Hi there David,
99% of programs to be installed have as a default C: /whatever as the
directory for installation. 99% of the programs for installation you can
change the directory to whatever you like for instance -
D:/Program1/whatever. For the program and for the computer it does not
matter, during the installation the OS - in this case Win95 registers the
program as sitting in D:/Program1 and whenever you want to open the program
it automatically goes there and loads it up!!! Some progrmas, not many , do
indeed only work in the default directory, but you'll find out soon enough
when you try to run it, just uninstall and reinstall in the default
directory.
As for moving programs, well that is much more difficult, there are programs
that can help you to do that, or else yopu can uninstall and reinstall where
you want, a work around!!!
You might also want to clear out your Temp directory, which is located at
C:/Windows/Temp and thus make some more room on your HD.
TTFN - Vic
----- Original Message -----
From: David Landau <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 8:56 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Utilization of Hard Disk
Hello List,
This question might be a bit basic, but I haven't succeeded in figuring out
the answer on my own, so here goes:
My hard drive is divided (partitioned?) into C, D, and E. C & D each have
1.99GB, and E has 31.2 MB. The 'My Documents', 'Program Files', 'Windows',
etc. files are all located, by default, in C. C is, after almost 2 years of
use, filling up. Also, every now and then I've been getting the warning
'system resources low', which I assume is because C is getting full. How do
I use the other parts of my hard disk? When I install new software, the
default location is always in C, and I'm afraid of changing that because I
don't know what the consequences will be. I'm also afraid of transferring
stuff from C to D -- how will programs 'know' to look in D instead of in C?
(I once tried to copy 'My Documents' to D, but I noticed there were a number
of 'hidden files', so I canceled what I was doing because I didn't know what
those hidden files were.) Do I need to download/buy special software to do
this -- if so, what would be recommended? Or is it just a simple copying or
transferring of files?
I have Windows95 (Hebrew Enabled) on a Pentium 166 MMX with 32MB RAM.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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