I have C and D drive on my computer. Most the things I download go to the C drive. It is getting very full, but the D drive is pretty empty. Is it okay to save things to the D drive as well. Such as pictures from my digital camera?
2007-08-29 15:55:12 · 11 answers · asked by sexymama06 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Yes, it is just another drive, just remember that you are putting things on there too. Or one day you will wonder where all those pictures of uncle Ben kissing a duck went.
2007-08-29 16:03:07 · answer #1 · answered by tech_guy_towt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If D: is your Recovery Partition, I would not suggest using it for anything else. That would be like using your auto registration in your glove compartment for a coffee cup coaster.
If you need storage badly, you have several other options, but they do cost some money:
1. You could get an external hard drive.
2. You could get a USB flash drive.
3. You could get a second internal hard drive.
Good luck.
2007-08-29 23:22:58 · answer #2 · answered by The Phlebob 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That depends. If your D drive is a partition on your hard drive that is for system recovery files, then it's probably not a good idea to start loading it up with files and stuff.
On the other hand, if your drive D is another hard drive without any backup files ... then use it as you wish.
My suggestion - look at what's on drive D first.
2007-08-29 23:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by Den B7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.
C:\ is the drive Windows uses to start up the computer and run programs, because some programs need to talk to the Operating system on C:\
D:\ is completely fine to hold anything you want. I personally use it hold and run a Linux OS. Holding pics and videos is the best use of it actually.
2007-08-29 23:03:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
D is prob your System Restore info, and on my Computer D has 100GB but is only using 80, Because this is system Restore i dont Think it will allow you to save things there, But If it were just pictures, and it let you, i wouldn't see anything wrong with it, Maybe look in to getting a external Hard drive to go with it.
2007-08-29 23:00:46 · answer #5 · answered by Matthew 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely.
I have always prefered to do it this way - two partitions, one for your system files/programs and one for your data, downloaded files, drivers, patches, photos, documents, backup,etc.
This really come in handy when your system gets corrupted or unstable and you need to reinstall your OS, reformat, etc.
You know that your important data is safely on D drive.
You can move the entire My Documents folder to D: if you want to.
Just go to Start, right-click on My Documents, Select Properties, at the Target tab, select Move, enter D:\ and click Apply.
If you need to revert, just click on Restore Default.
2007-08-29 23:19:29 · answer #6 · answered by BlurredMind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have been saving to D drive all along, this assumes your OS is on C.
This is a safty measure to insure the OS is not corrupted by anything bad you might download.
2007-08-29 23:04:58 · answer #7 · answered by DOUGLAS M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most d: drives in a computer are the cd - or the dvd player-burner -- if you have 2 hard drives and the second hard drive is named D: then yes you can save pics and stuff on it but if its a cd or dvd then its not a a hard drive
2007-08-29 23:04:21 · answer #8 · answered by Ted S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and if your c drive is over 75% full move all pictures and video to d drive then derangement c:
2007-08-29 23:24:22 · answer #9 · answered by topdn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah and if you ever reformat it just put windows on the c and everything else on the d then if you have to rerun windows you dont have mess up everything else
2007-08-29 23:00:32 · answer #10 · answered by fishshogun 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋