Multiple Disk Drives

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I installed a second hard drive on my system. Does XP automatically
allocate/access files to/from this drive? Or, do I need to specifically
select this drive when installing new applications/files?
 
artfam said:
I installed a second hard drive on my system. Does XP automatically
allocate/access files to/from this drive?
No.

Or, do I need to specifically select this drive when installing new
applications/files?

Yes.

To elaborate, the new hard drive is just storage. You have to decide
what goes there. When you are installing programs, you will normally be
given a choice to do a custom install wherein you can choose where to
install the program files. This is where you'd choose the second hard
drive.

Malke
 
Thanks. Will XP automatically use the extra space to store files, etc. if it
runs out of space on the C Drive?
 
artfam said:
Thanks. Will XP automatically use the extra space to store files,
etc. if it runs out of space on the C Drive?

No. If your C:\ drive is too small, either uninstall some programs and
reinstall them onto the new drive or replace the too-small C:\ drive
with a bigger one. You can also move your My Documents to the big
drive.

Malke
 
As Malke said you need to specify that. Just to add to make things
consistent and easy I would use a program files folder on the new drive for
applications. The application will almost always specify the program folder
drive on the system drive and you just have to change the drive letter in
the path indicated. You can also use a program like CCLeaner to clean junk
files off of your system drive and you may be surprised how much there is
but be sure to check the options for it first so it will not remove recently
typed URLs if that is important to you. I also suggest that you check the
size of your temporary files allocation for Internet Explorer. I have found
that 30MB seems to work fine. You may also want to check the size of your
user profile under documents and settings\username. You may find that you
have a lot of media files stored there that you can move to the other drive.
Be sure to backup your important files to cd/DVD.

Steve

http://www.ccleaner.com/ --- CCleaner
 
I think there might be some misunderstanding here as to t he nature of the
question.

Does the new drive appear as a letter in Explorer? If not, it requires
partitioning and formatting.

You can do this using the Disk Administrator. (Run Diskmgmt.msc) -or under
control panel, open administrative tools.. computer management.
 
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