Anml_341
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I have an Acer Laptop computer that seems to be storing all my files on the C drive but I noticed that the D drive is almost empty. C drive is at 94% capacity while D drive is a 1% capacity. Any suggestion as to how I can make use of the D drive space. For example could I move all my pictures over to the D drive? and how would my computer know where to find the pictures? Sorry, but a lot of computer stuff I just do not understand... any help would be appreciated and thank you for all suggestions. Replies in simple English would be appreciated...
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I'm working now on an older Acer with the same drives, and yes you can store data on the D Drive. I would leave the Acer data files/folders intact on this drive though, might be used for a recovery of your system in some way.
Acer has done this kind of drive partitioning on their notebooks for years.
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Any time you add a file you should be able to designate where it's being stored. When you load a file or SAVE a file just designate the D drive and create a folder for documents or files/programs etc.
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Mike Stanbro
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I would check to see how much space is available on the D drive. A laptop usually only has one physical hard disk. The D drive is likely a small "partition" on that disk. A partition is just a portion of the total disk space that is allocated to create a "drive". Many manufactures partition the hard disk into two drives (C, D). The D drive is usually relatively small as it is where they store the files necessary to restore your laptop to an as-new configuration in the event of a disaster.
Assuming that you are using Windows, double-click on My Computer (Windows XP) or Computer (Windows Vista). Then right-click on the D-Drive icon and select "Properties". That will bring up a window that reports the total amount of storage and the free space for that drive. You are going to need hundreds of megabytes to store pictures.
If there is sufficient space, you can move your pictures to that drive. You will then have to configure the application programs that work with pictures to know where to find them. That is usually done in the "preferences" or "tools" menu within the application.
Double-clicking on a picture will bring up the application that is "associated" with picture files no matter where the picture is stored.
Don't attempt to move programs or directories containing programs. Only move data such a pictures, music, documents, etc.
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Mike Stanbro wrote:I would check to see how much space is available on the D drive. A laptop usually only has one physical hard disk. The D drive is likely a small "partition" on that disk. A partition is just a portion of the total disk space that is allocated to create a "drive". Many manufactures partition the hard disk into two drives (C, D). The D drive is usually relatively small as it is where they store the files necessary to restore your laptop to an as-new configuration in the event of a disaster.
Assuming that you are using Windows, double-click on My Computer (Windows XP) or Computer (Windows Vista). Then right-click on the D-Drive icon and select "Properties". That will bring up a window that reports the total amount of storage and the free space for that drive. You are going to need hundreds of megabytes to store pictures.
If there is sufficient space, you can move your pictures to that drive. You will then have to configure the application programs that work with pictures to know where to find them. That is usually done in the "preferences" or "tools" menu within the application.
Double-clicking on a picture will bring up the application that is "associated" with picture files no matter where the picture is stored.
Don't attempt to move programs or directories containing programs. Only move data such a pictures, music, documents, etc.
Quote:If there is sufficient space, you can move your pictures to that drive.
And how would you do that using Windows XP? I believe that this is what the poster was asking help for, and how to do it - in plain English for noobies.
I have the same problem on my Sony Vio, and would like the info for myself.
Thanks.
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Windows Explorer is the normal method for copying or moving a file or folder from one location to another, either in the same drive letter or to a different drive letter.
There are utilities around that will allow you to make the D: drive smaller and the C: drive larger. I use Partition Magic, but there are others.
I would not recommend messing with the partition boundaries for a novice user.
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As far as moving them, just open a window for the folder just above the picture folder. Open a window for D:\, then select the picture directory and drag/drop it into D:
Windows will make a new folder on D: and move everything over, then delete them from C:
If you are using a specific program (like a camera program) to put the pictures on your computer, the program should let you change the default folder/directory.
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PopBeavers wrote:Windows Explorer is the normal method for copying or moving a file or folder from one location to another, either in the same drive letter or to a different drive letter.
There are utilities around that will allow you to make the D: drive smaller and the C: drive larger. I use Partition Magic, but there are others.
I would not recommend messing with the partition boundaries for a novice user.
Thank you for your response. Could you give me something like: Open X, then click on this, and do that....etc.
Telling me "Windows Explorer is the normal method for copying or moving a file or folder from one location to another, either in the same drive letter or to a different drive letter." does not help me.
Thanks in advance!
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sonora
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david_42 wrote:As far as moving them, just open a window for the folder just above the picture folder. Open a window for D:\, then select the picture directory and drag/drop it into D:
Windows will make a new folder on D: and move everything over, then delete them from C:
If you are using a specific program (like a camera program) to put the pictures on your computer, the program should let you change the default folder/directory.
Thanks David, this is getting closer to the baby steps I need. How do I open a window for D ?
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david_42
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Look for "mycomputer" on the desktop or the menu tree. Open it & you'll see D:
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