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I had to reinstall my computer and start from scratch. I thought all of my
programs were erased. But I found them in a separate hard drive. (D:) I'm
trying to figure out why I have 2 (Drives C: & D:) I was trying to reinstall
some of my programs and it says there isn't enough space on drive C: But
Drive D: has tons of space (but I guess it isn't the default drive. I would
like all of my programs to be on just one drive. What can I do? This is
frustrating since I can't reinstall some of my important programs (due to not
enough space.) I never had two hard drives before; I've always just had one.
But since I reinstalled everything; another drive appeared with all my old
things on it.
 
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Melbmaybe4u said:
I had to reinstall my computer and start from scratch.
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How did you reinstall? Retail CD? Recovery CD/partition?
I thought all of my programs were erased. But I found them in a separate hard drive. (D:) I'm trying to figure out why I have 2 (Drives C: & D:)
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Either you created a second partition (it is only Labeled as a drive; it's
really a partition) , or there was a second/hidden partition already there.
I was trying to reinstall some of my programs and it says there isn't enough space on drive C: But
Drive D: has tons of space (but I guess it isn't the default drive. I would
like all of my programs to be on just one drive. What can I do?
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If you have a retail (or OEM) CD, you can delete both partions (starting
completely from scratch and losing everything on the hard drive [both
partitions]).
See this page for how to do a clean install. Step 10b tells how to delete a
partition. (You'll delete both, one at a time: then create the new partition,
format/install using the entire space.)

Steps to Clean Install: [Disregard the "Floppy install" parts if you have an
XP CD.]
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
 
Melbmaybe4u said:
I had to reinstall my computer and start from scratch. I thought all of my
programs were erased. But I found them in a separate hard drive. (D:)
I'm
trying to figure out why I have 2 (Drives C: & D:) I was trying to
reinstall
some of my programs and it says there isn't enough space on drive C: But
Drive D: has tons of space (but I guess it isn't the default drive. I
would
like all of my programs to be on just one drive. What can I do? This is
frustrating since I can't reinstall some of my important programs (due to
not
enough space.) I never had two hard drives before; I've always just had
one.
But since I reinstalled everything; another drive appeared with all my old
things on it.
Click to expand...

The small partition C:?, might have been hidden and contained a image used
for restoring you PC. The now D: partition with your programs could have
held your Windows OS and been C: Is it possible you installed to the wrong
partition? What make, model and OS?

mi
 
I had to reinstall my computer and start from scratch. I thought all of my
programs were erased. But I found them in a separate hard drive. (D:)
I'm
trying to figure out why I have 2 (Drives C: & D:) I was trying to
reinstall
some of my programs and it says there isn't enough space on drive C: But
Drive D: has tons of space (but I guess it isn't the default drive. I
would
like all of my programs to be on just one drive. What can I do? This is
frustrating since I can't reinstall some of my important programs (due to
not
enough space.) I never had two hard drives before; I've always just had
one.
But since I reinstalled everything; another drive appeared with all my old
things on it.
Click to expand...

Call the tech support for the computer vendor.
 
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