Why does software save to C and E drives? E drive is too small!HEL

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Can anyone please help me with this really annoying problem! When I try to
load new software from a C ROM it automatically tries to load it onto the E
drive so I manually change the directory route (I think its called) to the C
drive. But after it has all loaded etc then I find that it has saved on both
drives and if I try to delete it off the E dive (which is now completely
full!) then I lose it totally off the machine. My C drive has plenty of
space on it - I've only filled about 1/5 of it. Any help would be very much
appreciated - thanks.
 
Thicko said:
Can anyone please help me with this really annoying problem! When I try to
load new software from a C ROM it automatically tries to load it onto the E
drive so I manually change the directory route (I think its called) to the C
drive. But after it has all loaded etc then I find that it has saved on both
drives and if I try to delete it off the E dive (which is now completely
full!) then I lose it totally off the machine. My C drive has plenty of
space on it - I've only filled about 1/5 of it. Any help would be very much
appreciated - thanks.
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What about youe D drive, is that the CD drive or do you another?
Some times, "if D is the CD drive" the windows, depending of the version,
cant see the different of your E and C drive, so best solution, could be to
change it so the CD drive have the last letter, "eks. Z".
 
Thank you for repying - am not quite sure what you mean though - my two hard
disk drives are local disc (C) and local disk (E) and devices with removable
storage are Floppy A (which I have never used) and DVD Drive (D)which is
where I am putting the CD ROM in and CD_RW Drive (F). The Windows version is
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 2002. - so what do I need to change?
 
As I can see, you need to change your CD and DVD drive to be the last in order.
Whit this I mean you have to setup with "eks. driveimage" that you will have
the HDD`s as nr. 1 and 2, and the optical drives "CD and DVD" as nr. 3 and 4.
In order to set the optical drives, you have to decide, which of the 2 drive
you use to instal from.
Normal is to set the drive as last in nr. " eks. Z " and then HDD C as 1 ..

Regards.
Brian.
 
Brian,
You may just be my saviour! Do I have to go into settings to change this -
is it easy?
Jenni.
 
I can see a list in device manager - am I in the right place? - Can you tell
I know nothing about computers!!!
 
I can see a list in device manager - am I in the right place? - Can
you tell I know nothing about computers!!!
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Start
Run
diskmgmt.msc
Right click Drive > Change Drive letter and paths...
Change button
 
Thanks. I got as far as the end but then when I pressed the change button a
message came up that said "Windows cannot modify the drive letter of your
system volume or boot volume" - what on earth is that supposed to mean?
PS - Did you mean right click with the mouse on the e drive? - beacause that
is what I did
Jenni.
 
Hi Jenni.

As long it works for you, it dosent matter how you do, but I think you ar on
the right way.

Brian.
 
Brian,
But it doesn't work - that's the point! - I hate computers! - I cannot get
past this message "Windows cannot modify the drive letter of your
system volume or boot volume"
Jenni
 
Don't try to change the drive letter of the partition on which windows is
installed. Try changing drive letter of other partition(s). If that doesn't work
either then there is a problem. If it works, this is normal.
 
Brian,
But it doesn't work - that's the point! - I hate computers! - I cannot get
past this message "Windows cannot modify the drive letter of your
system volume or boot volume"
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You started a new thread which doesn't help. Keep everything in one thread.
See your original thread for other responses. You can't modify the drive
letter for the boot or system volume. Why are you trying to do that. I
thought you wanted to change the drive letter for the CD drive?
 
Rock

I thought the original problem was that when installing programmes it
defaulted to
the E rather than C drive where the user has more free disk space. So far as
I
can see nobody has answered that question!

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Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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Then maybe you can - pretty pretty please - I think it must be really simple!
There is no point talking to me as though I know what I am talking about
though - it has to be REALLY SIMPLE !!!!! - I don't know ANYTHING about
computers!
Jenni
 
I think your windows is installed on E -and- that is why your program files
directory is on E -and- that is why when you install a program, it defaults to E.
 
Rock

I thought the original problem was that when installing programmes it
defaulted to
the E rather than C drive where the user has more free disk space. So far
as I
can see nobody has answered that question!

--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Rock" wrote
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Anna has. The thread got fractured. I should have stayed out of it...lol
 
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