small PC problem..
 

ok heres the deal. My laptop currently have 2 HD on it..one is standard(4 gb) and the other is 30 GB..the problem is whenever I try to install a program it always try's to install it on the main HD which is the c drive where windows is and that HD has only 42mb of space left.How do I get programs to start writing to the other HD when i initiate the disc?

When you are prompted for the location to install the program, it always defaults to c:

So, instead of just clicking next, go the the install path and manually change the c: to d: (or whatever your second drive letter is)

i tried do this..what I am doing is trying to install XP and office XP on my comp.For some reason they wont let me manually pick which HD I want to load them onto yet I can see both when it says that the c drive is low on disc space

format c:

even if i format c there wont be enough space for windows XP..lol

the c drive is 2 GB

hammer.

This might be the best solution. XP (both Office and Windows) are a bit quirky and need to have elements on the c: drive (especially Windows). You may want to back up the booty mpegs from the c: to the d:, format the c: and just do a clean install.

(edit) Is the c: drive 2 or 4 gigs? Windows XP needs a bigger drive.

lol

Use partion magic it will trick the laptop into thinking that both drives are the same, so you will have one big C drive.

I have used this many times, works great.

http://www.powerquest.com/

Regards,

Kevin

actually the main HD is 1.99 GB...lol

BIG hammer.

damn...:(

j/k, TDF....you could go in there and swap the cables and jumpers so the 30 gig is the master drive...you'd still have to do all the formatting and CMOS stuff, though.

be VERY careful with this kinda software. Backups are always a good idea when fucking with one's HDD at this level..

well I dont mind opening up my desktop and doing that but this is my laptop we are talkin about..

A little trick the old man taught me wayyy back when Gates took over in a bloodless coup.......... ALWAYS format every drive /s . It snookers MS products trying to decide where they want to default to.
We haven't had an op system on a C drive since he tore apart my Microcenter proprietary Laser in early 95. lol Nor have we had a MS product insist on the drive letter it will or will not install on. :)

Just make sure you keep notes on how many drives you have and where the drive letters are coming from in case you ever need to change a drive.

:winkwink:

bash its little digital brain in!!! :ak47: :uhoh

Backups we don't need no stinking backups:thumbsup

I have used it and server magic several times hell I even used the Novell version, you do not need to reformat or mess with the cmos or anything just install it then it has a Disk Manager that you can adjust or merge the drives as needed.

Regards,

Kevin

hm...well everything on my comp is expendable right now..nothing that cant be reloaded on there or downloaded...i think AMP was right..

two suggestions tdf:

1. Can you get rid of the small drive and replace it with the larger one? (thereby making it the primary and only drive in the system)

2. If #1 fails, can you go into the bios and disable the primary HDD and make the second (larger) drive the master?


either one would seem a viable option....

hm...I'm sure I could do option 2..but format c sounds so sexy right about now...

well, that'd come after you complete #2..... you'll still hafta format it clean to install your op system.....

(best of both worlds bro...) :glugglug

its formatting now..wish me luck!:glugglug :glugglug

good luck bro..... (but keep the hammer handy just in case...) :glugglug

operation format c is going pretty shitty so far..after formatting my drive all it says is invalid system disc when nothing is in my cd rom drive

One thing I learned from my father watching him work on things in the garage is that a hammer can fix almost anything.

well so far I stuck my old gateway system restoration disc in and not its asking me for my backup OS disc(which I dont have) so I will borrow my neighbors disc tomorrow...tune in for the next episode tomorrow of...


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