Notebook (laptop) Hard drive question?

Question

Okay I have an Acer Aspire 5610, said to have a 120 g HD,
Now I am getting messages stating that my HD is full, when i check the free space in my computer, it shows two drives, (three actually but one is the dvd rw drive), it has a c: drive and a d: drive. each roughly 60 g's
now the c: drive is pretty full and the d: drive is just about empty, now why am i getting a message, when i show half my hd is empty? is there a way to switch between the two? i am confused, help me please?

Answer 1

In terms structure, its good to have what you're currently having i.e. 2 partitions ; C and D.

Based on what you mentioned, it seems that you might have dumped everything into C, be it installing your applications and also all your personal data. Thus C is now cramped.

Possible solutions:
1. Move all your personal data to D. If you already had them stored in folders in C, this step should be very easy. Its just a matter of relocating them to D. But please remember to remove your personal data only and not System Files. If that happens, you're risking the possibility that your Windows will not boot the next time your start your PC.
2. Run Disk Cleanup via Start-->Accessories-->System Tools. Windows will provide options that you can choose on what items you want to cleanup from C. A safe bet will be to clear the Internet Temporary files and the Recycle Bin
3. If you've done Step 1 and 2, its most likely that you'll see that your C should have some spare space.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Your computer may have a 120GB HD, but apparently it has been partitioned into 2 partitions (one physical drive, but two logical drives). Thus the drive C: and D:. Try saving all of you personal data (images, music, etc) to D:. C: drive is used just about by every application to install the app and save files created by the app. So running out of room on C: drive is very likely if it's a small partition. Your system doesn't care how much drive space is available on drive D:. It's not the system drive. C: drive has to have so much room for Windows to operate well. The warning is just telling you that there will be a problem that effects the OS if enough room is not there. You can try to uninstall apps from C: and reinstall onto drive D:. I hope this helped ya!

Answer 3

You need to move some files to the D drive to free up space. C is the primary drive, and when it is full you get the notice. I don't know why people do that because it is not necessary and causes the problem you have. We get to 60 GB in a hurry these days. Leave your OS intact on the C drive, and move files you don't use a lot, or movies and music.

Answer 4

you must have a compressed hdd. the "c" drive has all the regular data while the "d" drive has all the operating system. the "d" drive will not be accessible (if you mess with it, you could crash your computer) . try deleting old stuff and doing a defrag on the "c" drive. delete all the temp internet files and cookies (those eat up drive space like crazy)

Answer 5

You have to tell it where to save things. When you try to save a new file, make sure that you're directing it to the D: drive and you should be set. Alternatively, you could move things from C: to D: to free up space in C:.

Answer 6

Run a duplicate of Knoppix on it. because it runs from the CD it assist you to understand that each thing is okay different than for the not uncomplicated disk... which you will try with the aid of analyzing from and writing to three circumstances. besides from a CD to purpose, and to re-set up domicile windows, you will ought to go with your CD-ROM simply by fact the 1st boot decive out of your computer's BIOS.