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  • 01-01-2003 3:25pm
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    John mac
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    I need help with updating my system.(I want to add a new hard drive)

    I am running a Pentium 2 450mzh with 384 megs of ram

    windows 98 upgraded to windows millennium

    at present the hard drive is partitioned into c and d drives with c having 1.99 GB and the d drive having 7.42 .

    The problem I have is that there is only 70 MB of space left on the c drive.(800MB free on D)

    so what I want to do is get a new drive and copy the contents of d onto it and leave the c drive with the full 10 GB of the original drive.

    The c drive is FAT while the d drive is fat32 (does this have any bearing on the matter and if so what can be done) can c be converted to fat 32 without risk to the software ??

    at the moment windows is using the d drive as the virtual memory.

    any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated


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    daveirl
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    John mac
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    is it ok to change to fat 32? will it do any damage to any software?


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    daveirl
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    sceptre
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    Use the free tool that comes with 98/ME to do the FAT32 conversion. Shortcut should be in Start Menu under Accessories somewhere if I remember rightly (it'll even give you a fairly good estimate of how much space you'll save by doing the deed)


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    John mac
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    thanks for that I will try it on saturday when i get a few mins:rolleyes:


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    elmer
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    a fresh install of 98 is always good :). as short term solution you may want to take a look at partition magic and resize the c drive to make it a bit bigger


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    John mac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,120 ✭✭✭John mac


    i can't seem to find the compression utility! I know it was on win 98 but MS must have taken it off win me. just have to buy a drive and a copy of partition majic 8.:)


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    elmer
    Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭elmer


    maybe it just wasn't installed - i don't have me installed but in 98 it's in add remove programs, windows setup, system tools


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    Runfree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭Runfree


    If you have nuttin valuble on ure computer and u havn't got partition magic and too lazy to get it(or if you have too much time on your hands) I would go for the long process.

    1) Install new HD

    2) move contents from D:/ to New HD

    3)Remove New HD(well I do have too much free time)

    4)Format Computer

    5)Install new HD

    6)Install all programs necessary

    It can take a while but its fun :)
    and another method :)


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    GUI
    Registered Users Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭GUI


    upgrade to 2k not me
    save u future hassle :-)


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