There is generally another patition (not visible from explorer, but look in disk manager) that holds an image of the machine as shipped. The D: drive is another partition for data backups. You might only have a limited trial of Ghost (that is what I got). You can use the D: drive for whatever you like.

Peter

Right click on My Computer. Select Manage. Select Disk Management. That will show you the partition information for drives. You can also delete and add partitions there.

Peter

Thanks Peter345 for the reply, but where do I find Disk Manager ? I did a search in the Help area,

and nothing came back. The computer has XP Home.

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@MIKEW13 wrote:

A friend has bought a Dell Dimension computer. It has a 80 gig hard drive. When I check the

Properties of drive  "C"  it shows a capacity of about  56 gig, and about 5 gig used up so far.

When I check the properties of drive  "D", which is labeled "Backup" it shows a capacity of

about 20 gig, and only about 65 meg used up so far. I can not see the contents of drive "D".

I assume that is where a backup of the operating system and drivers are locacted ???

Is that correct ?? Also can I save to that drive "D" ?  I would hope so since there is about 19 gig

of space left yet. The computer has Ghost 10 installed. Thanks, Mike

 

D is for use by Norton Ghost.  That's where it puts the backups.

Hi rickmktg, thanks for the reply. I was going to use Ghost to make a backup copy and save it to the "D" drive, and then burn it to a CD. Maybe I could just use Ghost to save it right to a CD or flash drive. Then I would probably like to just expand the "C" drive to include the "D" drive. Is this possible, or would I have to format and delete the partions. I really don't see any advantage of having partitions. If the hard drive fails, you loose everything anyway ?? 

 

MIKEW13,

I really don't see any advantage of having partitions. If the hard drive fails, you loose everything anyway ??

True, but if the hard drive does not fail but for some reason you need to reinstall Windows, if your data is on D:\ and your operating system and applications on C:\ the amount of backup required prior to the reinstallation is significantly reduced.

Thanks Denny for the reply, but one more question. If I use Ghost to backup everything to the "D" partition, must I keep Ghost (which expires in 90 days) to be able to use the backup, or will I be able to use it even if Ghost has expired ?

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@MIKEW13 wrote:

Thanks Denny for the reply, but one more question. If I use Ghost to backup everything to the "D" partition, must I keep Ghost (which expires in 90 days) to be able to use the backup, or will I be able to use it even if Ghost has expired ?

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You must keep Ghost, or buy it yourself.

Message Edited by Glyn R on 09-16-2006 04:19 PM