PhilR Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 My laptop has an 80Gb hard drive and it has been partitioned. The C drive contains the operating system and the D drive all my files. The C drive is almost full, just 5Gb left and I've got just under 13Gb on the D drive. I would be obliged if someone can help me, in very simple language, to transfer some of the available space from the D to C drive. I'm using Windows XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 It can be done, but to be honest you would be better off with a higher capacity drive, they are peanuts these days. Or get deleting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 As above, but if you MUST move them for the time being, click the start button, all programs, accessories, windows explorer. When this opens, click on computer in the left hand pane, then C:.This will show you all the files in C: Click the ones you want to move then drag them to D: (also in the left hand column) Word of note: Your D: drive might contain files for system recovery. If it is a recovery partition, best leave it alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Hi Phil I'm not going to add to the different ways you can manipulate the storage on you computer, as this will only add to confusion. What I will advise though mate is that, looking at the capacity of 80GB, I will hesitate a guess that your laptop is some 5+ years old. Being you have used over 60gb of storage again I will guess this is mainly taken up with photos and possibly videos, music, personal files etc. You want to be looking at backing all this data up somewhere separate to your main PC. God forbid your hard drive fails ( though there are various recovery methods possible that can sometimes work) you could end up losing all your personal data. Invest in an external hard drive and move all your personal data over, they aren't very expensive but worth their weight in gold. I prefer to copy to an external hard drive rather than move, this way I always have two sets of my data just in case, one on my PC and a full copy on the external hard drive; In your case since your laptop has a small hard drive, you may want to move some and copy some across. If you want to discuss any of the above, give me a shout. Cos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) Hi Phil, As above, either chuck a bigger drive in there. Or, dump to external. However, it would be best to do both as then you have a duplicate. If you are really not that bothered about backup/resilience, bring it next time you're at Wobbly and i'll increase the partition size for you. It will only take a few minutes. I may even have a bigger drive floating around depending on if it's SATA or IDE. Edited October 22, 2012 by huffhuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Hi Phil I'm not going to add to the different ways you can manipulate the storage on you computer, as this will only add to confusion. What I will advise though mate is that, looking at the capacity of 80GB, I will hesitate a guess that your laptop is some 5+ years old. Being you have used over 60gb of storage again I will guess this is mainly taken up with photos and possibly videos, music, personal files etc. You want to be looking at backing all this data up somewhere separate to your main PC. God forbid your hard drive fails ( though there are various recovery methods possible that can sometimes work) you could end up losing all your personal data. Invest in an external hard drive and move all your personal data over, they aren't very expensive but worth their weight in gold. I prefer to copy to an external hard drive rather than move, this way I always have two sets of my data just in case, one on my PC and a full copy on the external hard drive; In your case since your laptop has a small hard drive, you may want to move some and copy some across. If you want to discuss any of the above, give me a shout. Cos Agreed .... Click Free ....Are very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 buffalo external usb hdd are very good with excellent write ups, just visit amazon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 external drive mikky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted October 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi Guys, Thank you for your assistance. I've already got a 150Gb iomega external drive that I back up to, when I remember! I like the idea of a bigger hard drive in the computer, I've already upgraded the memory from 512Mb to 2k. The computer walks at snails pace despite me having a good clear out of junk, and defragging both drives (took all day yesterday). The D drive BTW is purely for my application data not a recovery drive. There's two product numbers on it VGN-FS415B shows on the label by the keyboard and below the screen, and on a label on the underside it's a PCG-7G1M. I don't know whether the drive is SATA, PATA or IDE, or what capacity to go for, is the biggest best? I'd certainly like it to zip along faster than it does now. BTW Cos you're spot on it was bought in March 2006. Cheers, Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 It's an 2.5" IDE drive in the FS series, easy enough to change. If you do want to repartition - it can be done simply using a Partition manager software like http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted October 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 It's an 2.5" IDE drive in the FS series, easy enough to change. If you do want to repartition - it can be done simply using a Partition manager software like http://www.partition...om/personal.htm Thanks for the info Nick. I'll have a look and see what's on offer on t'internet for larger drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 unfortunately because it's an old IDE, you're fairly limited - 160gb being about as big as they get. actually i've found a 250gb... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-MDT-250GB-IDE-ATA-PATA-2-5-LAPTOP-HARD-DRIVE-HDD-/221135593866?pt=UK_Computing_HardDrives_RL&hash=item337cb5618a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 buy a new laptop, move the stuff over all flog old laptop, all your problems solved. That might seem flippant but frankly it always ends up cheaper and easier than trying to flog a dead horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted October 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 unfortunately because it's an old IDE, you're fairly limited - 160gb being about as big as they get. actually i've found a 250gb... http://www.ebay.co.u...=item337cb5618a I forgot I'd got Belarc on the computer and I've just run it and the hard drive is a Toshiba MK8025GAS I've googled that and it seems that it's an ATA-6 interface so is that the same as IDE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 no it's still an IDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted October 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 buy a new laptop, move the stuff over all flog old laptop, all your problems solved. That might seem flippant but frankly it always ends up cheaper and easier than trying to flog a dead horse. You may well be right but I've got two cars queueing up for expensive repairs and I don't have the spare cash for another laptop. What I have got is spare time and if a larger hard drive will cure my problem with a little time and effort on my part then that's the route I'll take. no it's still an IDE Cheers Nick. I'll have a look at the ebay link now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 I've ordered a new Western Digital 160Gb ide hdd via Amazon for £80. The fun begins when it arrives , I think there'll be a few more grey hairs and the air will be blue for a few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 I use Acronis True Image for mirroring drives - it's cheap and works well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 I use Acronis True Image for mirroring drives - it's cheap and works well There is an excellent Youtube step by step video using Acronis software. The video also says you can get a 15 day free trial on Acronis full working software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfbee Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 If the OS partition is getting fuller you must have been saving stuff to it rather than using the d drive, find the excess on c and move it to d or external. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Thanks to everyone for their advice. I've now got a 160Gb hard drive up and running. Special thanks to Cos for talking me through the process of cloning the old one and installation of the new. Seems to be working fine now, touch wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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