What is the d: drive on my laptop for?

Question

Hi, just checked to see how much memory i have on my laptop and noticed the two drives. the os(c:) has 52.5 of 116 gig left and the DATA (D:) has 329 of 329 gig left. can i transfer music / picture / files to the DATA (D:)? and if so how? im lookin to put a LOTTA music on my laptop. many thanks, Chris k

Answer 1

It sounds like you have a 500GB HDD in your laptop and it's partitioned off into two drives. You can feel free to move files into the D: drive if you want to use it as storage. This way if something happens to your Windows installation, you can simply reinstall Windows and your fills will still be on the D: drive.

Answer 2

Yes C is for windows and programs and D is for your files.



The reason for this is simple, overtime Windows does updates and if it can' write close to where the OS files are, it writes to the other side of the drive.



So when you use the computer it starts slowing down.



Since user files are changed the most, it's kept on a separate "partition" on the boot drive called D:



Once you have moved all your files to D, open your performance control panel and do a disk defrag on the C drive. Will take some time so let it go, it will increase the computers performance when you reboot.

Answer 3

Judging by the size of the D: drive, and its name, "DATA", that is probably exactly what it is intended for; storing your music, pictures and other files.



Some laptops have a really small D: drive, maybe named "RECOVERY", which contains files needed to restore the laptop back to factory settings in the event of a problem. You shouldn't store data on these (and often it will try to stop you).



It's probably not actually a separate hard drive; it's just part of the same hard drive as the C: drive, called a "partition".



Although you can copy your files into the D: drive, you might also want to set your My Documents folder to be on the D: drive too. Here is a page with instructions for moving your My Documents folder: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/



One advantage of storing your data on a separate "drive" to the operating system is that you can, in theory, reinstall the operating system without wiping away all your files. It can also potentially bring speed increases.



You should keep all your programs and operating system files on the C: drive.

Answer 4

Storage.



It behaves a hard drive you can put any file you like on there. It's probably better than you put progs on the C drive and files on the D drive tbh. You can then modify permissions on D to non-executable to help protect the pc



edit: do NOT delete the OS unless you intend to replace it with something else. You still need an OS to be able to access your media files. You will still need the appropriate software to play them (I suggest VLC, there is a link at the bottom of my post)

Answer 5

D drive is for storage,Click on my computer and then d drive.

Answer 6

right click on my computer and click manage. Then click on disk management. That will tell you all the information you need to know

Answer 7

You can download VLC here http://j.mp/1lqh22T

Check it out.