lifeline Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Kamui, And so, how and why did this come about? Used to be once disk space. Surely our friends at MS were involved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 I don't now one non-geek PC user who partitioned his PC after he purchased it. I agree, it's such a basic thing, yet so many people don't know that data and os drives are much, much better separate. Is that Microshite's responsibility? Partially, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeline Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Hi expat, Not to beat this to death, but, I agree, it's such a basic thing, yet so many people don't know that data and os drives are much, much better separate. Is that Microshite's responsibility? Partially, I suppose. If you are going to do this (MS) wouldn't you build your OS so that Documents, Pictures, etc go into Data? Why would this be an option? More basically, why would this even be possible? I am sitting here with a new PC using MS Windows 7, Home Premium and my data is being automatically being put into the OS partition. Not only shouldn't it be happening, it shouldn't even be possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 I am sitting here with a new PC using MS Windows 7, Home Premium and my data is being automatically being put into the OS partition. Not only shouldn't it be happening, it shouldn't even be possible. Well, I'll have to disagree that it shouldn't be possible. For people who want to run a small, lean computer, for example, it might be the best or even only option. Someone has already pointed out that it is possible on Linux, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeline Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Well, I'll have to disagree that it shouldn't be possible. For people who want to run a small, lean computer, for example, it might be the best or even only option. Someone has already pointed out that it is possible on Linux, for example. Hope I don't seem to be taking my frustration out on you. I am actually frustrated because at one time I was an "expert" at this stuff and now, I am lost in space. I would be willing to give Linux a try in order to get away from MS, but, I am afraid I would mess it up and end up losing my data and having a new laptop that doesn't work at all! For lots of years, I spent many hours every week reading technical crap to keep up-to-date. Now, I hate reading technical crap. A year ago, I spent a few thousand baht on a fairly sophisticated cell phone - couldn't get myself to read the manual so that I could use it properly. Gave it away and purchased the cheapest, least sophisticated, easy to use Nokia. Perhaps I will have to stop being a spoiled child about this and start reading technical stuff again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Windows 7 is actually a fairly good OS. Critics say that it even comes almost close to the latest Mac OS - data security aside. Moving all the data (and user rights) from the C: partition is a pain in the ass, especially if you work with several user accounts. If you move the data you'll have to reconfigure the user rights, otherwise all users will have access to all data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseafan Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Silly question but the guys who are running out of disk space are clearing out their trash folder right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Silly question but the guys who are running out of disk space are clearing out their trash folder right ? Not only the trash folder. There probably hundreds of unneeded/old/temp files in other places. First I would run the free CCleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 First I would run the free CCleaner That's what I use. Amazing how much crap is using up your space, particularly temporary internet files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 I use the light version of ccleaner you can get on majorgeeks. http://majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_Slim_d4191.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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