can i join these 2 drives into 1 if so how? thanx ps i have windows vista home premium
2007-05-10 08:09:35 · 7 answers · asked by jim c 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Most likely the D drive was partioned by AVER for a Full System Recovery.
meaning it uses the info on D to set you computer to the like new state as when you took it out of the box.
NOTE: Doing a System Recovery you will lose EVERYTHING you've put on your computer since the day you bought it. It is for a Last Resort
2007-05-10 08:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by mrresearchman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to make a single drive? It's usually better to have two separate drives - use the C drive for your Operating system and applications, use the D drive for your data files. This makes it much easier to backup the data files. You do backup, right?
If you really must have a single drive, you'll probably have to either jump through several hoops to do it, including wiping out the info on the drives. There are utilities you can buy to make this easier, and you may not have to lose any data. But still, sounds like doing a lot of work for no real good reason.
2007-05-10 15:42:47 · answer #2 · answered by Ruisert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. If the drives are = in size, then you may be able to join them by using your system recovery cd, fdisk, delete the 2nd partition, and resize the 1st to the size of the hd stated on the box the computer came in. This sounds complicated, but if it is the case, and you haven't installed anything new yet, call Acer tech support, and they will walk you through it. Expect an hour to accomplish. My Sony came like this, and their tech support had me single drive'd in 15 minutes.
2. If the d drive is just a small (5 or 6 GB) partition for recovery files, just let it be.
2007-05-10 15:23:17 · answer #3 · answered by JameyK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I have an Acer laptop too with c and d drives. Not sure why acer do this as my d drive is completely empty.
All you need to do is move some of your programme files to drive d. If you right clock on the drive you will see amount of free space ou have.
If you are struggling for drive space consider buying an external hard drive. We got a 250gb one that cost £70. We put all of our movies photos files etc on there including set up files for anti virus etc and only keep the basics on our laptops.
This means that about every 6 months we re-format to factory settings getting rid of all the crap that you pick up. Restoring files/folders isn't an issue as they are all on the external drive.
2007-05-10 18:45:14 · answer #4 · answered by martin m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check how much space you have on each drive.
Double click (if that is what you still do on vista) on the my computer icon and then right click on the c drive. Click on properties and you will see the amount of space that it has and the amount of space that it is using.
Repeat this for the d drive. If the d drive is more that the c drive then it is worth looking into reformatting the setup.
This type of setup is usual if you want to have the operating system on one drive and all of the installed programs on another.
If not then don't bother. It is not worth it as already answered.
2007-05-10 15:27:12 · answer #5 · answered by AnalProgrammer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If D drive is small 4-5 gigs, leave it alone, it's probably for recovery purposes and if it is, you definitely, if you have the option, which you obviously do, don't want to join the drives.
If your system crashes because you joined the drives, you're up the creek without a paddle OR a boat.
2007-05-10 15:30:48 · answer #6 · answered by TameBeast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your laptop as only one hard drive then it must be partitioned if will be for a reason( to keep restore data on ) if so its best to leave it alone. You can remove the partition by using fdisk and reformat or software like partition magic but if I was you I would leave it alone
2007-05-10 19:24:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋