Computer Help!

hockeyboy

I have a small C-Drive and a 1-TB I drive in my otherwise kick **** computer. My C-Drive is full and causing me major issues with a ton of room on the other drive. I've tried to move filed to the other drive but it won't let me do it for many files, and I don't know what the hell the others do.

Is there a way to easily fix this? I can't even get current Windows updates. I am running Win 7.

audiocr381ve

You have to get the personal files (e.g. music, pictures, videos) off of the primary drive. Redirect programs like Internet Browsers, iTunes, etc., to save downloaded files to your secondary drive.

Consolidate your personal files and move 1 big folder at a time.

eeagle

TB drives are cheap.

Use a program like Acronis True Image and copy the C drive image to a new bigger drive. Replace the C drive with the newly imaged drive, and it will boot right up with all the added extra space desired.

hockeyboy

Audiocr that helped a little bit but eegle is probably right I might just need to breakdown and buy a new C drive. The thing I hate is that C drive I have is super fast SSD. I thought there might be a way to partition part of my other drive off and allocate to C?

Anyway any recommendations on a very fast 1TB drive? I don't want any further roadblocks if I shell out cash. The rest of my system is top notch.

Sherardp

Depending on what files your trying to move bro. If your trying to move anything in "My Documents", photos , etc it will require registry edit and folder setup on the secondary drive. If the primary drive is small ( mine is 128 gb SSD), then you can opt for larger drive.

Samsung F3 drives are cheap and fast.

1tb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

320 which is perfect for primary drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152244R

If your ready for speed improvement then go for SSD for OS only, use secondary for programs, and a third drive for your media.

hockeyboy

Thanks Sherardp. I ordered the 1TB drive. I already have a Belkin cable so will use that for the transfer once that drive shows up.

Sherardp

Excellent bro, hopefully it exceeds your expectations. I have mine as a secondary drive in my rig running programs I don't want on my SSD, and it performs very well. Benched against the WD Caviar Black, they are pretty close performance wise.