Ken

[Ken Ryder]

I have recently had cause to format my hard drive:(

With my back up disk all seemed to go well but on examination of my 'C' & 'D' partitions I found that the 'C' was virtually full. I have been informed by my PC that I should free up space on that partition. I now find that many of the files etc in 'C' are also reproduced in the 'D' partition.

My problem is which files/programs can I safely delete in order to free up space on 'C', or, do I simply delete the corresponding items in 'D'? I cannot understand as to why these items need to be reproduced in two partitions.

I did make a start on the 'C' with the idea that if anthything went wrong then I could retrieve them from the waste bin but that soon became full.:rolleyes: Help!

[RandyL]

Hi Ken;

What exactly do you mean by backup disk?

What is the size of the C and D partitions?

What kind of files are these duplicates?

What have you deleted from the C drive so far.

[opensource_archive]

If you are prepared to reformat your HDD then use a partition manager (Built in one on Windows Install CD if you have one for example) and reinstall windows on a single partition.

 

Or use a free opensource Partition Manager like Partition Magic or QTParted live CD (Google it) to reformat and repartition your HDD. Make sure you have Master/Recovery DVD's and backed up important files.