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How to make 2 hard drives into 1?

  • 01-07-2007 12:19pm
    #1
    CuppaCocoa
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    When I bought my laptop I had it set up so that my partner could use it also but they now have their own laptop and no longer need it. I have an 80g hard drive which is split into Drive C and Drive D. Drive C is nearly full. How can I transfer the D drive into it? The only program on it is 'Sonic Stage' which came with the computer. Everything else is on the other drive.


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,296 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    use spacemonger to see what is using the space, you can move data files / downloads to D: - programs would have to be uninstalled and reinstalled on D:

    if you want to risk stuff you can resize the partitions, get an ubuntu boot disk and use gparted to shirk D: and then expand C: but best to backup your HDD first.


  • #3
    CuppaCocoa
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    Mother of God! Can I not just delete the 1 program on it and then delete the drive or will this lose the memory and I'll be left with 40g?


  • #4
    Daemonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭Daemonic


    Yep, the 40gb D drive will be unformatted space on the disk and essentially unusable. Simplest fix may be to just move some files to the D drive to free up space on the C drive.


  • #5
    CuppaCocoa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭CuppaCocoa


    Right. So what happens when the C drive gets full? Do the files automatically transfer over to D or will it just read 'full'?


  • #6
    Daemonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭Daemonic


    It will just read full. The OS sees the C drive as a 40gb drive as thats the partition size. If you really need the C drive to use all 80gb you'll need to resize the partition as Capt'n posted above.


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  • #7
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    I always partition my hard drive. I make the C: drive about 30-50gb and that is where all the program files etc are kept. The D: drive is for my own personal files. Right click on My Documents and select properties. Then change the target to "D:". This way is you need to do a reinstall you don't have to backup, just delete the C partiton, reinstall and you're done.

    Partition Magic is great for making, deleting and changing the size of Partitions


  • #8
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,919 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Just decide what stuff you want to keep on the C and what to keep on the D and move the files accordingly. Push photos, music, videos on to the D drive and you'll probably end up with loads of space on the C for whatever you normally use it for.


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