The local disk is where we will store all important information.
The computer has many different icons, buttons and labels. We use some of them (or will use), and we will never need some. You will learn about all these icons and buttons in the following lessons. And in this lesson we will talk about the most important icons in the computer - about Local drives.
Open "My Computer". This icon may also be called Computer. It is located either on the desktop, that is, on the screen, or in the "Start" button.
When you open My Computer, you will see several icons in the center of the window. We will talk about most of these icons in the lesson "How to open a disk and a USB flash drive." Now we are interested in the icons that are called “ Local drives". By at least, one such disk is always in the computer, but there are more of them. Most often, there are two of them.
A local disk is a section of a computer that stores all information on a computer (video, music, documents, photos). You can compare it to a room in an apartment. If there is only one Local Disk, then we can say that you have a one-room computer.
It is best when the computer has two or three Local disks. Now we will try to figure out why they are needed and what they are used for.
There is always one Local disk. It is called "Local Disk C". Open this icon and you will see several folders with English names.
Inside these folders are other incomprehensible folders and files. They are "responsible" for the operation of the computer. That is, these folders and files are computer system or, as it is also called, operating room Windows system.
If you and I break something here - delete some folder or file, change the name - then the computer may fail. Therefore, it is better not to "touch" anything on the C drive. It is best not to go into it at all. At least until we learn to use a computer fluently.
We are more interested in other Local Disks. Close the window and open My Computer again.
If you only have one Local Disk, then this is not very good. It is advisable to divide it into several parts. True, it is better not to do this on your own. Invite a computer technician or computer technician you know.
And other disks are the most important icons on your computer. We will store all our information in them - books, music, photos and pictures, documents and so on.
Open any disk (D or E). If you recently bought a computer, then most likely nothing will be in it. But if you used a computer, then Local Disks will contain files and folders with information. You can “walk” through these files and folders. Let me remind you once again: we will store all our information in Local Disks. This applies to disk D and any others except C (the system is in it, and we have nothing to do there).
Many people unknowingly store their information in My Documents and on the Desktop (on the screen). This is a big mistake. Let's check how things are going on your computer. Close all open windows. See what you have on your Desktop (on the screen). Ignore folders and files with arrows. They are called labels and are not of interest to us yet. See if there are folders and files without arrows. They shouldn't be on the Desktop, they should be in Local D or any other drive other than C.
You can learn how to transfer files and folders to Local drives from the lesson "Copying"
Also open "My Documents". This icon is located on the Desktop or in the Start button.
If there are several folders, for example, “My Pictures”, “My Music”, “My Videos”, and these folders are empty or almost empty, then everything is in order. But if there are many files and folders in My documents, and you know that they contain important information, then you will need to transfer them to Local drives (D or E).
The fact is that the Desktop, as well as the "My Documents" folder, are actually located in the C drive. That is, where we have the Windows operating system. And if suddenly something happens to the computer, for example, the system deteriorates or a virus penetrates, there is Great chance that everything will be erased from "My Documents" and from the Desktop. In addition, the Local C drive may become full and the computer will start to work very slowly or stop working altogether.
It's better not to risk it again and "add up" everything important folders and files to drive D or any other Local drive other than C.
For normal work hard drive it is necessary that it has a partition table (sometimes it is called partition, although strictly speaking, partition- these are the partitions of the disk). In its absence, the operating system does not have access to the hard drive ("does not see" HDD). The partition table contains information about the physical characteristics of a disk: the number of sides, the number of tracks and sectors per track, as well as information about partitions and logical disks.
Disk partitions
When working in MS-DOS system each hard drive can have the following partitions:
- Primary DOS partition: Required. In this section, the only system logical drive(usually named C :)
- Extended DOS partition: present only when the hard drive has two or more logical drives.
- Non-DOS partition: generated if you work with two or more operating systems. This section is used by other operating systems and is invisible to MS-DOS.
FDISK Command
To execute this command, you must have boot floppy, made in Windows 98SE, preferably in Russian. Although bundled with the operating system comes external team Fdisk but in English.
After booting the computer from a floppy disk, enter the command
The main menu will be displayed on the screen:
FDISK Options
( FDISK Options)
Current fixed disk drive: 1
(Current drive hard disk: 1)
Choose one of the following:
( Choose one of the options :)
1.Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
( 1. Create a DOS partition or DOS logical drive.)
2.Set active partition
( 2. Install active section.)
3.Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
( 3. Delete a DOS partition or logical drive.)
4.Display partition information
( 4. View information about partitions.)
5.Change current fixed disk drive
(5. Change current drive hard disk.)
Enter choice:
(Enter your choice :)
Press Esc to exit FDISK
(Press Esс to exit)
Note: If only one hard drive is installed in the computer, then option 5 is not displayed.
Partitioning a hard drive
To partition a hard disk, you need to perform the following operations:
- Make a reconfigurable drive active (if necessary)
- Delete all existing partitions on the hard disk.
- Create new sections you need.
- Create logical drives if necessary.
- If necessary, assign an active partition (it will be loaded from it)
- Format the resulting logical drives.
Removing existing partitions
If your disk has already been configured, you will first have to delete the previous partition. To do this, select item 3 of the main menu. The screen will display:
Delete DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive
(Removing DOS partitions or logical drives)
Current fixed disk drive: 1
(Current drive: 1)
Choose one of the following:
(Choose one of the options :)
1. Delete Primary DOS Partition
(1. Remove primary DOS partition)
2. Delete Extended DOS Partition
(2. Remove extended DOS partition)
3. Delete Logical DOS Drive (s) in the Extended DOS
(3. Remove logical drives from extended DOS partition)
4. Delete Non-DOS Partition
(4. Delete non-DOS partition)
The order of your actions:
- Delete the non-DOS partition (if it exists)
- Remove logical drives from the extended DOS partition (if this partition exists), and you will need to confirm your intentions several times and enter a disk label during the removal.
- Delete the extended DOS partition itself (if you had one), and during deletion you will need to confirm your intentions several times.
- Delete the primary DOS partition, and you will need to confirm your intentions several times and enter a disk label during the deletion.
The previous split is now removed and you can create a new one.
Creating a new partition
After deleting the previous split, you need to create a new one. To do this, select option 1 from the main menu.
Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
(Create DOS partitions or logical drives)
Current fixed disk drive: 1
(Current drive: 1)
Choose one of the following:
(Choose one of the options :)
1. Create Primary DOS Partition
(1. Create Primary DOS Partition)
2. Create Extended DOS Partition
(2. Create extended DOS partition)
3. Create Logical DOS Drive (s) in Extended DOS Partition
(3. Create logical drives in extended DOS partition)
First you need to create a primary DOS partition. Select item 1. You will be asked a question:
Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary DOS Partition and make the partition active
(Y / N ...............?
(Do you want to use all disk space for the primary DOS partition and make that partition active?)
If you answer yes, then one logical disk will be created on your entire hard drive, from which the operating system will be loaded.
In this case, the partitioning of the hard disk is complete. If you want to split your hard drive into several logical ones, then you must answer in the negative. The following request will be displayed on the screen:
Enter partition size in Mbytes or percent of disk space(%) to create a Primary DOS Partition .............:
(Enter the size of the primary DOS partition in MB or as a percentage of disk space.)
After you create the primary partition, you will need to create an extended DOS partition. ( Create Extended DOS Partition)
A message will appear on the screen:
Enter partition size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%) to create an Extended DOS Partition ..........:
(Enter the size of the extended DOS partition in MB or as a percentage of disk space.)
If you do not need to leave room to work with another operating system (not MS-DOS), then you must specify all the disk space remaining free, which is offered by default.
After you have created an extended DOS partition, you need to partition it into logical drives. ( Create Logical DOS Drive (s) in Extended DOS Partition)
Enter Logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%) ....
(Enter the size of the logical disk in MB or a percentage of disk space.)
If you want to create two logical ones (one is the primary DOS partition, the other is the full size of the extended DOS partition), then you need to agree with the default maximum size... Otherwise, enter your size and repeat this operation for the next logical drive.
After partitioning the hard drive into partitions and logical drives, you need to install an active partition (it will be from which the computer will boot).
Setting the active partition
To boot from the hard drive, the primary DOS partition must be active. Select option 2 from the main menu and enter the number of the partition from which the download will be performed:
Enter the number of the partition you want to make active ......:
(Enter the number of the section you want to make active)
When you display partitioning information, the active partition is marked with the letter A.
After completing these steps, the partitioning of the hard disk is complete. It remains only to format the resulting logical drives.
Note: If none of the partitions is made active, then it is impossible to boot from the hard drive. In this case, no messages are displayed.
Formatting the hard drive
Formatting the hard drive has some peculiarities. First, the C: drive must be made the system drive.
Secondly, you will have to format the hard drive after booting from a floppy disk. After booting from floppy, enter the command:
A warning will be displayed on the screen that you are formatting the hard drive:
Warning: all data on non-removable disk
Drive D: will be lost!
A question will be asked to continue:
With your positive answer, the hard drive will be formatted and the operating system will be transferred to it.
After that, you will be able to boot from the hard drive, transfer the files you need (operating system) to it, and, if necessary, format the rest of the logical drives (the S parameter, of course, is no longer necessary to set). The process of reconfiguring the hard drive is completely finished.
Question: An incomprehensible disk appeared: F
guys, an incomprehensible disk appeared in the "This computer" tab: F. there is no access to it. disk optimization, disk management, diskpart don't see it. Maybe this is a home group, looked at how to create it, got to the password, came out.? from home group came out, but the disc is not missing.
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disk 100MB FAT32
Answer: and this unsolvable problem?
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ATP solved the problem! after leaving the homegroup, it was necessary to reboot the laptop, at that time I could not, I was overwriting free place on hard. SPS for the desire to help
Question: Error 0x0000007B after hard disk re-partitioning
Hello, when I boot my computer, I get an error 0x0000007B. After what did she appear? My hard drive was divided into two partitions - C: and D :. On C: there is Windows 7, on D: a lot of memory is used, although I measured the files, and their volume took up much less than what is written in the properties. More than 100 GB was taken nowhere. I decided to create new section, transfer everything you need there, and format it. When compressing the volume, 60 GB were freed, I created new volume and transferred part of required files... The volume was no longer compressed, he said that 0 MB was free for compression, although it was also free, like about 100 GB. I read that Acronis will cope with all the problems Disk Director... Installed, began to free up space, he asked to restart the computer, after the restart nothing changed. Installed Paragon Partition Manager, there was some kind of error, and I downloaded a different version, installed it, remembered that the old one needs to be removed. I started to delete, I thought I was deleting new version, and canceled the deletion, after which everything became dull, the programs began to disappear, a black screen remained, and then an error appeared. Now, when you restart the system, it always appears. Restoring startup doesn't help. Restoring from a restore point gives an error, last configuration the system does not help either. Even when I choose recovery, when I select an operating system, it loads, and then asks to select an operating system, although there is none in the table.
Will it be possible to restore the system startup without deleting the necessary files? If not, then I can still delete it, I have it on another computer, just transfer it for a very long time, and I'm not sure that everything is there.
Sorry for the quality of the photos, they were not taken for the topic, I'm sitting now with Dr. Web Live USB.
If necessary, I will post the AIDA64 report, only I need to reboot.
Thank you in advance!
Answer:
Message from 20BaLeN02
"I booted from a flash drive, Windows PE on it, opened iso windows file, which was on another flash drive, clicked on setup.exe, selected full installation, after which, when booting from the hard disk, an error began to pop up "
Why is that so? There are normal standard methods: from DVD, internet or bootable USB but not like that.
When installing and formatting as needed.
According to yours, SMART has just glanced at it: there are mistakes, it seems uncritical, then I will revise.
If you do all the actions in this way - incorrectly, in your own way, then the problems will not disappear. Can you have someone to help, who rummages in computers?
What error is coming out now, this one? If different, show.
Question: Lost discs
There is an old server running Windows 2003 with three mirrored RAID arrays (there are three logical disks in the system).
A week ago, one logical drive went missing from the system. After rebooting, it appeared back. In the system logs for this day and the previous one, there was a bunch of vornings from dmio that it was not possible to write to disk. Intermittently, there was a message that the disc was suddenly ejected.
The next day, the disk was in the system, but after a reboot it disappeared. Subsequent reboots did not lead to anything - the disk did not appear.
The next day he appeared again. The Disk Manager was showing the status "Good (At Risk)" (in the previous days, the Disk Manager did not start). Moreover, surprisingly, both physical disks were shown for this array, and the other two arrays were shown as normal physical disks(one array - one disk). The dispatcher showed the type "Mirrored volume" for the problem array, and "Main section" for the rest.
After the reactivation was performed in the manager, synchronization started and the volume entered the "Good" state. The next day the volume disappeared again.
The disk configuration is pretty tricky. The motherboard has a built-in RAID controller. On it hangs two Seagates 80 gig each. There is a system on these disks.
An external 4-port Silicon 24XX RAID controller is plugged into the PCI slot (I don't remember the last two digits now). Two WDs of 500 gig each hang on it.
V PCI slot Express plugs in a 2-port RAID controller Silicon 3132 and two Seagates on it, 320 gig each.
Information about why everything works in such a configuration has been lost over the years.
Oddity number of times - this 3132 is nowhere to be seen when loading and there are no invitations to enter its BIOS. Therefore, it works, in fact, as usual. SATA controller, And his RAID array organized Windows tools... If you go into the motherboard BIOS and select the boot priority, then there will be four elements: built-in RAID, Sil24XX and two separate disks hanging on the Sil3132.
Further, when the volume disappeared, an attempt was made to transfer the disks from the two-port silicone to the 4-port one. They did not appear in the disk manager and AIDA did not see them either (I did not realize to enter the controller BIOS). After that, the disks were rearranged.
The disks appeared in the system when I reconnected the IDE-SATA power adapter to a different tail. Thinking that the power supply is to blame for everything, I left the server to look at for another day
This configuration will be called "control"
Today one of the disks began to emit whistling sounds (like something clinging to a cooler). The intensity of the sounds was about once every 5 seconds. Sometimes stopping. At the same time, no manipulations were made to access the disks. The server was loaded with the OS. The system began to freeze, and then said that the disk was unexpectedly disconnected. During the search for the source by sequentially disconnecting the disks, it was found that this is one of the disks of the problem array. But while they were looking, the second disk from this array was no longer found.
The second disk appeared when not the extreme connector of the adapter was connected to it, but the first one.
After looking at all this, I again restored the control configuration. Everything began to work again without additional sounds.
Well, now the question is: who is to blame and how to diagnose all this?
I have three candidates:
1) RAID controller. But then why didn't the disks appear when they were reconnected to another controller?
2) Disks. But then why do both disks disappear synchronously? It's hard to believe in the same failure of two disks
3) BP. In principle, it should be enough. It is 420 watts. Consumption of 2 xeons of 110 watts each, 6 disks with a total peak consumption of 55 watts and two RAID controller... And if the problems are in the PSU, then why are these two disks falling off and always in pairs?
Yes, I already read today that Silicone and Seagate are not friends, but it worked for years.
In general, I will be grateful for any ideas on diagnostics.
Regards, Vasilisk
Answer: I forgot to write. The problem was eliminated by replacing the power supply
Question: Transferring information to another disk.
Took from a friend unnecessary disk 100 Gig and thought to find a use for it. Since the capacity of the disk is small, I decided to use it either for the second RAM, or ... in short, I thought whether it was possible to free the C drive (thereby increasing the D drive), and transfer all the information to separate disk... Hence the question arose whether it is possible to do this and how to do it.
Answer: Mavrikii
Of course, these are necessary questions. Since a free disk has appeared, I want to find a use for it.
And of course thanks for the advice.
Question: Hard drive is missing
Problems started after reinstalling windows7, before that hard drives worked fine. I did not change any settings, I did not poke around in the hardware. After reinstalling Windows, a local disk E appeared (before that there were only C and D) and some information from disk D was copied to it. Winda became on disk C, as planned. While working at the computer, he began to freeze and give disk error on a black screen. It was not displayed in the BIOS. Turning off and turning on the computer helped. And all these dances were repeated throughout the month. Then I removed Windows, formatted drive C and now I can not install the operating system because the hard drive disappears before it is installed.
P.S. The computer has 2 hard drives.
Answer:
Question: The structure of the disk is damaged. It cannot be read. How to rescue valuable information from drive D?
no access to D: the disk structure is damaged reading is impossible - I received such a message when I tried to access D ..... After sudden shutdown computer.
Zh.disk W.Digital320-divided into 2 partitions: the main C: 50GB and logical D: 260GB ... and so the D drive flew off!
RAW file system. capacity, busy, free is all zero-based.
HP is installed on C, which is easily loaded.
How can I save valuable information from the D drive?
Question: Incomprehensible system slowdowns, Acer laptop e5-573g
Acer laptop e5-573g
Pentium 3556
8gb ram
The system is on ssd intel 530 120Gb. Branded Intel utility The SSD toolbox says the drive is fine.
Instead of a drive, there is an SSHD ST500LM000 500Gb
Windows 10 Enterprise
Drivers are all updated to the latest versions.
Problem:
When opening my computer, there was a delay in displaying the contents (about 3 seconds)
Initially, this laptop was a regular hard (not even sshd) 1TB. After the purchase, it was immediately replaced by ssd. Terrabaytnik got into the slot for the drive. There were the wildest brakes when I opened my computer (about 7-10 seconds), when I opened disk D. Chromium started for 10-12 seconds. The whole system was lagging. After replacing sshd with 500 GB, it became better, but still worse than on the previous laptop (in which both ssd and sshd were previously installed)
Help me understand what the problem is.
Either in the top ten (in the previous laptop there was a seven), or in disks, or in an integrated video card (which works when games are not running), or in the fact that the processor does not take out multitasking.
Seven is not an option. bad people from Acer decided to release drivers only for Vin 8 and Vin10. And on the seven without drivers it is even worse than on the ten (tried it).
Linux is also a so-so option. there is special software, which is only on Mac and Windows, but you don't want to bother with emulators.
The previous laptop on the desktop worked perfectly, but that's just morally very outdated, weighs a lot, with a dead battery, and has lost its presentable appearance over the years of operation.
Answer:
Message from Ironwatermelon
Once again I updated it to clean firewood on a video card
And what about the chipset and the built-in video core?
Although, it is unlikely that it will help you - you will still be sinning a percent.
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see Task Manager - which process loads the percent. Here's another -
?????Message from Ironwatermelon
When opening my computer, there was a delay in displaying the contents (about 3 seconds)
Chrome opens in about 6-7 seconds. If you open a tab with a large number of photos, twitching appears when scrolling, there is no smooth scrolling. If you launch a game (even a completely undemanding one like darkest dungeon) it is impossible to listen to music because the song starts to lag (if the alt-tabnuts, then the lags pass).
Actually, I thought this is normal for your weak prots!
Message from Ironwatermelon
In theory, it will generally be possible to change it on a beech or not?
I don’t know, I haven’t tried it. But the cost will surely be decent. It's not worth it. Better system install Win 8.1 x64 and configure it correctly!
Question: How do I fix my hard drive (all info is there)?
Hello. I have a laptop and it has a factory hard Hitachi disk IC25N060ATMR04-0. There are problems: no windows are installed and strange stripes appear on the screen at startup. What could be the problem? What solutions are there?
SMART disk
Passport drive
Disk check MHDD program
Stripes on the screen
Answers like buy a new hard drive are not needed. No money. I will not carry it for repairs either
Answer: I completely disassembled it to the hard drive and assembled it, cleaned it from dust. I am glad that at least I switched on, because I took it apart for the first time I began to make much less noise and not so hot now. I put Victoria's remap for the night. Let's see what happens.
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Also, it became a little faster to work.
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the computer has earned, installed Windows. But after a couple of hours I flew again
Question: I bought a used netbook, I am satisfied with everything, but here it boils a little, such incomprehensible sounds
Good time of the day!
I'm not a pro in hardware, so I ask HEEELP.
I bought a used netbook, it suits everything in it, but here it boils a little, such incomprehensible sounds. My old Hewlett is 17 inches and it will be quieter.
the seller says that there may be a problem with the cooler. but I read your topic and think "Maybe a hard drive"?
downloaded the program and tested it. Tell me from the pictures from the attachments (I thought I’ll grow old until I find how to load them)), which one with the disk?
Answer: Hey,
In principle, tapping and all kinds of clicks do not say anything good. If the cause is in the hard disk, it subsequently leads to serious damage to the disk. But I see that the program did not give any errors. If you are 100% sure that the hard drive is tapping, then in this case, I would advise you to try to test it again only with the help of a utility from the manufacturer. And just in case there is important information on the disk, transfer it to another medium. Also, make sure that the cooling system of the laptop is in good condition, try to remove dust from the heatsink of the processor and video card. And even better - just contact the specialists, they will quickly find exactly where the problem is and what needs to be done. Hope was helpful, Citizen_WD
Question: C hard disk is there a problem?
Good night all.
Help me understand what my problem is. I apologize right away for writing a lot, but the problem worries me greatly.
The situation is as follows. I reinstalled Windows and everything was fine in the beginning. But then the first freezes appeared. Then I decided to go to the Task Manager and see what the problem is. The hard disk was loaded to 100%, but besides this, the "Average response time" of the disk was 30-50 ms, then suddenly immediately from 2 to 20 thousand ms.
Then I decided that the disc was over. But I checked it with a couple of programs, and everywhere SMART was fine. I decided to connect another drive. But the same problem appeared there.
Then I decided to try last option... I took an almost brand new hard drive from a laptop. I measured the response time in advance, which did not rise more than 30-40 ms. But the computer had a problem with him too.
So, besides, after returning it to the laptop, it began to load much longer, and the response often became 50 ms, and sometimes 200 ms.
There were also side effects.
Initially, I connected the drives with the computer turned off, but did not disconnect the power cord or turn off the power supply using the button on it. And the first time you connect any hard drive, the computer is booting Windows logo just passed out. But on subsequent Windows downloads, there was no such problem.
Then I thought, maybe it is worth disconnecting the power supply completely from the power supply. I turned it off with the button on it. Then clicked POWER button to get rid of the remaining electricity in the computer. And then I inserted the SATA cable. But then I went nuts, the computer simply refused to turn on, no matter how I pressed the power button. At the same time, if you leave it for a few minutes after such a connection of the disk, then it turns on successfully and there are no problems with further starts.
Moreover, when changing SATA connector the problem with the first start remains. So also worried about the problem with the response time. More and more often, the response time of 20 thousand ms begins to appear, and once it was 70 thousand ml.
Just in case, I write:
1) The power supply, 650W, was checked with a multimeter (though without additional load in the form of a cooler or, as they say on the Internet, 5W bulbs), all voltages are normal.
2) I tried to change RAM, the problem persists.
3) I found my old power supply unit (450W), fully working, but replaced with a more powerful one. There is such a situation: the problem with the impossibility of turning on the computer after a power outage disappeared, but after the first connection of the railway it is still cut off and the system still hangs, the response time is still very long.
4) Only for turning on windows everything hangs, the response is great. When the computer is idle, the response is small (sometimes it is 0ms and the read / write speed is 0Kb / s). But when you start a serious program or game, everything may freeze altogether.
5) I read that it can hang because of the video card, I tried my old video card, the problem did not disappear.
And one more small question: I have such a case that the video card is very difficult to pull out. Somewhere in the grooves it gets stuck. Have to unscrew motherboard... And then press on the back of the video card, where all the connectors are. Sometimes you have to hit the palm several times on rear end and only then does it come out. Could such a way harm her? Checked her OCCT, everything is in order and temperatures are normal. So everything is all right with her? And what is the best way to pull it out?
Answer: Goodnight. Finally plugged in the floppy drive as you suggested.
The situation turned out like this: the first disk with the system refused to work, when I pulled it out there was a large crack coming from the hole in the center (When I inserted it, it was not there. Although I might not notice any small crack). But just in case, the disk is already old, I tried to install the system from another disk. From then on, the installation successfully booted. True, I only got to the disk formatting window.
Does this mean that everything is in order with the motherboard?
The drive was really very noisy, but maybe it’s because I’ve lost the habit of it already.
If this is not a motherboard, then I no longer know what the problem is.
And still don’t tell me: if the matter is in the motherboard, then when I change it, will it be possible to connect the old hard drives, or can they only spoil the new motherboard?
The most important icons are icons Local drives ... Let's talk about this.
Local Disk Headers
If you ignore most of the icons, in the center and at the top of the page, you will see an icon titled Local drives. They are the ones that interest us (for now).
Imagine that your computer is your apartment, and each separate Local Disk is a separate room in this apartment.
If you have only one Local Disk, then this is a one-room apartment (computer). Nobody says that living in a one-room apartment is bad (it would be where to live!).
But after all, each of us wants to be in a separate room, which means it is better to have several Local Disks.
Let's take a look at what Local Disks are for and how they are used.
L oral disk C
Local drive C is always, and absolutely all. If you open this icon, you will see a certain number of folders with names in English.
These folders contain other subfolders system files and folders... All this beauty is "responsible" for all the work of the computer. It - Windows operating system... It's like the Head or the Brain of a computer.
If you make any changes to the Local C drive, or break something, then our computer may even crash.
It is better to scare you at the very beginning than to let you feel like a full-fledged master of the computer, who is allowed to do everything.
Better " do not touch»Nothing on Local C drive, or don't go there at all! Well, at least until you learn to confidently use a computer.
Now you nothing to do there!
L oral disk D
At this stage in your knowledge, you should be interested in other Local drives. Now close the window and open My Computer again.
On Local drive D all Additional Information: video and music, different documents or ordinary photos... In other words, everything that you yourself put there or intend to put in the future.
If you have only one Local Disk (hard disk), it is better to split into at least two parts... But, don't do it on one's own!
May it help you advanced user or master.
This problem is very easily solvable !. Along with this, you can use and.
HOW TO CREATE A LOCAL DISK
Watch the video to the end, and only then start trying when you are sure that you understand the sequence of all the steps taken.
Additional Local Disks
Now open, please, any Local drive, except for Local drive C (where the OS is located).
Perhaps there is nothing there yet, if you bought it not so long ago. And if you used a computer, then there are many files and folders with some information on the disks.
Naturally, here we can already do some operations without fear of further consequences. At least the system will not suffer. So you can experiment!
In the future, you will store information on the Local D or E disk (if you have one).
Desktop
Many people store information in the My Documents folder or on the (screen) Desktop. They don't even know how big a mistake this is!
Let's hope you are not one of those. If this is not the case, then do not make this mistake.
Now close everything open windows... Look at the Desktop (screen). Do not pay attention to the labels (we will talk about them later), they are exactly here and the place, in most cases.
You look at folders, files without arrows and remember one strong rule - they are here MUST NOT BE!
The best place for them is Local Disk D, E, or another disk other than Local Disk C.
Folder "My Documents"
Now about the folder "My Documents". It can be seen after clicking the "Start" button or directly on the desktop.
If the folders My Pictures, My Music, My Videos, are empty or almost empty, then this is a good sign, which means that you are all right.
But if there are a lot of different files, folders, and any happy information, be sure to transfer them to another local disk.
In fact, the contents of the Desktop, and the folder "My Documents" are also located on the Local C drive(in the same place as Operating system Windows).
If something happens to the computer, then the entire contents of the folder "My Documents" and the Desktop will simply be destroyed.
Now, you thought that nothing would happen for you. I thought so too, however ...
I wish you that everything will always be good with you!
Another argument in favor of transfer unnecessary information, is the fact that the computer may start to run slower or generally "".
It is better not to risk and experiment, but "transfer" all important information and all important folders and files to any other drive, except for Local drive C.
