CraigMartin Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 This is a noob question, but I've always wanted to fully understand, so meh. As with all laptops (I think), my Sony Vaio has a C/ drive and a D/ drive.What exactly is the D/ drive for? My D/ drive is empty (well 99%), can it be used just the same as my C/ drive? Can I store programs on it, or do they have to be stored in C/ Program files? Basically I just wanna know what I can use my D/ drive for, and why there are 2 drives anyway. Cheers Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay3800 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Since it's a laptop, most likely there is only one physical drive. You see both C and D because your machine has a partitioned hard drive. Partitions basically trick windows into believing there are two hard drives. This can be useful for some people who want to split up there storage space. C is typically the main drive where windows is installed, but you can use D for any kind of storage just like you would C. Dell Latitude D600 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanaTos112 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 put all ur music/video files on ur D drive,and all the main stuff/program files on C drive? Who watches The Watchmen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FETNU Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Since you stated your D drive is 99% empty, I doubt this is true in your case. However, I've noticed more and more manufacturer's are partitioning the hard drive into a C and D, and then instead of including System Restore CD's with your computer, they're storing all the restore files on the D drive. I personally have 560GB of hard drive space (one 160GB and one 400GB drive). Instead of having two HUGE drives, I partitioned the 160GB drive into four 40GB drives and 400GB into four 100GB drives. This is just a way to organize your data for storage, security, performance or whatever you like. I have one drive for my digital pictures, one for MP3's, one for programs, etc... Then, I created a Windows script to run every day at 5am that will copy any new digital pictures on my F drive over to my H drive (which is solely used for backup). Let partitioning be your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigMartin Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 Cheers for the input people, appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanaTos112 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 its peanut butter jelly time Who watches The Watchmen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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