KenB Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 My Acer laptop came with Windows XP installed. It boasts a 60GB hard drive.In My Computer, under "Hard Disk Drives," it shows that ACER (C:) has a total size of 26.3GB, with 1.68GB of free space. ACERDATA (D:) has a total size of 26.5GB and 26.5GB of free space. So Drive D is virtually unused.I've been told that Windows will act up in unspecified ways if Drive C goes beyond 90% full. I'm already at 94%. Apparently the computer is not going to automatically put anything into Drive D.It would seem reasonable to shift some files, especially my data files, to Drive D, but I haven't been able to move My Documents over there. When I tried that, only a shortcut arrived.I hope you can tell me what I should do about it, and maybe tell me why two drives show when I only have one hard drive in the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 You won't be able to move the folder "My documents" to the other drive but you should be able to move the contents there. Create a new folder, call it "My new documents" (or something convenient) and move some of the files from one to the other.You can do similarly with other folders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Also in future when you save files do so to the folders that you create on the D drive drive using the 'save as option'. You'll soon get used to it. Welcome to the forum, by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 You won't be able to move the folder "My documents" to the other drive but you should be able to move the contents there.You can move the My Documents folder.Just right click the My Documents folder, on the start menu or the desktop, and click the Move button. You can then move it to any location you would like, including a different Partition or Physical Drive. You may want to make a new My Documents folder prior to the move, so you can find it easily.After you do this, when you save to My Documents in ANY program, it will automatically go to the location you have chosen. Also, all of your current files will be moved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenB Posted March 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Thanks to the three who have replied so far. The suggestions of pops and doug appear to work. I still don't know why my computer was set up with a D drive.Scarecrow Man's suggestion looked ideal, but when I tried it, I found that right clicking My Documents did not give me a "move" option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I have never been able to move the My documents folder which is why I made the suggestion I did. In any case, it would be better to leave the My documents as, and where, it is then transferring files from there when necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 If I right click the blue bar I get a move option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 You can of course use copy/paste, but I find drag and drop is by far the simplest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Unfortunately that isn't one of the places suggested by SM. Even if it is possible to move the folder, as it is one of the fundamental parts of the Windows system, I consider it is best left where it is and its contents moved rather than the folder itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I have never been able to move the My documents folder which is why I made the suggestion I did. In any case, it would be better to leave the My documents as, and where, it is then transferring files from there when necessary.I do it to save myself some backup time, since I store a lot of files in the My Documents folder. I back them up to a different physical drive, and then to an external drive.How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents FolderIf I right click the blue bar I get a move option.That is not quite the same. That will move the window itself, but not the location. See my reply below.Thanks to the three who have replied so far. The suggestions of pops and doug appear to work. I still don't know why my computer was set up with a D drive.Scarecrow Man's suggestion looked ideal, but when I tried it, I found that right clicking My Documents did not give me a "move" option.Sorry. I did not specify, you must right click > properties. Then you will see a move button.How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 My present Sony desktop computer came with both C & D drives.I followed the same procedure suggested by Scarecrow man and everything moved successfully. Now whatever I do, My Documents always presents associated with the D drive.... Just like magic! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenB Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Many thanks to all who responded. This has turned out to be an excellent resource!In the end, Scarecrow Man's solution worked for me as it did, apparently, for Irene. My computer heaved a sigh of relief. Now I wonder whether I should defrag or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Run CCleaner, then defrag. Read the Help & Support information before you run CCleaner the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiem Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 While on the subject on hard drives. I was curious to know if you could merge two hard drives together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 While on the subject on hard drives. I was curious to know if you could merge two hard drives together.You can merge two partitions on one hard drive - but I do not believe you can merge two hard drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiem Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 That is what I meant. Is there any way to do it with out losing any data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Partition magic, this I know works but it cost money, I think some of the members might have some free ones if you look in later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Many thanks to all who responded. This has turned out to be an excellent resource! In the end, Scarecrow Man's solution worked for me as it did, apparently, for Irene. My computer heaved a sigh of relief. Now I wonder whether I should defrag or something.This forum has been one of the best things I have joined in eons, and I have a few of those under my belt now!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Blaze Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 You can merge two partitions on one hard drive - but I do not believe you can merge two hard drives.you CAN logically merge two or more hard drives... this is called RAID... it is usually used in a Server that need a lot of disk space, like a database server or web server... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Many thanks to all who responded. This has turned out to be an excellent resource! In the end, Scarecrow Man's solution worked for me as it did, apparently, for Irene. My computer heaved a sigh of relief. Now I wonder whether I should defrag or something.This forum has been one of the best things I have joined in eons, and I have a few of those under my belt now!! :DSo thats what the big lump is then. :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brain Ache Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Defrag will free up space, but what about using something like Partition Magic to adjust the size of your C: and D: volumes or save all your files to D: (You should be able to modify regsitry to direct files that are saved in My Documents to be stored on D). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Many thanks to all who responded. This has turned out to be an excellent resource! In the end, Scarecrow Man's solution worked for me as it did, apparently, for Irene. My computer heaved a sigh of relief. Now I wonder whether I should defrag or something.This forum has been one of the best things I have joined in eons, and I have a few of those under my belt now!! So thats what the big lump is then. Well it's certainly not a baby!! :0 The big lump is contented retiredment. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiem Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Partition magic worked wonders.cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Defrag will free up space ...Defrag does not free up space - in the sense that not more free space will be available after the defrag. Defrag will merely put file fragments together, so files can be read quicker.CCleaner is a tool that can free up a lot of space, especially for first-time users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbo Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 (You should be able to modify regsitry to direct files that are saved in My Documents to be stored on D).You don't need to touch the registry if you move "My Documents" the Scarecrow way. Windows will take care of that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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