Hi, bought my wife the Gigabyte Q2532N based on your reviews and I have been very happy with it but we find we have trouble when we type (took us a while to figure out that you just turn off the touch pad, but we find that annoying)anyway my question(s)are:
When I go to My Computer the C drive is there (99.9 GB) and also under Hard Drives is a drive call Data (D)that has 357 GB with nothing on it. When I received the laptop windows was already set up so I presume that the Data drive is there as part of the set up of windows. How do I make the Data drive amalgamate into the C drive?
Question 2: Sometimes the cursor freezes up. I will be working on something and it just happens. My computer is up to date including
all the drivers. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Most computer makers create a small partition - generally d, this partition includes the recovery software required if you need to reinstall windows and other drivers.
I am not sure why the d drive is so large.
I wonder who set your computer up. Maybe you should return the notebook to the retailer to fix it.
Thanks for the reply Peter G. I bought it online and I had some trouble with that retailer so there is no chance I am returning it. Anyone out there that can help?
The idea with 2 partitions is you have the OS on e one and data on the other. That way if the OS becomes corrupt and needs reinstalling you can format that partition and not lose data.
Of course to have that work you have to redirect things like the Documents folder to a folder on the D partition. It can be a chore. You can also move the whole user profile if you do some registry footwork.
However just keeping regular backups is easier and to remove the D partiton and expand the C partiton install Easus Partiton Master.
http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm
Windows 7 actually makes it pretty hard to change your documnet files from c: to d: drive.So the best solution is probably to remove the d partition. If you intend to do this, make sure you have a complete back up before changing the partition. Also make sure you have your windows install disk and your driver disk ready to go - just in case..
Thanks Reg, I guess that I will leave it alone. I back up all my documents to my home server so I don't really need to back anything up on the D drive.
You still need to work out how to remove the d data partition to get access to the 357 gb. the d drive si not meant to be a backup drive at all.
Just to clarify- the D drive is intended for data as distinct from OS (not backup which would be unusable if the disk dies) and if you do your regular backups externally then you can happily live with one partition knowing your data files are recoverable. Use Easus Partition Master to remove D and expand C.