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Is it possible for my D:drive to grow on its own?

by Feb 28, 2012 11:12PM PST

I am running an old xp laptop and was getting a "low disk space" message. When I looked at my disk volumes I see that an unnamed partition has a capacity of 5.01 GB with 16%free. My C:drive capacity is 13.97GB with 6%free. And my D:drive capacity is 55.55GB with 99%free. I didn't partition the drive myself, and it has been years since it was done. I have no idea what the partitions volumes were originally. Is it possible for them to change on their own? I don't know any reason for the D:drive to occupy such a large portion of the disk.

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by Forum moderator Feb 28, 2012 11:15PM PST

No, partitions don't change on their own. They must have been so from the start (unless you or somebody else changed them).
Why not start using such a big empty area of your disk?

Kees

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by johntphipps Feb 29, 2012 12:00AM PST

I appreciate the answer. It seems odd it was set up that way. Maybe I was supposed to use it for some special purpose that i have forgotten about.
Thanks for the answer

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I can offer TWO ideas.
by Forum moderator Feb 29, 2012 12:52AM PST

1. There are some folk that flirt with the idea that a small drive C is for the OS and apps and drive D is for data files. I wrote flirt because eventually they gripe about drive C size and how you can't move Windows to another machine with any ease. They also learn that when we reinstall the OS on C, drive D can be lost. Not a lot of safety there.

2. There is a rare machine or system where that drive does change size as backups are made with some vendor's software. It's not a stock Windows feature and it went by some name like RT Backup or such. Rarely encountered.
Bob

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