Re: Hard drive space ?
- From: John Smithe <JS@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:11:15 -0700
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My Sony came with the 120 gig hard drive partioned into 14 gig ( C
drive ) and 100 gig ( D drive ) . The C drive is filling up and I
can't figure out why but I am trying to move stuff to the D drive . Is
there an easy way to do this ? Thanks
Your hard drive is probably filling up with:
1. Programs you are installing.
2. Data you are collecting and or creating.
1. Programs typically (automatically) install to 'c:\Program Files\'.
Caution: The 'Prgogram Files' folder has special significance to Windows.
You must treat it properly to retain its special functionality and keep
windows and your programs configured properly.
For example I have a program called 'Steam'. Steam automatically
installs itself to 'C:\Program Files\Steam\'. As you can see, your C:
drive will fill up as you install more programs. A simple way around this
is to install your programs to the D: drive. Create a 'D:\Program Files
\" directory on your D: drive and install new programs there. (Actually,
you can call it anything you like.) Keep in mind that when you run a
program installer, you must select the install location manually while
the installer is running. Most installers allow the user to select the
install location. Also, you may have to select the 'custom' install
option to be able to select the install location.
Most programs cannot be copied from one location to another, so don't
expect to be able to simply copy programs from 'C:\Program Files' to 'D:
\Program Files'. When most programs install, they set/create many new
system settings in the registry and those registry settings will not be
adjusted when files are copied. To safely move prorams, you will need to
uninstall them and then re-install them to the d: drive. Don't forget to
backup any data you want to keep.
2. User data may be saved under the install directory of a program or
under a users 'My Documents' diretory. These two locations are the
typical places.
Caution: You may have data stored elsewhere.
For example, data associated with the aforementioned 'Steam' program
might be stored under 'C:\Program Files\Steam\' or it might be stored
under 'My Documents'. So as you accumulate new data, C: will fill. There
is a way to move your 'My Documents' folder to d:.
Caution: The 'My Documents' folders have special significance to Windows.
You must treat them properly to retain their functionality and keep
windows and your programs configured properly.
To move your 'My Documents' folder see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310147
I don't know of a way to move the 'Program Files' directory this way.
Finally, for the more adventurous, you can create a custom installer for
Windows which will place the 'Program files' and 'Documents and
Settings' folders wherever you like. {'My Documents' is a subdirectory of
'Documents and Settings'.) So, whenever you do a clean install, these
issues will be taken care of automatically.
For additional information,take a look at:
http://www.nliteos.com/
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/
This is what I have done. My 'Documents and Settings' and 'Program
Files' directories are automatically installed to my D: drive when I
install Windows. This way I can use a c: partition of 10GB and it never
fills up because nothing is ever added to the C: drive. It does grow a
liitle bu tit is a very tiny tiny amount.
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