How can I allot more space to my system's C Drive?

My C Drive is running out of space(only 2.73GB is alloted). I want to allot more space.How can I do it? I am only 12 and do not know more about computers. Please help meeeee!

How can I allot more space to my system's C Drive?
Hi, Call the Tech Guy to do this, it is not easy.





If the Tech Guy says to u that he must format ur computer totally to get free space, u suggest the Tech Guy to get a Partition Magic program http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic/ using this program or similar parition resizing programs.





You can resize ur "C" drive without affecting ur Operating system and other installed programs, but this is little bit risky process need to be done carefully.





Good Luck..





Regards,


Murugesh
Reply:also defragment
Reply:You cannot "allot" more space. There is only so much to be had. You could "Zip" some of the larger files you have that you don't use, and "unzip" them if you ever need them. Most programs claiming to give you more room really slow your system down. Larger hard drives are cheap now. If you have an open (unused) drive bay in your computer (desktop, a laptop won't have one) you can add a drive. You can now get huge drives for under $100.


http://www.cnet.com is a good site for this. They have a lot of good advice.


So does newegg.com, and tigerdirect.com.


You could ask the people who sold you the computer, but if you buy online you will save a lot of money.


If you get a big new drive, you can just transfer your whole old drive to it, and make your new drive your "C" drive, and keep life simple. Or you can have two drives, a C and a D drive, but it will take some doing that might confuse you.


Another thing that you can do with a huge drive is "Partition it." This breaks it up, by software, into smaller "logical drives," which work just like completely separate drives. You could keep pictures in one, songs in another, movies in another...


Get the magazine "Smart Computing in Plain English." It is at many libraries. It tells in simple language how to do these things.


Stay with me for one more thing.


You can get an "Outboard Drive," a USB drive that just plugs into your computer. That is not as good a solution as these others, but it is simpler. You plug it into your computer, and plug it into power, and it should recognise it. It will run slower than a drive in your computer. If you play games, it is important. You could have logical drives on it. I have one for "Backup."


Once a month I copy files onto it, in case I have a problem with my computer's harddrive, I can use it. To do that I made it bootable - my computer can start off of it (it has the Operating System on it - probably a Windows XP for you).





I hope that you are not hiding under your bed now. The magazine will help. Feel free to write me, and I will clear up what I can, okay?


Read this more than once, there is a lot here.





PS: If you have never done it, go into your computer and delete all of the files with the extension .tmp (at the end of the file name). Everytime you go on the internet your computer stores temporary files - you don't need them, and they fill it up! After this (and it will take a while), go into "Help" in the pulldown menu at the top of the page, find out how to "defragment" your hard drive, and do it. If you do these two things,


you will have more room, and they cost $0.


If there are applications that you will never use, uninstall them, or archive them (makes them smaller).


Phew! I'm gonna hide under the bed!
Reply:Do a disk cleanup


Start %26gt; Programs %26gt; Accessories %26gt; System Tools %26gt; Disk Cleanup





Defragment your hard drive to make it run faster


Start %26gt; Programs %26gt; Accessories %26gt; System Tools %26gt; Disk Defragmenter
Reply:"put your windows cd in the cd-rom and choose new partition." - this is rubbish. Defragmenting will not get much if any disk space back. Disk Cleanup doesn't turn up much free space often.





If you have the original software for games and programs get your CD's out. Use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel to uninstall only those games and programs you have the disks for. Reinstall those games and programs: watch out for when you're asked where to install. Change C:\Prgram Files\ to another drive later, D: or E:





If you only have a C: drive and CD drive (D:) then you will either need to remove some games or programs and do without to get the space back or have another drive added to you PC to give you more space.
Reply:you could change the partition easily with a program called partition magic. or you could just install a new hard drive.
Reply:put your windows cd in the cd-rom and choose new partition.

jasmine