How to increase disc space on C drive

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  1. Posts : 16,781
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
       #11

    NavyLCDR said:
    Not exactly. The OP has one HDD and one SSD, if the computer they are posting about is the computer listed in the computer specs.
    Exactly.

    And note that the disk sizes shown in the diagram are precisely those that would be shown for a 128GB disk & a 1TB disk [the disks recorded in the OP's system specs].

    Denis
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       #12

    NavyLCDR said:
    Not exactly. The OP has one HDD and one SSD, if the computer they are posting about is the computer listed in the computer specs.
    Try3 said:
    Exactly.

    And note that the disk sizes shown in the diagram are precisely those that would be shown for a 128GB disk & a 1TB disk [the disks recorded in the OP's system specs].

    Denis
    Agree. And this is also shown in the picture of Disk management in the first post.

    Dynamic partitions should be able to extend over several physical drives, but system partition is on SSD and wouldn't recommend to extend it over to HDD. Could influence system responsivity.. And I have zero experience with dynamic partitions...

    Do you guys have more experience with it?
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    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
       #13

    I'm going by the Disk Management screen capture posted.
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  4. Posts : 18,424
    Windows 11 Pro
       #14

    Ztruker said:
    I'm going by the Disk Management screen capture posted.
    So are we.
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  5. Posts : 14,046
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
       #15

    So each disk, the 1TB HDD and the 128GB SSD are setup as Dynamic disks then? This is a newly purchased system. Since it came this way, where was it purchased from? I don't know of any large PC vendors that would setup a system this way. No idea what they do in Europe though.

    Since they are Dynamic, can C: be changed to span both disks? Would that even be something to think about with the significant difference in architecture and performance between the SSD and the HDD? Seems to me a better option would be to buy a larger SSD.
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  6. Posts : 15,441
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       #16

    Ztruker said:
    So each disk, the 1TB HDD and the 128GB SSD are setup as Dynamic disks then? This is a newly purchased system. Since it came this way, where was it purchased from? I don't know of any large PC vendors that would setup a system this way. No idea what they do in Europe though.

    Since they are Dynamic, can C: be changed to span both disks? Would that even be something to think about with the significant difference in architecture and performance between the SSD and the HDD? Seems to me a better option would be to buy a larger SSD.
    Spanning ssd onto hdd is pointless and will give big performance hit.

    Setting up with dynamic disks is not a good plan.

    PS I know EU can do some daft things but this is not EU specific - lol.
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    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #17

    If possible please temporarily change the default language to English:

    Add, Remove, and Change Display Language in Windows 10 | Tutorials

    Post a new image of disk management > by default some of the columns are compressed > widen these two columns: Status and Volume > for the status column check each of the rows to make sure all of the characters within the parenthesis are in full view and that none of the letters are cut off > recheck the disk 0 and disk 1 rows to make sure that they are sufficiently wide so that the letters are not cut off > post an image into the thread
    Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of | Tutorials

    Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste: (all at one time)

    Code:
    diskpart
    list disk
    list volume
    select disk 0
    detail disk
    list partition
    select partition 1
    detail partition
    select partition 2
    detail partition
    select partition 3
    detail partition
    select partition 4
    detail partition
    select disk 1
    detail disk
    list partition
    select partition 1
    detail partition
    select partition 2
    detail partition
    select partition 3
    detail partition
    select partition 4
    detail partition
    select partition 5
    detail partition
    select partition 6
    detail partition
    select partition 7
    detail partition
    When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread
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  8. Posts : 456
    Windows 10 Pro
       #18

    You shouldn't have to worry about your C drive filling up, I have used 75GB on my C drive so far. That is with a lot of extra programs installed (over the course of 5 years), if you install any games, make sure your launcher of choice uses D as the default drive and that will go a long way for you.

    Additionally, you should use the D drive (larger one) for:

    Downloading and installing games.
    Downloads from your browser.
    Media usage: photos, music, videos, books etc should go here
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