2007-09-20 01:10:44 · 10 answers · asked by pickles1 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
If you moved stuff to it and deleted said stuff from C.
I rarely see a full C: drive that can't be half emptied by cleaning out unused software, turning off hibernation support and system restore and deleting uneeded files.
2007-09-20 01:17:02 · answer #1 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would if you moved files to it.
These things are very useful, and have really fallen in price and tripled in capacity over the last year!
It would be possible to install some software to run from it too, just point the intall files to the external drive when you install the programmes.... but you must be aware that this software will only work when the drive is connected to your laptop, and would not be 'installed' on any other PC you happened to connect the drive to.
Any FILES you had moved to it would be accessible on any computer that you connected the drive to.
2007-09-20 01:24:44 · answer #2 · answered by Colin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can not connect the external drive for long so transfer the data to the drive to make space in C:. The blank space is must for c: drive to run the system effectively.
2007-09-20 01:27:59 · answer #3 · answered by Akash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I run several USB hard drives 6x250 gig And 2x 80 Gig and only Keep my operating system and program files on C I find this keeps my system running smoothly
PS
Don't forget You have to treat external drives like your C drive with regular cleanups and defraging
2007-09-20 03:16:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and No.
Yes it'll help if you move some files to your external HDD. For example the my documents/my music/my pictures files.
No It'll not help if you don't move anything from drive C: to external HDD.
2007-09-20 01:18:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless you moved some of your files from C: to the external drive... not program files, your music or movie files and similar.
2007-09-20 01:17:45 · answer #6 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is incredibly user-friendly to partition your disk once you install abode windows. You did no longer say in case you had XP or Vista. I continually create a 60GB for XP and 80GB for Vista. 10GB is a lot to small. you could wreck out with 40GB for XP yet NO smaller than that. You in no way choose the unfastened area on the OS force to be decrease than 50%. After that it's going to impact overall performance.a rapid force is an empty force. With Vista you could improve the dimensions with Disk administration. With XP you will ought to reinstall or get a partition utility.
2016-10-19 04:45:01 · answer #7 · answered by genthner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...you'd need to move some data to the external drive...that would help.
2007-09-20 01:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by themainliner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don;t forget to run defrag on the newly cleaned up C: drive to make it real.
2007-09-20 02:02:50 · answer #9 · answered by Alf W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, but only if you moved stuff from C: to new drive,
be careful not to move operating files, it will bugger up your p.c
things like games and music, films is ok
2007-09-20 01:17:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋