Hard drive help

[Lithium]

OK, so, according to 'My Computer' in Windows, I have two hard drives on my Acer Aspire 5600 laptop - one called ACER (C:) and one called ACERDATA (D:).

The problem is, I've only got a little more than one GB (of 40 GB) left of the memory on ACER (C:), and I've got 30 GB (of 30,3 GB) left of the memory on ACERDATA (D:). And the question is, how do I like, move my future downloads to ACERDATA (D:), where there are a lot more memory left?

Sorry if this is a really stupid question with an obvious answer, but I really don't know all that much about computers, at least not the hardware part.

[santana]

What downloads are you talking about? It depends on what you're using to download. For exapmle, if you're downloading torrents, set your torrent client's properties to download to a folder on your D: drive.

To be honest though, your D: drive is most likely a recovery partition and I wouldn't recommend using it as data storage.

Your best bet would be to upgrade to a new hard drive, or get an external hard drive.

[Lithium]

Will do. Thanks!

[JDRM]

santana: you're right its more than likely a recovery partition.

They do the same thing with dell. No need to buy a new hard drive, just use a something like partition magic to resize the partitions on your laptop

[santana]

santana: you're right its more than likely a recovery partition.

They do the same thing with dell. No need to buy a new hard drive, just use a something like partition magic to resize the partitions on your laptop

Can partition magic resize a partition without formatting it?

I hate how they make the recovery partitions twice the necessary size.

[JDRM]

oh im not too sure about that.. hmm

might be better off picking up an internal/external (i recommend weston digital )

unless you post around some computer forums and find out a way

tech guy

[highvoltage]

Can partition magic resize a partition without formatting it?

Yes, it can which is pretty amazing - but obviously there are risks involved in doing that, so you really need to back things up before you try it.

[Max™]

santana: you're right its more than likely a recovery partition.

They do the same thing with dell. No need to buy a new hard drive, just use a something like partition magic to resize the partitions on your laptop

Can partition magic resize a partition without formatting it?

I hate how they make the recovery partitions twice the necessary size.

Partition Magic does not work with Vista if its a new laptop.

I use the GParted LiveCD, which is based off Linux to resize my partitions. You just boot from it and it does exactly the same thing a Partition Magic - and its 100% free!

http://gparted-livecd.tuxfamily.org/

[Dean-16]

ive got an acer laptop too ( i hate it)

i use the D drive as storage now, since my 250GB Western Digital HDD just stopped working, doesnt show up in MY COMPUTER anymore.

But i just bought my new computer yesterday.

Specs :

Its a HP Pavillion a6250uk.

Intel Quad 6600 Processor

3 GB RAM

NVidia 8400 GS graphics Card (1535 MB Graphics)

500GB HardDrive

Vista Home Premium

19 Inch Monitor.

Tis a nice Computer.

[highvoltage]

Its a HP Pavillion

Tis a nice Computer.

Those two statements just don't go together.

Those specs are OK, but i've sold HP computers at two seperate places and they're the most unreliable, overpriced poorly built pieces of shit ever. At the service center I did training at we'd have one in ten dead straight out of the box. Their tech support people are almost impossible to deal with too.

http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2006/5/16/02354/7418

http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/01/14/why-hp-sucks-so-much/

http://www.gaebler.com/HP-Sucks.htm

[Max™]

Its a HP Pavillion

Tis a nice Computer.

Those two statements just don't go together.

Those specs are OK, but i've sold HP computers at two seperate places and they're the most unreliable, overpriced poorly built pieces of shit ever. At the service center I did training at we'd have one in ten dead straight out of the box. Their tech support people are almost impossible to deal with too.

http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2006/5/16/02354/7418

http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/01/14/why-hp-sucks-so-much/

http://www.gaebler.com/HP-Sucks.htm

I think its hit or miss. Off-the-shelf PC's come with so much shit pre-installed, which I think is the worst thing personally. For example, Acer stuff (as talked about) insist you have all this eDataBackup and eHome and eBitch crap sitting on your desktop. I don't trust any PC's except the ones I build my own for my customers Of course, even if you buy a Ferarri it can still go wrong a couple weeks down the line...

[highvoltage]

Its a HP Pavillion

Tis a nice Computer.

Those two statements just don't go together.

Those specs are OK, but i've sold HP computers at two seperate places and they're the most unreliable, overpriced poorly built pieces of shit ever. At the service center I did training at we'd have one in ten dead straight out of the box. Their tech support people are almost impossible to deal with too.

http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2006/5/16/02354/7418

http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/01/14/why-hp-sucks-so-much/

http://www.gaebler.com/HP-Sucks.htm

I think its hit or miss. Off-the-shelf PC's come with so much shit pre-installed, which I think is the worst thing personally. For example, Acer stuff (as talked about) insist you have all this eDataBackup and eHome and eBitch crap sitting on your desktop. I don't trust any PC's except the ones I build my own for my customers Of course, even if you buy a Ferarri it can still go wrong a couple weeks down the line...

That's what impresses me about Dell's new Vostro line... solid off the shelf computer without 100's of pre-installed programs.

Asus are pretty much one of the only off-the-shelf PCs i'd ever buy - Toshibas aren't too bad either. But HP? The worst, easily. I meet guys from all the other home office/electrical stores on product showcase nights and they all have the same experiences with them that we do.

[TNTtrev]

H.P. = Evil