Local Disc Hard Drives

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For years I've been using my Windows XP Professional. I see Hard C filling
up and notice that the computer also contains a Hard Drive D! How do I
utilize this space? Does it act like an additional "hard drive" area? It
seems like I have all this "extra" storage space but am not using it. What
about WORD files, Programs, Applications? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
 
Father Michael, you could either have two separate hard drives which
would be unlikely or more possibly one drive with
two partitions. You can copy or move files from the C: to D: You can
also have new software installed to the D: Just
choose the new path during the install. Most installs will always ask
where you want the install to reside. Word files are
fine to move but Apps and Programs should stay put. Unless you want to
uninstall them from the Add/Remove Programs
in Control Panel and then reinstall them to the D:
 
For years I've been using my Windows XP Professional. I see Hard C filling
up and notice that the computer also contains a Hard Drive D! How do I
utilize this space? Does it act like an additional "hard drive" area? It
seems like I have all this "extra" storage space but am not using it. What
about WORD files, Programs, Applications? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
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Before utilizing that partition, check your system documentation to see if
it houses files for the OEM's recovery program. If it does, you may want to
leave it alone.
 
Father Michael likely can tell if Drive D is actually a separate hard disk
by going to Start/My Computer/right clicking Drive D and left clicking
"Properties" on the subsequent menu. If two individual disk drives are
listed by manufacturer and model [I have two separate drives, the main boot
drive (C) was manufactured by Samsung and the other [used for storage and
backup] was manufacured by Western Digital. If D is just another partition,
ONLY one disk drive will be listed in Properties.
Gene K
 
Father Michael likely can tell if Drive D is actually a separate hard disk
by going to Start/My Computer/right clicking Drive D and left clicking
"Properties" on the subsequent menu. If two individual disk drives are
listed by manufacturer and model [I have two separate drives, the main boot
drive (C) was manufactured by Samsung and the other [used for storage and
backup] was manufacured by Western Digital. If D is just another partition,
ONLY one disk drive will be listed in Properties.
Gene K
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Good points, Gene, but it's hard to guess at a person's level of knowledge
from quick posts in these newsgroups. Many times we've all seen the terms
partition, volume and drive used inaccurately.

If Father Michael is technically savvy, fine - he can ignore my post. If
not, he's been cautioned about possibly wiping out what may be his only
means of recovery. I would rather post and be ignored than not post and
find out later that the system's been trashed and he can no longer recover.
 
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