topic Re: hard drive in PCs & Accessories

hard drive

timdude12 — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:40:26 GMT

Hello everyone,
i have a FS195XP and it has a C drive and D drive for hard disks.
But it only uses the 10GB C drive. How do i change it so it uses the D drive.
thanks in advance

Re: hard drive

itbroker — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:45:44 GMT

You can use the Recovery Disk and get a New Partition.

Re: hard drive

timdude12 — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:47:43 GMT

Ok, ill try that. thanks a lot.

Re: hard drive

rich912 — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:09:41 GMT

Can you clarify whether you are wanting an additional partition or just looking to store files on the D drive:smileyconfused:

Re: hard drive

kee-lo_ — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:29:26 GMT

Yep need more info

Re: hard drive

seb21__ — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:33:44 GMT

Maybe he want install Windows on drive 😧 ? But for this, he need a Windows CD.

Re: hard drive

timdude12 — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:37:05 GMT

Can you clarify whether you are wanting an additional partition or just looking to store files on the D drive:smileyconfused:

oh yeah sorry, just looking to store files on the D drive.
thanks

Re: hard drive

seb21__ — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:52:23 GMT

And where is the problem?

Re: hard drive

timdude12 — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:55:15 GMT

the C drive keeps filling up and it says it will only run well with 200MB left so i have to keep on deleting files.

Re: hard drive

kee-lo_ — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:20:55 GMT

Just move all your files to 😧

Re: hard drive

timdude12 — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:14:50 GMT

ok, thanks everyone.

Re: hard drive

seb21__ — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:18:13 GMT

äh, for what:smileyraised_eyebrow:

Re: hard drive

rich912 — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:29:51 GMT

Most programmes have an option to `save as¿, or a default location to save files. Create a folder for each application on the D drive, e.g. `word documents¿, and then save them to this location.
You can also install programmes to run from the D drive if you so wish.
Also, if you are happy that your computer is working correctly delete all but the most recent restore point (Windows System Restore). This will free up a lot of space on the C drive. There is also an option to configure the amount of space that is allocated for restore points ¿ Start > All Programmes > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore > System Restore Settings > System Restore > Drive settings ¿ Settings. Reduce this to say 5%, or no more than 500MB. This will of course limit your ability to roll back more than approx. four set points but will save space on the C drive.

Re: hard drive

kully — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:36:00 GMT

Can I suggest you right click on the My Documents Link and Select properties. There, you can change the location of your documents to the 😧 drive. It will ask if you want to move your documents to the new location. Select yes.

I have created a folder on the d: drive for each user and moved the my documents area for each user to this area.

Re: hard drive

rich912 — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:49:53 GMT

Good suggestion Kully, and btw welcome to Club Vaio:smileyhappy:

Re: hard drive

seb21__ — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:52:06 GMT

Jep, I agree with Rich. Welcome:smileyhappy:

Re: hard drive

Jay1 — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:52:40 GMT

Can I suggest you right click on the My Documents Link and Select properties.  There, you can change the location of your documents to the 😧 drive.  It will ask if you want to move your documents to the new location.  Select yes.

I have created a folder on the d: drive for each user and moved the my documents area for each user to this area.

that is a great i idea, always wented to know how to do that

Re: hard drive

kee-lo_ — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:41:45 GMT

It's the best way to do it, specially with VAIOs partitioning.

Re: hard drive

timdude12 — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:46:29 GMT

thank you for all your help everyone!
my problem has been sorted.
thanks

Re: hard drive

stevep-4 — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:01:26 GMT

AT least when you save everything onto the D drive, your files are reasonably safe in case you need to do a basic recovery.

Personally, I keep the C drive for Windows XP, and any program I have the CD at hand for. All personal files, downloads (such as anti virus software updates) I keep on the D drive.

The D drive itself I set up in a number of folders (e.g. steve001, steve002 etc) and keep these all to around 600mb. Then I burn a few CDs from time to time as a back up.

It is also worth finding the location of your e-mail folder (e.g. Outlook). If you save this folder (something like outlook.pst) from time to time, you can back up your e-mails

Anyone know where the address book is saved??