C drive full, D drive empty

Question

My C drive has 103 GB while my D drive has 931 GB, meanwhile the C drive is where everything is installed and the D drive is basically empty (924 GB free). This doesn't make any sense.

How do I get my C drive to have all the space that my D drive has?

Answer 1

Hi TorreyShirk

Your system has 2 separate physical drives an SSD drive and a 1TB harddrive, it is not possible to move space form one to the other . . .

So, on you system it is all about where data is stored . . .

This would be the best setup on that system:

1.

Move all your User Library folders to D:

Open Windows File Explorer

In the right hand pane, right click your Documents folder and choose Properties

Select the Location tab

In the Location box, type D:\Documents then click Apply and Ok

When that move completes, do the same for Pictures, Videos and Music

Each time, provide a new folder location, for example, Pictures will go to D:\Pictures

2.

Move the location of all future content downloaded from the Microsoft Store

Open the Settings App (gear icon on your Start Menu)

Go to System - Storage - Change where new content is saved:

Change all options you find there to D

3.

If you are a Steam Gamer

Stop all processes associated with Steam

Move the Steam folder to your D drive manually

Then open the Steam Control Panel and point that to the new location

4.

Please Note: this should ideally be done before you begin installing any software

For 3rd party applications, some will allow you to choose an installation location, for those, create a new Program files folder on your D drive, then for each application, create a new sub-folder of that folder

Other 3rd party applications will not allow you to change the installation location, and there is no safe way to move those to your D drive . . .

Answer 2

Never mind I got it, right clicked the shortcut

Answer 3

If you are a Steam Gamer

Stop all processes associated with Steam

Move the Steam folder to your D drive manually

Then open the Steam Control Panel and point that to the new location

Sorry, how do I open the Steam Control Panel?

Answer 4

Hi Torrey. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 9 year Windows MVP here to help you.

Please post a screenshot of Disk Management, which I read like a doctor reads X-rays. Follow the steps here so I can see everything needed to advise you: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/foru...

If these are two separate drives then the easiest solution is to sort all of your files into your User Account folders, then move them to the data drive. This does not compromise speed of an SSD like moving programs would. See here how to do this: http://www.dummies.com/computers/operating-syst...

This should give you enough space on C. Then save a system image backup of your C drive externally or to the data drive so if Windows ever becomes irreparable you can restore it in 20 minutes from recovery media. The files will be safe and current in their separate storage vault. I would back them up to the cloud in addition which is fire- and theft proof.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. If you'll wait to rate whether my post helped you, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Answer 5

Hello Torrey,

My name is Patricia and I am an Independent Advisor. I am here to help you today.

You can extend C drive via Disk management

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server...

You can also move big files (videos, pictures, musics) from c to D