- Low Disk? I have a 160 GB Hard Drive, what is going on!!!
- Posted by Louie on March 15th, 2006
Can anyone tell me why Windows XP divides the main hard drive in two
partitions, and partition C is assigned only 13GB to it, but the D partition
has over 140 GB and almost empty, therfore C drive is nearly FULL, I have
been installing programs in drive C because by difault it automatic installs
there. Please help me to correct this stupidity by windows XP. I already
bought a 300 GB intern Hard Drive thinking that I have used up the original
160GB, I was going to install it to make it a master drive,should I use the
new hard drive as a master and forget about the C drive? or do something to
gain back the 140GB in the partition D.
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Thanks,
- Posted by Mike Williams on March 15th, 2006
Louie wrote:
WIndows XP doesn't do it. Whoever partitioned your drive made a
conscious decision to do so. If you want to repartition your drive
without removing what you have then you'll have to purchase software
like Partition Magic.
- Posted by Marko Jotic on March 15th, 2006
no, not to add space
in the management console he can remove the empty drive then assign the
space to C: (you need PM to Reduce the size of a drive
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- Posted by Brian McMullen on March 15th, 2006
This is hilarious!
WindowsXP is stupid but he buys a new 300GB drive without checking to see
whats taking up all the space?
You should return the new drive and go buy a clue........
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- Posted by Ken Blake, MVP on March 15th, 2006
Louie wrote:
It doesn't. Windows XP provides you the ability to partition the drive any
way you want it--with one or many partitions and to whatever sizes you want
(that fit into the drive)
The way the drive is partitioned was the choice of whover set up the
computer in the first place. Some people prefer a setup like the one you
describe; others don;t.
You certainly shouldn't forget about the drive you have. That would be
extremely wasteful. If you bought a new drive when you didn't need one, you
wasted your money. I'd return it if possible, or if not, think about selling
it.
You can either learn how to use drive D: or repartition the drive
(repartitioning without destroying what's already there requires a third
party program such as Partition Magic or Boot-It Next Generation).
Come to think of it, this all sounds familiar. Didn't I answer this question
a day or two ago?
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