Windows 10: Both OS Drive & HDD storage occupy Local Disk C

Discus and support Both OS Drive & HDD storage occupy Local Disk C in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; This is my first PC build, I built it with some advice from a friend & I've been using it for a few years now. I used a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB as the OS... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Proxy_92, Nov 12, 2020.

  1. Proxy_92 Win User

    Both OS Drive & HDD storage occupy Local Disk C


    This is my first PC build, I built it with some advice from a friend & I've been using it for a few years now. I used a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB as the OS drive & a HDD with 2TB for storage.

    The PC itself works fine, but I've always thought the boot speeds were a bit slow, given I'm booting from an SSD, but I didn't think too much of it & just accepted it for what it was, everything has been working fine after all.


    However I've been doing some more research into PC building & of delving back in to do a few upgrades. Though I have seen reports of others booting into their desktop in less than a minute using similar setups, whereas I can easily wait around 3 minutes.

    After watching a few build videos online, I've noticed that the boot drive is typically Local disk C and the storage drive is a separate drive altogether. Whereas both my SSD & HDD seem to be occupying Local disk C & that has me wondering if that is causing my boot to be limited by the HDD speeds in some way?


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    When I go into disk management, it seems like my SSD on Disc 1 isn't being used at all & isn't initialised, though I know that the OS is installed on there, whereas Disk 0 which is my HDD seems to be taking on all the work. I've seen a video on Linus tech tips going over a similar issue, however it was his HDD that was unallocated, not his SSD boot drive.


    The video in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMo8krAJd5Q&ab_channel=NCIXTechTips


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    I'm struggling to find answers for my specific problem and don't won't to risk tinkering around too much in case I mess up the whole system somewhere, so thought I would try asking here to see if anyone might know a solution to this or if this is how the setup should be?


    Thanks for the help

    :)
     
    Proxy_92, Nov 12, 2020
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  2. Storage: OS and local drive

    My computer says I have 40.8 MB free of 449 MB on the local disk E: and 848 GB out of 921 GB on my OS C: drive. It seems that I have a lot of storage left on this computer so how do I use some of those 848 GB's?
     
    JungleGrandma, Nov 12, 2020
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  3. Anwille Win User
    extend c drive storage space

    Hi, I'm , an Independent Advisor.

    Disk Management is a Windows built-in tool that supports to increase partition size with its "Extend Volume" feature. However, the program has some limitations in increasing disk space:

    - Extend Volume only works on NTFS and RAW partition. FAT32 and other file systems are not supported.

    - The Extend Volume will grey out if there is no adjacent unallocated space behind the target partition.

    So, the ways to increasing C drive with or without adjacent unallocated space are different. Open the Disk Management, and follow the right tutorials listed below to extend the local disk C drive on your own now:

    #1. Increase C Drive Space with Adjacent Unallocated Space

    Step 1. Right-click This PC/My Computer, click "Manage", select "Disk Management" under Storage.

    Step 2. Locate and right-click on the local disk C drive, and choose "Extend Volume".

    Step 3. Set and add more space to your system C drive and click "Next" to continue.

    Step 4. Click "Finish" to complete the process.

    Note that if that unallocated space on your system disk is not behind the C drive, you can't extend C drive in Disk Management.

    Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help you further!
     
    Anwille, Nov 12, 2020
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  4. Both OS Drive & HDD storage occupy Local Disk C

    Storage: OS and local drive

    I do not know how to switch whatever is being saved to the OS / C: drive. It just saves everything to the local Disk E:
     
    JungleGrandma, Nov 12, 2020
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