I have this Dell computer sitting in front of me. Has Windows 7 on it. Websites claim this older model laptop has a 500GB hard drive. The C drive where the OS is stored reads 70gb of hard drive. 20gb being used with 50gb of hard drive space left. Ok... well where the hell is the other 430gb of free space?
I've owned HP computers towers and laptops my entire life... all prior Windows 7 configurations though. Mostly with Windows XP installed. My point is... never once was the HP Hard drive partitioned. Is this a corporate choice or a Windows 7 feature? Usually HP computers puts the hard drive at C: and Recovery at D:
Dell computers puts the 70gb of Hard drive space at C: and the extra 430gb at D: (Local Drive) which is a partitioned Hard drive.
Why the fuk do they do this?
After reading numerous threads about this via the internet on researching this crap... I found out I'm not the only person pissed off. Many people have called Dell Tech Support and asked why does your corporation do this? Most of the reps claim the D: Hard Drive area was made for your Music, Photo, Document Files. Where As The C: Hard Drive area was made for simple (short term) storage. Makes no sense to me. Dell also claimed that it's easier for them to diagnose the situation in regards to operating system errors on a smaller drive. I find that ridiculous too. So I have a few questions for computer gurus out there... Like Russian Rocket... or anyone else...
1. Let's say you had a PC game you wanted to play. You stored it on the C: Drive (Hard drive). You simply have insufficient space to save anymore files on that C Drive. An expansion Disc or upgrade to your game came out a year later. You want to add it to your computer but again... you don't have anymore room on the C: Hard drive area. The only way you can save it... is to the D: (2nd partitioned Hard Drive - Dell's Genius Idea)... after you store in on the D drive... will the full game still run??? Even though sections of your game are stored on the C drive and D drive? I'm just wondering if anyone ran into this problem before?
This is a real pain in the ass. Does anyone have the slightest idea why Dell does this???