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Sharing Files.
Otterkins2:
I really do want to share files and I have quite a few of considerable interest. The problem is that these files get stored on C drive which does not have much room left on it. I've cleaned out as much as possible, but it still means that I have to watch the download/share folder like a hawk and I'm constantly pulling the larger files off so that I have enough room. This of course has put me on the shit list for a few torrent providers. Is there any way I can use D drive for this? If so, how do I go about setting it up? :-\
Otterkins2
texasboy:
;D How about getting an external HD, say 250-500mb. They have become very cheap lately.
cheers
Otterkins2:
Why can't I use my existing D drive? ???
texasboy:
Hi again.
To be honest, your D drive is usually one of three things:
1. Its either another Hard Drive installed on your computer
2. Its another partition of your c drive
3. Its your CD rom drive.
To explain:
1. Your computer could have two hard drives installed hence you would have C drive and a D drive.
Or
2. Did you know you can partition or split up your single hard drive into smaller hard drives. For example, if you have a 20 Gigabyte hard drive, you can split the hard drive into two 10 Gigabyte hard drives. Therefore you would have a C and a D drive.
Or
3. The D drive could also be your CD rom drive.
My question to you is why do you want to cripple your PC by using up all the available HD space in C and D. when a simple ext HD would enable your PC to perform normal duties when asked.
cheers
Otterkins2:
You are indeed correct. My hard drive is partitioned. However, D drive is used for storing files while C drive is the actual operational programs. This is heavily loaded with things like Adobe CS3 (full suite), MS Office (full suite) and other very heavy graphics programs. It doesn't leave a lot of headroom to work. I don't think I have much more than 20 Gigs left there, and some of the stuff I'm downloading can pretty quickly plug this up. D drive however has close to 80 Gigs open. That seems to be the obvious solution. Buying an external hard drive is pretty much out of the question until I can get some kind of disability income. I'm badly arthritic and can't work, so what little I do get goes for foolish things like food and gas. Can we work with what I've got? :P
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