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08-05-2017 05:56 AM
My (C) Drive is nearly full (8% left) but (D) Data drive is empty. What can I move from (C) to (D) and can I make the (D) drive the default drive for data in the future?
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08-08-2017 02:06 PM
Hi @DamoG,
Perfect, I am really glad to hear that!
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The_Fossette
I am an HP Employee
08-06-2017 06:29 PM
Hi @DamoG,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
Thank you for posting your query in this forum, it's a great place to find answers.
I reviewed your post and I understand that you want to know whether you can move the data from C drive to D drive.
Don’t worry, we will work together to resolve this issue and It’s a pleasure to assist you in this regard.
I would like to inform you that usually on HP computers the D drive is recovery partition and you cannot save any data on the D drive.
I recommend you to check and delete the unwanted data files likes pictures, music, and video and it should free up a lot of space on the computer.
Follow the steps in the below article on how to remove unwanted files from your computer.
Let me know how it goes and you have a great day!
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The_Fossette
I am an HP Employee
08-07-2017 03:15 AM
Thanks The_Fossette for your response. However on my laptop the (E) drive is designated as the recovery drive and (D) is listed as a data drive (919GB). Having done a bit more research it would appear I can move data accross from the (C) drive but not programmes or software.
I have therefore move over 36 GB of photos and resest my settings so in future all new photo's are stored straight into the (D) Drive.
DamoG
08-08-2017 02:06 PM
Hi @DamoG,
Perfect, I am really glad to hear that!
I trust the above resolves your queries. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
To simply say thanks, please click the "Thumbs Up" button to give me a Kudos to appreciate my efforts to help. If this helps, please mark this as “Accepted Solution” as it will help several others with the same issue to get it resolved without hassles.
Take care.
Cheers!
The_Fossette
I am an HP Employee
01-02-2020 03:16 AM
Hello DamoG, I came across your post and had the same issue as I save a lot of photos and videos too and wanting to make use of the 1T free space on my DATA D. Wanting to know the steps you made so I can move Photos to my Data D. Thanks a lot 🙂