Many of the newer computers have two separate "partitions" which are simply "divisions" of the same physical drive. They appear to be different hard drives in "My Computer", and can be used like they are, but they aren't. Normally, the operating system and programs are installed to the "C" drive while other files such as pictures and music can be saved to the larger "D" drive. You should be able to determine whether it's two different physical hard drives a number of different ways. First, you can take the cover off and look...or...If you're using Windows XP, RIGHT click on "My Computer", choose "Properties", then click on the "Hardware" tab, then click on the "Device Manager" tab. When that opens, click on the + sign next to "Disk Drives" listing. If it's two separate physical hard drives, it will display two different devices.
As to where you want to download files to, it will depend. If you're going to download pictures and "fluff", then you might want to direct it to the "D" drive. If you're going to download program installers, then you probably should download it to the "C" drive where it will install correctly. Then again, maybe you want to "protect" the "D" drive from corruption so you'll want to download ALL files to the "C" drive first, then place them in your choice of locations later. It's your choice.
Hope this helps.
Grif
I got a new computer that advertised a 200 gb hard drive.
When I went into "my computer" it actually showed 2 hard drives: c and d. c has like 30 gb and d has 167 gb. I've never had 2 before. In the past, I would download something and it would just go to my hard drive!
Now,when I'm downloading or saving, do I select one or is it automatic? And is there a benefit to using one over the other for certain things? And can I make one the default? Or should I?
Thanks!

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