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Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member -  
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Hello everyone,

I bought a new PC: https://www.shscomputer.be/fr/computer/1538/asus-g752vm-gc006t-173-fhd-g-sync-i7-6700hq-8gb-128gb1tb-1060-6-gb-win10-asus-renew-gar-2a-shs.html

I am very satisfied, but the available space on my desktop is limited (see photo). For example, I have a large file (309 GB) that I can't move to my desktop, so I have to create a shortcut to the D drive on the desktop. It's "difficult" to access. Moreover, when I want to move documents from this file to my desktop (or vice versa), it copies them instead of moving them, which is sometimes problematic.

My question is as follows: how can I increase the available space on my desktop to be able to put this large file on it?



Best regards,

Robin

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    bazfile Posted messages 58492 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 268
     
    Hello,
    It's normal that you can't move your file because your system hard drive (where Windows is installed) is a 128 GB SSD, so there's not enough space. You can only put it on your 1 TB drive and then create a shortcut to the desktop.

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    1. Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member 1
       
      Ok... Thanks for the information.

      How can I make it so that it moves my files instead of copying them (from drive D to the desktop)?
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    2. bazfile Posted messages 58492 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 268
       
      As I mentioned in my previous message, you can only create shortcuts for your large files on your D drive to the desktop, because the desktop is part of Windows which is installed on the 128 GB SSD, there is therefore not enough space for them to be copied or moved to the desktop.
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    3. Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member 1
       
      Yes, that's exactly what I did (see photo of my first message).

      What I mean is that when I select a small file of a few MB for example, it copies it instead of moving it. For instance, when I want to move certain photos to my desktop, they are copied to my desktop AND remain in their source folder on drive D. As a result, could you tell me how to allow the simple moving of a file (and not the duplication).

      Thank you,

      Robin
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    4. Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member 1
       
      "Malekal_morte- > Robiwan22 - January 24, 2018 at 11:35
      Hold down the Shift key when you move them, you'll get an arrow instead of a +
      otherwise right-click cut then paste."
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    5. bazfile Posted messages 58492 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 268
       
      You open your D drive, then you select your file and click on move to... or you do a cut/paste.
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  2. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712
     
    Hi,

    How much space is left on the C drive?
    What is the size of the C partition?

    It's probably the C partition that is too small for your 300 GB file (which is quite large).

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    1. Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member 1
       
      But it's quite impressive because my old PC (a fossil!) allowed for unlimited load on my desktop.
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    2. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712 > Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member
       
      Your disk is 102 GB.
      You want to copy a file of 300 GB onto it, which is 3 times larger, so it cannot fit.

      You need a disk with at least 300 GB free to copy it onto.
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    3. Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member 1
       
      It's noted. Regarding my comment below:

      How can I make it move my files instead of copying them (from drive D to the desktop)?
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    4. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712 > Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member
       
      You press the shift key when you move them, you'll get an arrow instead of a +
      otherwise right-click cut then paste.
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    5. Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member 1
       
      Yes, where CTRL X + CTRL V! Thank you very much :-)
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  3. julien2810 Posted messages 27 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   11
     
    Hello,

    You won't be able to transfer your file since the hard drive where your system is installed is a 128GB SSD.
    Otherwise, you could buy a larger capacity SSD, which would be silly between us.

    Look at it as a benefit instead of a hassle :)

    If your computer ever crashes, you won't lose the data on your 1TB backup drive.

    Otherwise, there's RAID 0, but I would avoid it.

    RAID 0, called striping (translated as interleaving or striping, sometimes mistakenly called stripping), involves storing data by spreading it across all drives in the array. This way, there's no redundancy, so we can't talk about fault tolerance. Indeed, in case of failure of one of the drives, all data spread across the drives will be lost.

    Have a good day.
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    1. Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member 1
       
      Thank you very much for these clarifications. ;-)
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  4. Robiwan22 Posted messages 110 Status Member 1
     
    Thank you everyone for your responses.

    I found the "solution."

    Have a good day,

    Robin
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