space on C drive

[thamenace]

whats up all ... i am running out of space on my C drive and i was wondering if there was a way to have stuff in my program files but not have them on my C drive. when i install something can i have all the files installed to my d drive but have a shortcut in my program files ... it would be easy that way becuz i dont show my desktop icons and i dont put icons on my desktop ... i think that if i would do that it would just get full of icons and i like to be organized i guess ... i have a 80 gig hd ... c: is 20, d: is 30, e: is 27 ( got robbed of some gigs anyways) thanks in advance

 

[Ian]

You can install things on any drive, but you can't just move them when they are already installed generally speaking. Next time you install a game or application, just point it to the D drive and install it there.

Its always good to have some free space on your main drive so it has a bit of breathing space.

 

[BaseLine9]

Always leave about 15% or so free on any drive for defrag purposes

 

[Quadophile]

In my opinion 15% is not enough on C: its not just defragging that you do but there are other things as well which need space on C drive, for instance the paging file, size of which depends on the ram you have on your machine. Besides one needs to install programs as time passes. I personally would leave at least 40% all the time and if things become busy would go for a change. Other partitions can be fuller to the extent of 80% but certainly not the C: Drive.

Just how I personally do things and thats what I have suggested, to each his own

 

[thamenace]

thanks for the replys ... so i cant really move my programs to the D: so i would have to uninstall them to get more space huh. hhmmm ... ill think about that for a while

 

[muckshifter]

My 'rule of thumb' is a little simpler ... leave a quarter of the C drive free.



With the advent of Windows XP and NTFS file system there is no need to use partitions ... partitioning can make life a little easier on drives of 100gig or more. I always give XP 80gig min to ‘play’ with.

You can un-install and re-install your programes to drive D ... in the case of Office you will still "see" all your data on the C drive.