Hi,
I have been given a computer (1.2Ghz AMD) , with XP Pro Sp 2 . The hard
drive is a Maxtor D740X-6L (60GB on the name plate) but on My Computer it
shows as a C drive with 101Mb and D drve 3.9GB. I have added my old 20GB
drive from a Windows 98 system. I can use word etc and save to the 20 GB
disc, but as the D drive is virtually full i am unable to install large
programs . Is it possible to either use the full amount on the D drive or to
put programs onto the e drive (20GB).
I don`t have the installation CD`s for the XP or Office|word programs etc so
don`t want to risk losing those.

Is there a simple answer ?

Thankyou
--
Nigel

"Nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:04F605BC-6C35-46D9-90C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> I have been given a computer (1.2Ghz AMD) , with XP Pro Sp 2 . The hard
> drive is a Maxtor D740X-6L (60GB on the name plate) but on My Computer it
> shows as a C drive with 101Mb and D drve 3.9GB. I have added my old 20GB
> drive from a Windows 98 system. I can use word etc and save to the 20 GB
> disc, but as the D drive is virtually full i am unable to install large
> programs . Is it possible to either use the full amount on the D drive or
to
> put programs onto the e drive (20GB).
> I don`t have the installation CD`s for the XP or Office|word programs etc
so
> don`t want to risk losing those.
>
> Is there a simple answer ?
>
> Thankyou
> --
> Nigel

It is unclear from your post which drive letter is used by
which physical disk. Please clarify.

Many installation processes give you the option of specifying the
target drive and/or folder.

..The Maxtor (60GB) drive is called Disk 0 and contains 102 MB ,NTFS , 84 MB
free space, labelled C drive and 3.91 GB , 4 MB free space ,NTFS, labelled D
drive, Healthy( Boot.) Then an unnamed section with 50.04 GB free space


The other drive is a Fujitsu, called Disk 1 . 19.07 GB , 11.96 free space,
FAT 32,. Labelled E drive

The Autocad program didn`t give me the option of installation drive , and is
too big for the space on D drive.
--
Nigel


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:04F605BC-6C35-46D9-90C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> > I have been given a computer (1.2Ghz AMD) , with XP Pro Sp 2 . The hard
> > drive is a Maxtor D740X-6L (60GB on the name plate) but on My Computer it
> > shows as a C drive with 101Mb and D drve 3.9GB. I have added my old 20GB
> > drive from a Windows 98 system. I can use word etc and save to the 20 GB
> > disc, but as the D drive is virtually full i am unable to install large
> > programs . Is it possible to either use the full amount on the D drive or
> to
> > put programs onto the e drive (20GB).
> > I don`t have the installation CD`s for the XP or Office|word programs etc
> so
> > don`t want to risk losing those.
> >
> > Is there a simple answer ?
> >
> > Thankyou
> > --
> > Nigel
>
> It is unclear from your post which drive letter is used by
> which physical disk. Please clarify.
>
> Many installation processes give you the option of specifying the
> target drive and/or folder.
>
>

I read your reply three times and I am still unable to figure
out what is what. Please mark up the following table:

Maxtor partition 1 (Drive C: size=3.91 GBytes, free=84 MBytes
Maxtor partition 2 (Drive D: size=? GBytes, free=? GBytes (Boot partition)
Maxtor partition 3 (unassigned): size=50.04 GBytes
Fujitsu partition 1 (Drive E: size=19.07 GBytes, free=11.96 GBytes


"Nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:479B9F19-3B8B-4334-B951-(E-Mail Removed)...
> .The Maxtor (60GB) drive is called Disk 0 and contains 102 MB ,NTFS , 84
MB
> free space, labelled C drive and 3.91 GB , 4 MB free space ,NTFS, labelled
D
> drive, Healthy( Boot.) Then an unnamed section with 50.04 GB free space
>
>
> The other drive is a Fujitsu, called Disk 1 . 19.07 GB , 11.96 free space,
> FAT 32,. Labelled E drive
>
> The Autocad program didn`t give me the option of installation drive , and
is
> too big for the space on D drive.
> --
> Nigel
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:04F605BC-6C35-46D9-90C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi,
> > > I have been given a computer (1.2Ghz AMD) , with XP Pro Sp 2 . The
hard
> > > drive is a Maxtor D740X-6L (60GB on the name plate) but on My
Computer it
> > > shows as a C drive with 101Mb and D drve 3.9GB. I have added my old
20GB
> > > drive from a Windows 98 system. I can use word etc and save to the 20
GB
> > > disc, but as the D drive is virtually full i am unable to install
large
> > > programs . Is it possible to either use the full amount on the D drive
or
> > to
> > > put programs onto the e drive (20GB).
> > > I don`t have the installation CD`s for the XP or Office|word programs
etc
> > so
> > > don`t want to risk losing those.
> > >
> > > Is there a simple answer ?
> > >
> > > Thankyou
> > > --
> > > Nigel
> >
> > It is unclear from your post which drive letter is used by
> > which physical disk. Please clarify.
> >
> > Many installation processes give you the option of specifying the
> > target drive and/or folder.
> >
> >

Good Morning Pegasus,
Sorry for the confusion. I have marked the table up as requested.
--
Nigel


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> I read your reply three times and I am still unable to figure
> out what is what. Please mark up the following table:
>
> Maxtor partition 1 (Drive C: size=102MBytes, free=84 MBytes
> Maxtor partition 2 (Drive D: size=3.91 Gbytes, free=4MBytes (Boot partition)
> Maxtor partition 3 (unassigned): size=50.04 GBytes
> Fujitsu partition 1 (Drive E: size=19.07 GBytes, free=11.96 GBytes
> The Maxtor drive file system is shown as NTFS and the Fujitsu as FAT 32
>
> "Nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:479B9F19-3B8B-4334-B951-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > .The Maxtor (60GB) drive is called Disk 0 and contains 102 MB ,NTFS , 84
> MB
> > free space, labelled C drive and 3.91 GB , 4 MB free space ,NTFS, labelled
> D
> > drive, Healthy( Boot.) Then an unnamed section with 50.04 GB free space
> >
> >
> > The other drive is a Fujitsu, called Disk 1 . 19.07 GB , 11.96 free space,
> > FAT 32,. Labelled E drive
> >
> > The Autocad program didn`t give me the option of installation drive , and
> is
> > too big for the space on D drive.
> > --
> > Nigel
> >
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "Nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:04F605BC-6C35-46D9-90C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I have been given a computer (1.2Ghz AMD) , with XP Pro Sp 2 . The
> hard
> > > > drive is a Maxtor D740X-6L (60GB on the name plate) but on My
> Computer it
> > > > shows as a C drive with 101Mb and D drve 3.9GB. I have added my old
> 20GB
> > > > drive from a Windows 98 system. I can use word etc and save to the 20
> GB
> > > > disc, but as the D drive is virtually full i am unable to install
> large
> > > > programs . Is it possible to either use the full amount on the D drive
> or
> > > to
> > > > put programs onto the e drive (20GB).
> > > > I don`t have the installation CD`s for the XP or Office|word programs
> etc
> > > so
> > > > don`t want to risk losing those.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a simple answer ?
> > > >
> > > > Thankyou
> > > > --
> > > > Nigel
> > >
> > > It is unclear from your post which drive letter is used by
> > > which physical disk. Please clarify.
> > >
> > > Many installation processes give you the option of specifying the
> > > target drive and/or folder.
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

We're finally getting there . . .

Running a system partition with only 4 MBytes free is suicidal.
You should never allow the amount of free space to drop below
20% of capacity. I have seen machines that were crippled
because its owner ignored all the warning signs.

Since you have a large amount of unassigned disk space, you should
make use of it. Here is what I would do:
1. Increase the size of drive D: to 15 GBytes.
2. Create a data partition of 35 GBytes.
3. Store all data on the data partition. Reserve the system
partition for Windows and for your applications.

To do this non-destructively you need a partition manager
such as Disk Director from Acronis. It would be a good idea
to back up your important files beforehand. While partition
managers work great 99% of the time, they have their
moments.

"Nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9BCBAAB7-FF61-418C-80DC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Good Morning Pegasus,
> Sorry for the confusion. I have marked the table up as requested.
> --
> Nigel
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > I read your reply three times and I am still unable to figure
> > out what is what. Please mark up the following table:
> >
> > Maxtor partition 1 (Drive C: size=102MBytes, free=84 MBytes
> > Maxtor partition 2 (Drive D: size=3.91 Gbytes, free=4MBytes (Boot
partition)
> > Maxtor partition 3 (unassigned): size=50.04 GBytes
> > Fujitsu partition 1 (Drive E: size=19.07 GBytes, free=11.96 GBytes
> > The Maxtor drive file system is shown as NTFS and the Fujitsu as FAT 32
> >
> > "Nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:479B9F19-3B8B-4334-B951-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > .The Maxtor (60GB) drive is called Disk 0 and contains 102 MB ,NTFS ,
84
> > MB
> > > free space, labelled C drive and 3.91 GB , 4 MB free space ,NTFS,
labelled
> > D
> > > drive, Healthy( Boot.) Then an unnamed section with 50.04 GB free
space
> > >
> > >
> > > The other drive is a Fujitsu, called Disk 1 . 19.07 GB , 11.96 free
space,
> > > FAT 32,. Labelled E drive
> > >
> > > The Autocad program didn`t give me the option of installation drive ,
and
> > is
> > > too big for the space on D drive.
> > > --
> > > Nigel
> > >
> > >
> > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > "Nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > > news:04F605BC-6C35-46D9-90C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I have been given a computer (1.2Ghz AMD) , with XP Pro Sp 2 . The
> > hard
> > > > > drive is a Maxtor D740X-6L (60GB on the name plate) but on My
> > Computer it
> > > > > shows as a C drive with 101Mb and D drve 3.9GB. I have added my
old
> > 20GB
> > > > > drive from a Windows 98 system. I can use word etc and save to the
20
> > GB
> > > > > disc, but as the D drive is virtually full i am unable to install
> > large
> > > > > programs . Is it possible to either use the full amount on the D
drive
> > or
> > > > to
> > > > > put programs onto the e drive (20GB).
> > > > > I don`t have the installation CD`s for the XP or Office|word
programs
> > etc
> > > > so
> > > > > don`t want to risk losing those.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a simple answer ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thankyou
> > > > > --
> > > > > Nigel
> > > >
> > > > It is unclear from your post which drive letter is used by
> > > > which physical disk. Please clarify.
> > > >
> > > > Many installation processes give you the option of specifying the
> > > > target drive and/or folder.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >