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i have just had new hard drive put in im not very good at computers yet mary

2007-09-13 22:43:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet Hardware Add-ons

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If you're installing a program then it should ask you where you want to install the files. Just change the location from c:\program files\xxx to e:\xxxx or e:\program files\xxx or whatever you want.

2007-09-13 22:47:16 · answer #1 · answered by CT 3 · 0 0

Your C: drive will be your BOOT drive and its not a good idea to allow this drive to fill up. Your operating system needs space on C: drive to write a swap file to and if there is no free space available you may encounter performance problems.
Its a good idea to have as much as 2 or 3 hundred Mbytes of space available on the BOOT drive.

I suggest you have a look at removing some programs from the BOOT drive to make space and re-install them on the E: drive.
When you install programs you will be told where the program is going to be installed (this nearly always defaults to C: drive) - click on browse to set the installation path to E: drive

Read every window carefully because even though you have set E: drive at one stage the program may still attempt to install other components to C: drive.

Hope this helps

2007-09-14 00:16:55 · answer #2 · answered by stephen b 2 · 0 0

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2016-11-15 05:00:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Once you have installed the programs, you cant just move them to the E: drive, you willl need to uninstall them and reinstall but choosing E: as the new install destination.

Better solution would be to have a much bigger drive and then use something like Ghost or Acronis to clone the old small drive to the new bigger one.

2007-09-13 22:46:45 · answer #4 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 1 0

When the program install asks you "where do you want place the program" it automatically chooses somewhere on your C: drive like...

C:\program files\name\

Just change this to...

E:\program files

Before you do this you must create a new folder on the E: drive called "program files"

2007-09-13 22:47:40 · answer #5 · answered by Jack Justin McCarthy 2 · 0 0

When you install the programe it gives you the option to change the directory path to where it's going just change it drive E and it will install their ok.

2007-09-17 10:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

you have to install it on that drive so when you run through the installation it will ask you what drive you wanna put it on just change the c to an e thats all

2007-09-13 22:47:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

well if you have another drive just click on for example a folder with something in it just right click the thing you want moved click cut and then go the the drive you want it on open it up right click and press paste

2007-09-13 22:46:00 · answer #8 · answered by SS4 Elby 5 · 0 0

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