Quick hard drive question

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SuperCell

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I've got a desktop running on XP, is there any way I can view the amount of space available on the hard drive?

Thanks.
 
Yep, go to Start, My Computer, Right Click on your C: drive, Left click on properties, the General tab will give you your used and free space for that drive :).
 
Thanks a lot. It says I'm currently using 33GB, and only have 173MB available... :eek:

So by those numbers I am pretty much at full capacity?
 
SuperCell said:
Thanks a lot. It says I'm currently using 33GB, and only have 173MB available... :eek:

So by those numbers I am pretty much at full capacity?
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yeah so time to buy yourself another hdd :)
 
tisb0b said:
yeah so time to buy yourself another hdd :)
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Sorry, newbie here.

Would I be looking at replacing the current HD, or can I simply install another one? I have what seems to be an "empty drive" below my CD drive that says "expansion bay". Can you put another HD in there, or is that just for disk drives???

Thanks a lot.
 
You could just add another drive to your existing setup, and it will go inside the case, usually above or below the one that is there now.
 
When you install your new drive, you may want to consider imaging the old one over to the new one for performance reasons. The newer disk should give you a nice little speed boost if used as your c drive. There are numerous apps that will do this for you if you are interested, otherwise just slap the drive in and enjoy the extra storage :)

 
SuperCell said:
Sorry, newbie here.

Would I be looking at replacing the current HD, or can I simply install another one? I have what seems to be an "empty drive" below my CD drive that says "expansion bay". Can you put another HD in there, or is that just for disk drives???

Thanks a lot.
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you can manage your drive letters pretty much as you want.. adding a new hard drive is as simple as setting the jumpers for master-slave configuration, putting the hd in the case, pligging in signal ata cable and power cable. They booting into windows and partitioning - formatting the hd..
..just make sure you get HD with the right interface - you're probably still on ATA.
 
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