I dont know where else to turn, my computer is set up like this,
my windows and system stuff is on a 10 gig harddrive, C - drive
then i have a 100 gig hard drive that i put games / documents and crap on
but when ever i select to place something in my d drive, it installs to my C, now i have 2 MB left in my C and 92 Gigs left in my D, and every time i erase something, it doesnt give any bytes back, like... say i install a 2 gigabyte game, it will use up 2 gigabytes in both my C drive AND my D drive, does anyone have a solution?
These are the first two thoughts that come to mind. This may not necessarily help your situation.
1.) When you install a game you should choose the "advanced" option, rather than the option labeled as "express", "normal", "typical" or similar. Choosing the Advanced option will allow you to choose where the game is installed, and you will not have to consume your 10 GB space with game.
2.) Most new games save their files into your Documents folder which is located on your C: drive. Screen shots, save game files, config files, and pretty much anything that's saved during game play is often stored inside of this folder. As far as I know there is no way to change this behavior.
3.) Sadly, I recommend buying a larger hard drive. While your configuration can give performance benefits since the O/S is not on the same drive as heavily accessed data, 10 GBs is simply not going to work in today's world.
Other information aside from games is also typically saved to the C: drive's My Documents folder regardless of where the application is installed. Generally speaking, any program that you run will want to store stuff into there.
There is also the Application Data folder (IIRC the name correctly) that's hidden and stores various files, and that is located on your C: drive.
In other words, while you don't want to use the C: drive for anything other than the O/S, the O/S and various programs will use it for all manner of stuff. Sadly, there's generally not a way to change this behavior (in my experience).
What it comes down to is that you'll need to buy a larger hard drive.
Good luck.
Sun Nov 25 2007 1:24PMi always choose to put it in D drive, but i think i found the problem, ive been installing it via Internet Explorer which is set in C drive but im installing into D drive, BUT i tried using FireFox which i have set in my D drive, i dont have the same problems, and i already considered a new hardrive but then i'd have to re-purchase my windows discs and stuff because i dont have them anymore :(
Sun Nov 25 2007 2:10PMAnother problem you're going to have with that setup thanks to our friend Vista. Since Vista requires games save their data to a specific folder unless that user is under admin, game developers have been changing the default save path to that folder. What this does though is makes all save files end up on the same drive your OS is on, even in XP, because it's simply programmed to dump it into a set directory on whichever drive happens to have the OS that installed it. This is only an issue with newer games but if you have alot of new games, some of which have hefty save files, that 10gig is going to fill up quick since I would assume most of that is taken up by windows and app data already.
Sun Nov 25 2007 4:29PMRegarding your OS problem.
Your OS has the registration number documented somewhere within windows. If you registered your OS with Microsoft then they might send you a replacement CD. it might cost a couple of bucks but it sure beats buying your whole OS again.
Check this site:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326246
Besides looking for answers online, the best bet for answers about microsoft is just calling them.
I have had to call them a couple of times and each time they were very helpful.
Hope this helped
Mon Nov 26 2007 1:04AMMMORPG.com writes:
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