Help!! how do use the other hard drive?

hallidayjohn · 11-23-2006, 03:45 PM

i had to reinstall windows xp due to viruses off the internet. The viruses are now gone but for some reason i have to harddrives partition1 (c) and local disk(f) i did not notice this before.

The partition1 (c) hardrive has 30gb available space and local disk (f) harddrive has 187mb. When i install programs e.g nero it goes to the local disk (f) and then says there is no space left on the pc.

How do i get rid of this so it is just my partition1 (c) that i will install to. It is driving me crazy.
Thanks
John

ghost · 11-23-2006, 03:49 PM

hmm, download Partition Magic 8.0 free trial and use that. You will be able to extend the C: partition to what ever you want.

Download here

EDIT: I have the full version, im not to sure if the trial version will let you do it, but its worth a go.

hallidayjohn · 11-23-2006, 04:19 PM

tried it but it wont allow me to change the size, thanks for the idea

hallidayjohn · 11-23-2006, 04:23 PM

would it work if i go into BIOS and change the c drive to primary. i do not know about computers much, would this work?

pcmanlee · 11-23-2006, 10:15 PM

If you right click on My computer and click manage, on the left go to disk managment. have a play around with that, there might be something in there that may help.

11-23-2006, 03:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
hallidayjohn New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 6	Help!! how do use the other hard drive? i had to reinstall windows xp due to viruses off the internet. The viruses are now gone but for some reason i have to harddrives partition1 (c) and local disk(f) i did not notice this before. The partition1 (c) hardrive has 30gb available space and local disk (f) harddrive has 187mb. When i install programs e.g nero it goes to the local disk (f) and then says there is no space left on the pc. How do i get rid of this so it is just my partition1 (c) that i will install to. It is driving me crazy. Thanks John

11-23-2006, 03:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
ghost Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,005	hmm, download Partition Magic 8.0 free trial and use that. You will be able to extend the C: partition to what ever you want. Download here EDIT: I have the full version, im not to sure if the trial version will let you do it, but its worth a go. __________________ ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX (4x512MB) AMD Athlon 64 X2 939 4600+ @ 2.6 Ghz ATi Radeon HD 3850 @ 680/844 80GB SATA HDD/200GB PATA HDD 1x DVDRW DL 485W PSU, Alpha watercooling

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11-23-2006, 04:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
hallidayjohn New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 6	tried it but it wont allow me to change the size, thanks for the idea

11-23-2006, 04:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
hallidayjohn New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 6	would it work if i go into BIOS and change the c drive to primary. i do not know about computers much, would this work?

11-23-2006, 10:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
pcmanlee New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Altrincham, England Posts: 6	If you right click on My computer and click manage, on the left go to disk managment. have a play around with that, there might be something in there that may help.