Space on hard drive.

[grandpajoe]

Hi I am running out of space on me hard drive "C"
Is it possible to put stuff on a memoury stick, such as I tunes??
We have lots of folders with stuff on but can't decide what to get without.
Someone suggested an external hard drive. How does that work????

Many thanks. Yes I am not quite comp illiterate but nearly!!!

Chris

[ChuckFickens]

To answer in reverse...

A external hard drive works exactly the same way as a memory stick, they are just larger in capacity (and physical size)

Yes it is possible to put you Itunes library onto an external drive, be it a memory stick (if big enough) or an external hard drive, obviously though the library would not be accessible unless the drive was plugged in

But.... you say your C drive is running out of space, is this the only hard drive you have listed in your computer. or do you have a D drive as well (that's not a CD drive) because if you do you can move some of your stuff there instead.

[VHG]

Run "disk clean up" (A windows program) to get rid of unwanted files.

Empty your recylce bin.

Delete your temporary internet files.

Look on your C drive to see is there is anything you can get rid of, video files tend to be the largest.

See if you can backup (then delete) any files like digital pictures or whatever. You can put them on a CD, DVD, or external drive.

Getting in to the habit of tidying up your hard disk is always a good idea.

[grandpajoe]

Thank you both.
Chris