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Thread ID: 148946 2020-04-08 08:41:00 I need some hand-holding please! R.M. (561) Press F1
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1468126 2020-04-09 00:52:00 I can't buy any more hard drives at the moment - i am not essential, you know.

You can. Its the shops which have to be essential, not you.
piroska (17583)
1468127 2020-04-09 01:17:00 How much of the F: drive 485 GB is free? Bryan (147)
1468128 2020-04-09 03:43:00 The problem is that the 'Healthy(Recovery Drive)' is between C Drive and F Drive. Note - they are not separate drives, but partitions of the one drive. I have already reduced the size of F Drive in anticipation of enlarging C Drive (I have done this sort of manoeuvre successfully in the past...). And because of the location of the 'Healthy(Recovery Drive)' I can't enlarge C Drive.

I haven't tried anything today yet - I am biding my time :)

I checked Ascent for HDD prices, but the information there was that I clearly can't justify buying a new HDD at present. However, I found another spare HDD that I had, and after reformatting it (it had been used with the Freeview drive for my TV) it is now functional on my computer.
R.M. (561)
1468129 2020-04-09 03:53:00 I checked Ascent for HDD prices, but the information there was that I clearly can't justify buying a new HDD at present.

You haven't tied hard enough.
See here for instance:

www.warehousestationery.co.nz

HDD essential...

Haven't searched others - but you can.
piroska (17583)
1468130 2020-04-09 04:11:00 Hi R.M. Re: the following comment,

"I checked Ascent for HDD prices, but the information there was that I clearly can't justify buying a new HDD at present. However, I found another spare HDD that I had, and after reformatting it (it had been used with the Freeview drive for my TV) it is now functional on my computer".

is this HDD External or Internal? I recently purchased a 2TB WD External from Noel Leaming for $99. I don't know if the special is still running.

However, can you transfer photo and the like files from C: to the new HDD to make space on C:?
Bryan (147)
1468131 2020-04-09 04:21:00 Since you are running out of room on C drive just drag and drop all the folders that you wish to F drive then check everything is as you wish, after you are happy delete the transferred folders from C drive.

You seem to be saying that you have reduced F drive, you should re-enlarge it again if so. Don't delete the recovery partition it has important folders and files on it, in case your o/s crashes.
zqwerty (97)
1468132 2020-04-09 04:27:00 Ok - some things to think about there. I try to keep my C Drive pretty clean (well, I thought I had) but when I look there are some files I could take off. R.M. (561)
1468133 2020-04-09 05:32:00 Ok - some things to think about there. I try to keep my C Drive pretty clean (well, I thought I had) but when I look there are some files I could take off. Did you run the disk clean-up ( system Files options) like Suggested ?? Its not uncommon if you haven't run it to get 2-5 GB back. wainuitech (129)
1468134 2020-04-09 06:12:00 Did you run the disk clean-up
I did, and only got 110kb. So something, but not much.
R.M. (561)
1468135 2020-04-09 07:06:00 When you run Disk Cleanup is Windows Updates ticked? you could have a few gig's there Lawrence (2987)
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