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Steam won't update any games, or install new ones. They don't download, they just show that 0.0MB out of 0.0MB has been downloaded. I also cannot download any new games or tools, they say Creating Local Game/Tool Cache Files. And get stuck there forever. I can't download any new games either. When I try it tells me I have no internet. If it is not, then you will receive the message 'Disk is Full.' For example, if you open a 710-kilobyte (KB) workbook, and you make changes that add 10kb to the file size and save the workbook the disk must have over 720kb x 2 or more than 1.44mb of space for Excel to work with this file.
- My Local Disk Is Full And Cant Download Game For Computer
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- My Local Disk Is Full And Cant Download Game Full
My Acer Aspire 5920 laptop, now a couple of years old, has a factory-installed partition on the 250GB hard drive of approximately 50%. The C partition, with documents, photos, music and so on, is now almost full, whereas the D section, allocated to data, is relatively empty. What is the best way to change the partition to give me more space on C?
Chris Rothwell
Acer Aspire 5920 shipped with Windows Vista Home Premium, which includes partitioning software, so the answer for you and Windows 7 users should be simple. (This doesn't necessarily mean that it will be simple.)
Vista and Windows 7 are search-driven, so go to the Start box and start typing the word <em>partition</em>. This should bring up 'Create and format hard disk partitions' under Administrative Tools.
Alternatively you can get to it via the Manage menu item by clicking Storage then Disk Management. See Microsoft's help page: Can I repartition my hard disk?. The Disk Management utility provides the options Extend Volume and Shrink Volume.
The Vista4beginners website has a good guide to the process, with plenty of screen shots: How to manage your disks using only Windows Vista's Disk Management tool.
However, you can only extend a partition into 'contiguous space' that comes after the partition that you want to expand. In other words, you can reduce the size of your D: drive, but you may not be able to extend your C: drive into the vacant space, because it's in the wrong place. However, if you don't have much data on D: anyway, it should be reasonably easy to back it up and empty it. If necessary, you can delete the D: drive, extend C:, then create a new D: drive. Note that deleting the D: drive will convert it into 'unallocated space'.
Another complication is that laptops usually have a hidden partition to provide a 'recovery' feature, so that you can easily restore your PC to the factory condition. It's a good idea to back up the recovery partition to DVD, though I still wouldn't delete it, unless you really have to.
As you may have gathered, Microsoft's built-in tool is not very powerful, so you're probably better off using a third-party option such as Acronis Disk Director 11 Home or one of the free programs, Partition Wizard Home Edition or EaseUs Partition Master 6.1.1 Home Edition. A less convenient alternative is the open source GParted Live, which actually runs on Linux using a Live CD. Life is easier if you don't actually boot from the drive you are trying to repartition. However, as the GParted Live CD page warns: 'It is recommended to do a whole disk or partition image backup before you use GParted to resize or move your partition.'
But, instead of changing the partitions, you could actually change the way you use your hard drives. Many geeks like to keep their data separate from the operating system. This makes it easier to make backups of the data on the D: partition, and easier to replace or reinstall the operating system on C:. Unfortunately, many software companies base their easy installation routines on the assumption that everything is going to go on the C: drive, so non-geeks almost inevitably end up with packed C: drives and empty D: drives. This is bad news because of the way Windows' performance declines when it runs out of hard drive space, which is why I keep recommending people to keep 2GB or at least 1GB free on C:.
Nowadays, many Windows users have a few folders that are full of relatively large files: high-resolution photos, music tracks, movie files and so on. If that's your problem, it's easy to free up space on C: by moving these to the D: drive, or to an external hard drive. (Please remember that you don't have a backup unless you have two copies of a file: moving your photos to an external hard drive does not provide a backup.) Just don't try to move My Programs or Windows folders, because their current locations are stored in the Windows registry.
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If necessary, you can also move the My Documents folder. To do this, right-click on the folder in Vista to get the Properties sheet and click on the tab marked Location; or in Windows XP, right-click the My Documents folder on your desktop. This is the best way to move 'special' folders that are part of Windows. However, I'd prefer to leave it where it is and just move older files to the D: drive. For example, you could create a folder called My Old Documents with subdirectories for 2007, 2008 and so on, or sort your files into more useful categories.
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Whether you decide to change partition sizes or move a lot of files, this would be a good time to clean up your PC using some of the steps described earlier this month in 10 steps to speed up a slow Windows PC. Defrag and backup both partitions when you've finished.
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