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10-07-2005 9:51pm #1

i bought a new laptop , a sony vaio fs115e, 2 weeks ago and want to play half life 2,the specs are ok,it should play, ut i have no space on my c drive and the game wont install on the d drive, does anyone know a way to solve this or get around it? ive tried deleting files but cannot clear enough space!!

aidan_walsh · 10-07-2005 9:54pm

Get a disk partitioner program and merge your C and D partitions if you can. You will want to back up those files on D, and may need to check if Windows is keeping your user profile there (is the folder "Documents and Settings" in the D drive?

snappieT · 10-07-2005 10:05pm

Back up EVERYTHING. Playing with partitions is playing with fire.

Khannie · 11-07-2005 7:46am

You may want to check the Half Life forum too....I'm sure there's a way to install on your D drive.

jcoote · 11-07-2005 7:47am

why won't it nstall on the d drive

11-07-2005 5:54pm

idont know. when i try to install it to the d drive it refuses and says that it will not install to the root drive of an system!
its wreckin my head as i have far cry on the way in the post too and i know that that prob wont go to the d drive either!

11-07-2005 5:57pm

the c drive has only 1.5gb left out of 13.9gb while the d drive is almost empty with over 30gb left, thats why this is so annoying

Stephen · 11-07-2005 6:28pm

You have to give it a path, rather than just

\

Give it something like

\HL2

zuma · 11-07-2005 6:31pm

It should create its own folder directory once storage info has been given.

stevenmu · 12-07-2005 9:41am

I was definitely able to install it on something other than C, I can't remember exactly what way I went about it but I think it's something to do with the way Steam gets installed. Try uninstalling HL2 and Steam, create a folder on

for it,

\Steam or

\games\Steam or something like that then install Steam and HL2 to there.

egan007 · 12-07-2005 9:49am

Answer:
I'm going to assume you have windows xp as you have a new sony.

Just move all you have on the d drive to a folder on c
i.e c:/D_backup (assuming you have less then 1.3 gb on the d)
If you have more burn it onto a cd or dvd.
When you have a copy of the d drive

control panel > Administrative tools>Computer manager>Disk Manager
Delete the D partition
Resize the C partition(make it 15Gb bigger)
Create a new D partition - should be 15gb left over for this

Reboot
Copy c:/D_backup to your new d partition

Wallah you have 15Gb extra on your c drive......

12-07-2005 7:24pm

nice one lads, im cursing myself, i never gave the game a path in the d drive, played it last night, absolutely bloody brilliant game

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