partition hard drive

[lowknowledge]

I have a sony vaio desktop computer.


I have two drives on my computer, or one drive with two partitions.

I have 15 gig on drive c and 45 gig on drive d. My c drive is almost full and i do not think it should be. How can i move some of my d drive to the c drive. I am not real computer literate. I really need the space. Most of drive d
is free. please tell me where i can go to get more space on drive c. A web site or software or where i can get help for this problem.

thanks,
Bowmar

 

[pmonett]

It may be a good idea to move the My Documents folder (supposing you have Windows). 15Gb is generally quite enough for a Windows system and its programs, it is the data that is hogging the space.
Simply open the Windows Explorer and click and drag the My Documents folder from C to D. After confirmation, you should find your data on D and, hopefully, all of your applications will go there also.
It would be a good idea to check if your usual applications (Office) have recorded the change (check the Options in the menu).

Pascal.

 

[SYAR2003]

You could also move your temporary internet files folder.
This will also keep c: less fragmented .

In windows-xp:
:My Documents:
Make a new folder on d: called "My Documents" .
Right click on the my documents icon on windows desktop
Choose properties - and select move
Direct it to your new d:\My documents .
:Temp internet files:
Make a new folder on d: called e.g d:\inet-temp
Close existing IE windows.
Right click on the IE icon on windows desktop
Choose properties -
On the general tab click settings in the
"temporary internet files" ares
select move
Direct it to your new d:\inet-files


There is also the "Partition Magic 8" software
and other partition managers .
Theese can resize partitions .
Your d: can be shrinked so there is free space in front of it ,and after c:
Then c: can be expanded to use the new free space.


Example of partition resizing:
Free 10GB from beginning of D:
Expand C: with this 10GB


| 15GB (C | 45GB (D |
<------------------> <------------------------------->


| 15GB (C | free | 35GB (D |
<------------------> ....... <------------------------>


| 25GB (C | 35GB (D |
<---------------------------> <----------------------->



SYAR