Change Default Drive

[Chris Battiston]

Hi,

I have a computer that has a partioned hard drive (C:\ and
F:\). I am trying to set up Windows to automatically kick
over to the F:\ drive once the C:\ is full. Is there a way
I can do this so that I don't have to keep clicking the
Save In drop box? I have looked everywhere, and can't seem
to find the option for this. I'm running Windows XP.
Thanks,
Chris

[RJK]

You don't want your c:\ (boot?) drive to fill up. Best to keep several
megayte's free at all times on the boot drive. Often in application
programs, e.g. Word Tools | Options | File locations you can change the
default drive and folder location that appears when "save"'ing.

If your boot drive is very nearly full up, uninstall a program or two and
install onto your 2nd drive, or move that huge photos folder onto your other
drive etc..

regards, Richard


"Chris Battiston" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I have a computer that has a partioned hard drive (C:\ and
> F:\). I am trying to set up Windows to automatically kick
> over to the F:\ drive once the C:\ is full. Is there a way
> I can do this so that I don't have to keep clicking the
> Save In drop box? I have looked everywhere, and can't seem
> to find the option for this. I'm running Windows XP.
> Thanks,
> Chris

[RJK]

....you could also relocate pagefile.sys onto your 2nd larger drive to free
up a lot of space on your boot drive.

regards, Richard


"Chris Battiston" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I have a computer that has a partioned hard drive (C:\ and
> F:\). I am trying to set up Windows to automatically kick
> over to the F:\ drive once the C:\ is full. Is there a way
> I can do this so that I don't have to keep clicking the
> Save In drop box? I have looked everywhere, and can't seem
> to find the option for this. I'm running Windows XP.
> Thanks,
> Chris

Thanks for your help...
Take care,
Chris
>-----Original Message-----
>....you could also relocate pagefile.sys onto your 2nd
larger drive to free
>up a lot of space on your boot drive.
>
>regards, Richard
>
>
>"Chris Battiston" >
wrote in message
...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a computer that has a partioned hard drive (C:\
and
>> F:\). I am trying to set up Windows to automatically
kick
>> over to the F:\ drive once the C:\ is full. Is there a
way
>> I can do this so that I don't have to keep clicking the
>> Save In drop box? I have looked everywhere, and can't
seem
>> to find the option for this. I'm running Windows XP.
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>
>
>.
>

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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 08:08:55 -0800, "Chris Battiston"
> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a computer that has a partioned hard drive (C:\ and
>F:\). I am trying to set up Windows to automatically kick
>over to the F:\ drive once the C:\ is full. Is there a way
>I can do this so that I don't have to keep clicking the
>Save In drop box? I have looked everywhere, and can't seem
>to find the option for this. I'm running Windows XP.
>Thanks,
>Chris

What the heck are you using your computer for that you want to
automatically cycle through drives to save files?

Even if some guru shows you a way to get that to work...

I don't think that would be a good idea. Mainly because I don't think
that you should ever completely fill your primary hard drive where the
OS is contained AND because I don't think that you should dump files
all into the root directory of your secondary drive.