Hi all,
So yes, I did search the existing answers and found one similar to what I'm asking, but my focus is a bit different and I'm looking for a different answer.
I have an Acer 6530G notebook. It came with a single hard drive partitioned in half -- 143 GB to Local Disk (C) and 139 GB to Data (D).
I've almost filled up the (C) partition, and haven't touched the (D) one since I got the computer. So now I'm eyeing to use that extra space.
However, I'm confused. It says 53.4GB is being used on (D), but when I look inside, it only has a couple dozen files adding up to a few MB. (I have it set to show hidden files and folders).
I'm assuming all that data is hidden in some other way I don't know about, and that it holds data for a system restore or something. (Is that right? Details?)
Thing is, this laptop is old -- it came with Vista, and since then I've gotten windows 7 and keep my own collection of system image backups and file backups on an external drive. So do I even have a reason to keep that 50 GB of old Vista stuff anymore?
I'd also like to delete the files I CAN see. What are these even for? Here's a screenshot:
On a side note, what was Acer even thinking with such a weird partition set-up? Was I supposed to keep my personal data in drive (D) and only system files in (C)? To me it just seems pointless.
At the end of the day, I'm basically trying to make sure it's safe for me to either delete everything off (D) or get rid of the partition altogether.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it.
PS this is my first post to any forum so sorry if I did anything unorthodox
So yes, I did search the existing answers and found one similar to what I'm asking, but my focus is a bit different and I'm looking for a different answer.
I have an Acer 6530G notebook. It came with a single hard drive partitioned in half -- 143 GB to Local Disk (C) and 139 GB to Data (D).
I've almost filled up the (C) partition, and haven't touched the (D) one since I got the computer. So now I'm eyeing to use that extra space.
However, I'm confused. It says 53.4GB is being used on (D), but when I look inside, it only has a couple dozen files adding up to a few MB. (I have it set to show hidden files and folders).
I'm assuming all that data is hidden in some other way I don't know about, and that it holds data for a system restore or something. (Is that right? Details?)
Thing is, this laptop is old -- it came with Vista, and since then I've gotten windows 7 and keep my own collection of system image backups and file backups on an external drive. So do I even have a reason to keep that 50 GB of old Vista stuff anymore?
I'd also like to delete the files I CAN see. What are these even for? Here's a screenshot:
On a side note, what was Acer even thinking with such a weird partition set-up? Was I supposed to keep my personal data in drive (D) and only system files in (C)? To me it just seems pointless.
At the end of the day, I'm basically trying to make sure it's safe for me to either delete everything off (D) or get rid of the partition altogether.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it.
PS this is my first post to any forum so sorry if I did anything unorthodox