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Driver Organization

Updated 14. November 2008 - 21:34 by dmackinnon

Hi,

I have a EEE PC with 40 GB of storage. It it soild state with partitioned storage, and runs Window XP
Currently I have everything on my C drive which is (7.5 GB)
However, it is rapidly filing up (ie. I have 1.5 GB left) and I still want to load the new office and the adobe suite. (but obviously I wont have room)
The other D drive (30 GB) is completely empty.

What would be the best way of organizing this?
i realise data should be kept seperate from windows, (but that still does not leave enough room for applications)
I can't easily reload windows, what are my options?
Any suggestions would really help!

by Anonymous on 17. November 2008 - 4:24  (10587)

also move your documents and settings to the other drive

by tony on 15. November 2008 - 8:22  (10510)

I have had the same problem (with less GB's than yourself) and I have done exactly what Peter has said. The benefits of an external hard drive is something you don't fully appreciate until you have one. I paid only £60 (I suppose in use $ it about 97 U.S. dollars) for a 500BG Freecom and get one that you can turn off as many don't.

Tony
by peter on 15. November 2008 - 12:34  (10520)

It's all much cheaper in the US Tony; I'd guess you can get a good-quality 500 GB disk for less than 50 dollars.
by peter on 15. November 2008 - 5:57  (10507)

There are several things you can do, but the quickest and easiest solution is to install some applications on the D drive. (You shouldn't notice any difference) I'd also suggest putting your swap file on the D drive to free some space on C.

I appreciate this violates the "keep data and applications separate" idea, but it's a trade-off.
If you can afford it, I'd also recommend getting an external USB drive. Apart from giving you more storage space, you can then make complete system backups (imaging).

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