Question on hard drives

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

It won't 'automatically' start putting things on D:\, though you can
configure it to hold the pagefile. You should start installing programs
using custom setup and direct the installation to D:\ whenever possible. You
should also start saving files there as well (you can move the "My
Documents" folders for your profile simply by right-clicking it and change
the path).

'Memory' is not an issue here, that is your physical ram plus the
pagefile.sys (virtual memory). No, you should not compress, that has other
issues.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
[url]www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone[/url]
Win98 Help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"Shemp McGurk" <shempmcgurk@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> when I click on my computer, under "hard drives" is listed:
>
> Local disk (c:)
>
> and
>
> Local disk (d:)
>
> when I right click on them, for local disk (c:) it has abut 15
> gigabytes of capacity and about 12.4 gigabytes are used up; for local
> disk (d:), the capacity is listed as 61.3 gigabytes with about 3.95
> gigabytes used up.
>
> Question:
>
> Once I have used up all of my local disk (c:), will my computer
> automatically start loading stuff onto local disk (d:)?
>
> Is this a good idea...or have I put too much into memory on (c:) and I
> should start thinking of deleting files in order to free up memory?
>
> I did the "disk cleanup" command on (c:) and it only freed up about
> 0.5 gigabytes. Should I do the "compress disk to save disk space"
> command?
>
> Will this free up more memory? Are there any downsides to doing this
> command?
>
> Are there any other things I should do to free up disk space (aside
> from deleting files or programs)?
>
> In your opinion, am I using up more disk space than usual...or is what
> I have filled up normal?
>
> I noticed that my computer today doesn't run as fast or react as fast
> to commands as it did when I first bought it (and there was much more
> available disk space)...is it possible to get it back to working
> faster?

[icky]

"Shemp McGurk" <shempmcgurk@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> when I click on my computer, under "hard drives" is listed:
>
> Local disk (c:)
>
> and
>
> Local disk (d:)
>
> when I right click on them, for local disk (c:) it has abut 15
> gigabytes of capacity and about 12.4 gigabytes are used up; for local
> disk (d:), the capacity is listed as 61.3 gigabytes with about 3.95
> gigabytes used up.
>
> Question:
>
> Once I have used up all of my local disk (c:), will my computer
> automatically start loading stuff onto local disk (d:)?
>
> Is this a good idea...or have I put too much into memory on (c:) and I
> should start thinking of deleting files in order to free up memory?
>
> I did the "disk cleanup" command on (c:) and it only freed up about
> 0.5 gigabytes. Should I do the "compress disk to save disk space"
> command?
>
> Will this free up more memory? Are there any downsides to doing this
> command?
>
> Are there any other things I should do to free up disk space (aside
> from deleting files or programs)?
>
> In your opinion, am I using up more disk space than usual...or is what
> I have filled up normal?
>
> I noticed that my computer today doesn't run as fast or react as fast
> to commands as it did when I first bought it (and there was much more
> available disk space)...is it possible to get it back to working
> faster?

Since you have some storage space concerns with your current C drive and a
relatively unused larger drive, if I were you I would copy everything (OS
and all files) over to the larger drive and start using it as my main drive.
You could then use the smaller drive as a slave for backups or for a
different OS (linux, etc.). Switching to the larger drive will eliminate
your storage space concerns and speed up your system as well assuming you
defrag during the switch.

[Shemp McGurk]

"icky" <icky@spamnomore.com> wrote in message news:<h8oSa.345$09.198@fe03.atl2.webusenet.com>...

> "Shemp McGurk" <shempmcgurk@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:a2578468.0307191057.38a22e51@posting.google.c om...

> > when I click on my computer, under "hard drives" is listed:
> >
> > Local disk (c:)
> >
> > and
> >
> > Local disk (d:)
> >
> > when I right click on them, for local disk (c:) it has abut 15
> > gigabytes of capacity and about 12.4 gigabytes are used up; for local
> > disk (d:), the capacity is listed as 61.3 gigabytes with about 3.95
> > gigabytes used up.
> >
> > Question:
> >
> > Once I have used up all of my local disk (c:), will my computer
> > automatically start loading stuff onto local disk (d:)?
> >
> > Is this a good idea...or have I put too much into memory on (c:) and I
> > should start thinking of deleting files in order to free up memory?
> >
> > I did the "disk cleanup" command on (c:) and it only freed up about
> > 0.5 gigabytes. Should I do the "compress disk to save disk space"
> > command?
> >
> > Will this free up more memory? Are there any downsides to doing this
> > command?
> >
> > Are there any other things I should do to free up disk space (aside
> > from deleting files or programs)?
> >
> > In your opinion, am I using up more disk space than usual...or is what
> > I have filled up normal?
> >
> > I noticed that my computer today doesn't run as fast or react as fast
> > to commands as it did when I first bought it (and there was much more
> > available disk space)...is it possible to get it back to working
> > faster?

>
> Since you have some storage space concerns with your current C drive and a
> relatively unused larger drive, if I were you I would copy everything (OS
> and all files) over to the larger drive and start using it as my main drive.
> You could then use the smaller drive as a slave for backups or for a
> different OS (linux, etc.). Switching to the larger drive will eliminate
> your storage space concerns and speed up your system as well assuming you
> defrag during the switch.

What is "defrag" and how do I do it?

Even if I don't make the switch to D drive, should I "defrag"?

[Jim Macklin]

Drive C: is normally used as a default for everything. You
can and should use a program such as TweakUI to move the My
Documents folders to D:
You should use a little planning when you install programs,
you usually have the option where to install the program and
where it should keep its files.
You can get Partition Magic and create more partitions in
the large drive. Is the large drive a second hard drive or
is it a partition on one drive?

Defrag needs at least 15% free space to defrag in order to
work properly.


"Shemp McGurk" <shempmcgurk@netscape.net> wrote in message
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| "icky" <icky@spamnomore.com> wrote in message
news:<h8oSa.345$09.198@fe03.atl2.webusenet.com>...
| > "Shemp McGurk" <shempmcgurk@netscape.net> wrote in
message
| > news:a2578468.0307191057.38a22e51@posting.google.c om...
| > > when I click on my computer, under "hard drives" is
listed:
| > >
| > > Local disk (c:)
| > >
| > > and
| > >
| > > Local disk (d:)
| > >
| > > when I right click on them, for local disk (c:) it has
abut 15
| > > gigabytes of capacity and about 12.4 gigabytes are
used up; for local
| > > disk (d:), the capacity is listed as 61.3 gigabytes
with about 3.95
| > > gigabytes used up.
| > >
| > > Question:
| > >
| > > Once I have used up all of my local disk (c:), will my
computer
| > > automatically start loading stuff onto local disk
(d:)?
| > >
| > > Is this a good idea...or have I put too much into
memory on (c:) and I
| > > should start thinking of deleting files in order to
free up memory?
| > >
| > > I did the "disk cleanup" command on (c:) and it only
freed up about
| > > 0.5 gigabytes. Should I do the "compress disk to save
disk space"
| > > command?
| > >
| > > Will this free up more memory? Are there any
downsides to doing this
| > > command?
| > >
| > > Are there any other things I should do to free up disk
space (aside
| > > from deleting files or programs)?
| > >
| > > In your opinion, am I using up more disk space than
usual...or is what
| > > I have filled up normal?
| > >
| > > I noticed that my computer today doesn't run as fast
or react as fast
| > > to commands as it did when I first bought it (and
there was much more
| > > available disk space)...is it possible to get it back
to working
| > > faster?
| >
| > Since you have some storage space concerns with your
current C drive and a
| > relatively unused larger drive, if I were you I would
copy everything (OS
| > and all files) over to the larger drive and start using
it as my main drive.
| > You could then use the smaller drive as a slave for
backups or for a
| > different OS (linux, etc.). Switching to the larger
drive will eliminate
| > your storage space concerns and speed up your system as
well assuming you
| > defrag during the switch.
|
| What is "defrag" and how do I do it?
|
| Even if I don't make the switch to D drive, should I
"defrag"?