C: Drive getting full - can I transfer programs to my external E: Drive?

Question

Hi,

I have a 250GB external hard drive on my PC, which I use for storing music, photos, pictures, word documents, etc.

My internal C: Drive is only 10 GB and really the only things on there are programs, but it's getting full up and I now only have 633 MB left on there! I have deleted a few programs I don't use but it hasn't helped much. I have also tried to run a disk defragment on my C: Drive but the system says it's too full to start the process!

Can I transfer some of my program files (e.g. Adobe, Quicktime, etc) to my external hard drive? Would they still work? I have 223 GB of space on there!

I have tried to get extra memory added internally but apparently my PC is too old for that.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You would have to un-install them from your internal drive and then re-install them specifying E: as the drive to install them on. Clearly you can only do this with programs you have a disk for.

Answer 2

You can't simply copy the program files to your extrnal drive. You'll need to uninstall them and then reinstall but choose the external drive as the location to install to.

A bit time consuming but it'll work and is easy to so. I'd suggest doing it with program like Adobe and Quicktime which are free to download - make sure you downlaod the latest versions before reinstalling.

Answer 3

You will have to uninstall these programs and re-install them on the external drive. You will have no problems running them off ur external drive

Answer 4

Hi. I would copy all of your files to the external drive first. Then make sure you have them safely. Then delete them from your old drive. Then try to defragment the old drive. You can set your external drive as the default download device for any new files. Have fun!