using another hard or disk drive

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I have two hard drives on my pc [c: and d:]. my first hard drive [c:] is
full and when trying to install or download,it shows memory full.
how can i start using my other hard drive and the other as a slave.I am
using windows xp
 
Daniel said:
I have two hard drives on my pc [c: and d:]. my first hard drive [c:] is
full and when trying to install or download,it shows memory full.
how can i start using my other hard drive and the other as a slave.I am
using windows xp
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The drives will have to be set up that way. The drive that is your C: drive
will be the master and the other will be the slave drive. Jumpers on the
appropriate drive will need to be changed. Consult the maker of your hard
drive(s) for details.
 
If I understand you correctly; You have a C and D drive allready installed
and functioning.
That being the case Win, by default installs Apps and downloads to the C
drive its up to you to select a different location for downloads or if
installing use custom install to install somewhere else.

Try diskcleanup, Start>Programs>Accesseries>Diskcleanup
If you have insufficient space on C it may not run, so;
Internet Options, Delete temp files and cookies, in Settings set temp files
to 50mb
On your Desktop, right click My Documents>Properties>Move select D drive.
Reboot, then retry DiskCleanup
 
Daniel said:
I have two hard drives on my pc [c: and d:]. my first hard drive [c:] is
full and when trying to install or download,it shows memory full.
how can i start using my other hard drive and the other as a slave.I am
using windows xp
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You need to learn how to use your computer, how to control which drive
applications are installed on, and how to specify where they save
their data files.

It is really very simple, once you understand the basic concept. Think
of your two hard drives as two different drawers in the same filing
cabinet. And all you are doing is deciding to use the second drawer
(drive D:) rather than the first one (drive C:).

For example when you install a new application there are a number of
screens for which most people just tend to click on "Next" instead of
actually reading and trying to comprehend the contents of that screen
and the implications of just clicking on "Next" or "OK". One of
those screens will usually say that "New application will be installed
to folder C:\Program Files\New Application and if you click on Next
that is where the files will go, onto drive C:. However if you take
a second or two and change the first C to a D so it now reads
D:\Programs Files\New Application then it will now be installed to
that location, using drive D: instead of drive C:. And all of the
registry entries and shortcuts created for the New Application will be
created using drive D: as the location so it will be completely
transparent to you when you use the application. There will be no
difference in terms of how you launch or use the application than if
it were installed onto drive C: where it originally wanted to go.

But please understand that this change must be made at the start of
the install process. Once an application is installed you cannot just
simply move the files to drive D: and change the shortcuts and expect
it to work. If you want to change the drive (or folder) location for
an installed application you will have to uninstall the application
first then reinstall it and tell the reinstall to use the different
drive/folder.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
In addition to what others are saying, do you in fact have two physical hard
drives or one physical drive partitioned into two logical drives (C: & D:)?
If the later is the case (to find out for sure, right click on My Computer
then left click on Manage, Disk management and look in the lower right area
of the window that opens for Disk 0. If you see two drives listed there on
the same line you have a partitioned single physical drive) you can use a
partition management tool (e.g. Partition Magic or the like) to resize the
D: drive smaller and put that space onto the C: drive.

Some computer manufacturers (Sony is one that routinely does this)
partitions their hard drive into two logical drives.


Ron Martell said:
Daniel said:
I have two hard drives on my pc [c: and d:]. my first hard drive [c:] is
full and when trying to install or download,it shows memory full.
how can i start using my other hard drive and the other as a slave.I
am
using windows xp
Click to expand...

You need to learn how to use your computer, how to control which drive
applications are installed on, and how to specify where they save
their data files.

It is really very simple, once you understand the basic concept. Think
of your two hard drives as two different drawers in the same filing
cabinet. And all you are doing is deciding to use the second drawer
(drive D:) rather than the first one (drive C:).

For example when you install a new application there are a number of
screens for which most people just tend to click on "Next" instead of
actually reading and trying to comprehend the contents of that screen
and the implications of just clicking on "Next" or "OK". One of
those screens will usually say that "New application will be installed
to folder C:\Program Files\New Application and if you click on Next
that is where the files will go, onto drive C:. However if you take
a second or two and change the first C to a D so it now reads
D:\Programs Files\New Application then it will now be installed to
that location, using drive D: instead of drive C:. And all of the
registry entries and shortcuts created for the New Application will be
created using drive D: as the location so it will be completely
transparent to you when you use the application. There will be no
difference in terms of how you launch or use the application than if
it were installed onto drive C: where it originally wanted to go.

But please understand that this change must be made at the start of
the install process. Once an application is installed you cannot just
simply move the files to drive D: and change the shortcuts and expect
it to work. If you want to change the drive (or folder) location for
an installed application you will have to uninstall the application
first then reinstall it and tell the reinstall to use the different
drive/folder.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
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