saver links.

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If you decide to make C: drive larger without re-installing XP you will have to look at programs that Resize Partitions.

BootIt NG

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/prodgrid.html

"Resize partitions - Can both shrink and expand FAT/FAT32 and NTFS partitions. Can also easily resize extended partitions from either end."

Things like moving Shell folders and the Pagefile can be looked at.

How to Move Shell Folders (and contents)

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm

HOW TO: Move the Paging File in Windows XP(Q307886)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q307/8/86.asp

How to Move the Windows Default Paging File and Print Spooler to a Different Hard Disk(Q314105)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q314/1/05.asp

You might even consider purchasing an extra hard drive, 65GB is itself rather small by todays standards where 200GB size is common.

As for Windows Updates, you can have them automatically downloaded and installed and not bother to save a copy on disk, or if you manually download them, save them on another partition.

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