Greetings, I'm currently using an older model cpu. I have 2 hard drives (c and d). C is 5gb and d is 9gb=14gb. Drive c(4gb) is my main drive. I use windows from drive c. Drive d holds my mp3s, videos, pics, etc... Both drives are just about full. I know since I have large files I need a larger hard drive. But, I have to deal with what I have for at-least another month. I had originally bought another hard drive because my old 1 had a virus and I couldn't dl any removal software. So once I bought a new hard drive I plugged the old one (9gb) into it as a slave. I ran my antivirus and removed the trojans. My question is......Since i'm using drive c for windows can I delete windows 98se from drive d? I ask because windows on drive d is taking up 654mb. I was wondering if I deleted windows on drive d would I still be able to use my documents on drive d. My Documents on drive D hold all my pics, videos, mp3s, etc.... I also have a few programs like photoshop on drive d and I was concerned if I delete windows off the drive would I still be able to use programs that are on drive d? Here are a few other programs on drive d I was wondering if it would be alright to delete. Common Files-it's taking about 110mb mikehp--I don't even know what that is but it's utilizing 48mb Any other tips or advice is welcomed. Any free programs I can dl that'll help free up space? I've never done any of the defragment stuff. I'm kind of a cpu idiot. I don't know much. And I think i've heard people talking about how they screwed up their cpu/hard drive doing defragments, and other tools. So i've been kind of scared to do any of that stuff. I may have got off my original topic a little. Here's what i'm trying to do. I have around 6gb of photography, mp3s, and videos on drive d. I was wondering if I delete windows from that drive. Will I still be able to access those files and can I still access all files in my documents folder on drive d? Any other advice is welcomed. Thanks to everyone!

Hi, Are c and two "physical" dirives? As in 'hold one in each hand?' Next, before you delete or install or uninstall anything, it would be a real good idea to run scandisk, and if the structure is sound, run defrag. If windows is running on c, you should be safe to delete windows on d. As for 'common files', I think deleting them is like skating on thin ice. The problem with deleting programs is that unless you uninstall them, windows tends to get tripped up. HTH

Your post isn't really clear about where Windows is located: >>>Since i'm using drive c for windows can I delete windows 98se from drive d?<<< If you mean that the installation files for Windows98SE are on drive D, then unless you have the files in some other format, and you wipe them out, you won't be able to reinstall. Also, if you have installed any programs under Windows (whether they be on C or D), then when you wipe out Windows, you'll be unable to run them (since you'll be deleting the registry, dll files, etc.) It would be better to try and move the files off to some type of backup media (tape/CD-RW/whatever) before you wipe out something you may wind up needing.

The poster means the OLD installation of Windows on drive D before drive C was added - note that D used to be the original and sole primary hard drive until it got moived to slave. I suggest you rename the Windows folder on the D drive to something else, like Win-Old then run the computer for a couple of days , trying out all your programs. If all is well, then you should be able to remove that folder completely, since it will show everything is addressing the Windows folder on the C drive (as it should). If any programs do stop working then reinstall them, as this will probably mean critical files they are still referencing files in the D drive Windows folder, from when they were originally installed. Some other things you might do first though: 1. Zip up old personal documents and other files you don't use often, then delete the orginals; 2. Delete old email files - search for Deleted Items.dbx and delete them for all your accounts. These are the logs of deleted emails, and grow over time. You could also delete the Sent Items.dbx if you wish, and are sure you never need any emails store in your Sent Items folders. 3. Get a trial download of East-Tec's Eraser. This is a security tool which overwrites files beyond recovery. One of its features is that it can seek and destroy all the old applogs from your programs, which build up over time and take up 100's MBs of space. 4. Compress the D drive, though I personally consider this a last option after doing anything else.

Yes c and d are two dif. drives. They both sit in separate slots. To be more clear-I was originally using the 9gb as drive c. But, once I caught some trojans that disable me to dl any software. I went out and bought a small hard drive (4gb). I made that my main hard drive (drive c). I connected my old drive (9gb) to it and removed the trojans with my anti virus software. Both drives have windows 98se on them. I had windows 98se installed on my new hard drive. So I'm using the windows 98se on drive c to access the internet, etc... I hope I was more clear. Both drives have windows 98se installed on them. That's why I was wondering if it's ok to delete windows from drive d since I'm using the one on drive c. The only thing that I THINK I'm using drive D for is to access my Documents folder which contains all my photo's, mp3's... my question was if I delete windows from drive d will I still be able to access My Documents (photography, mp3s, videos, etc..) that's on drive d? Can scan disk and defragment mess up anything? I've never used it. But, I thought I heard someone say they'll never use scan disk again because it messed up their cpu. So should I be worried about anything if I use scandisk or defragment? I'm a cpu idiot, sorry. Thanks

Thanks SafeTsurfa, I think are post crossed. I'll rename the windows folder on drive D. And if programs stop working just change the folders name back to Windows? Either way, it shouldn't effect me accessing my documents folder on drive D? Thanks for all the other tips also!

"Either way, it shouldn't effect me accessing my documents folder on drive D?" Correct. You will be able to access anything on your slave drive. (The "My Documents" folder is a seperate folder in the root of the drive anyway.)