Vista - disc partition

i have vista enterprise instaled with a partition "C" of 10 gig the os is
installed on
and disc "B" 70 GIGs

the "C" is labled "healthy (system, boot, page file, crash dump primary
partition)

my "B" drive is labled (Active, primary partition)

my problem is "C" is full, I wish to install software on "B" - however when i
do so - it will not allow me - saying the "C" drive is full!!!

it seems the "B" drive is not active! how can i solve this ? surely it is
something
very basic ! thanks

B is generally reserved for a second floppy drive. I suggest you try
changing the label to a free designation first and see if things change.

"jim" <jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B3E0807A-ED20-4F4C-AEF3-143C0785B76F@microsoft.com...
>i have vista enterprise instaled with a partition "C" of 10 gig the os is
> installed on
> and disc "B" 70 GIGs
>
> the "C" is labled "healthy (system, boot, page file, crash dump primary
> partition)
>
> my "B" drive is labled (Active, primary partition)
>
> my problem is "C" is full, I wish to install software on "B" - however
> when i
> do so - it will not allow me - saying the "C" drive is full!!!
>
> it seems the "B" drive is not active! how can i solve this ? surely it is
> something
> very basic ! thanks
>
>
>
>

jim wrote:
> i have vista enterprise instaled with a partition "C" of 10 gig the os is
> installed on
> and disc "B" 70 GIGs
>
> the "C" is labled "healthy (system, boot, page file, crash dump primary
> partition)
>
> my "B" drive is labled (Active, primary partition)
>
> my problem is "C" is full, I wish to install software on "B" - however when i
> do so - it will not allow me - saying the "C" drive is full!!!
>
> it seems the "B" drive is not active! how can i solve this ? surely it is
> something
> very basic ! thanks
>
>
>
>


10G is a bit small for Vista IMHO, in fact I really do not see any
purpose in partitioning a drive as small as 80G at all, although you
"Seem" to be able to install stuff on the second "Drive" in windows it
still puts a lot of stuff on C however you do it and so it's neither a
safety measure nor advantageous to the OS.

So, no matter that you are intending to install on "D" or whatever Vista
still needs space on C.

You can delete something, possibly restore points or installer archives
to get this to fit but in the end you will hit the same problem repeatedly.

Incidentally drive letter "B" is usually reserved for the second floppy
with hard drives / CDs etc starting at C: and working up. If your drive
really is labeled "B:" that fact alone may cause problems.

ecco, thanks for getting back.

yes i changed the lable to "e", however i still have the same problem,
i am installing (trying to instal) open office on my now "e" drive and
it tells me "C" is full

it seems everything is running off "C" but "C" is only 10 gigs

can i expand - or make my second drive more responsible???



"John Barnes" wrote:

> B is generally reserved for a second floppy drive. I suggest you try
> changing the label to a free designation first and see if things change.
>
> "jim" <jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B3E0807A-ED20-4F4C-AEF3-143C0785B76F@microsoft.com...
> >i have vista enterprise instaled with a partition "C" of 10 gig the os is
> > installed on
> > and disc "B" 70 GIGs
> >
> > the "C" is labled "healthy (system, boot, page file, crash dump primary
> > partition)
> >
> > my "B" drive is labled (Active, primary partition)
> >
> > my problem is "C" is full, I wish to install software on "B" - however
> > when i
> > do so - it will not allow me - saying the "C" drive is full!!!
> >
> > it seems the "B" drive is not active! how can i solve this ? surely it is
> > something
> > very basic ! thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

jim wrote:
> i have vista enterprise instaled with a partition "C" of 10 gig the os is
> installed on
> and disc "B" 70 GIGs
>
> the "C" is labled "healthy (system, boot, page file, crash dump primary
> partition)
>
> my "B" drive is labled (Active, primary partition)
>
> my problem is "C" is full, I wish to install software on "B" - however when i
> do so - it will not allow me - saying the "C" drive is full!!!
>
> it seems the "B" drive is not active! how can i solve this ? surely it is
> something
> very basic ! thanks

Yes, it is something very basic. Even though you are installing programs
on a different drive, many files need to be placed on the system
partition - in your case "C:\". It has always been this way, since
Win9x. There is no more room on C:\, therefore the files needed for your
program installation have nowhere to go.

A 10GB partition for the operating system is way too small. Your
partitioning scheme is also not the best. If you want to partition, you
should put the operating system and programs on one partition - because
when you reinstall the OS you will need to reinstall the programs anyway
- and keep data on a different partition.

With an 80GB hard drive - considered small nowadays - you'd be best off
either doing no partitioning and copying your data to an external hard
drive for backup or making a small partition for the data, possibly 10
or 20GB. If this is a desktop machine, consider adding a second hard
drive for your data and doing a clean install onto the original hard
drive and using that for the system with no partitioning.

At this point, you may be able to use third-party partitioning software
to increase your C:\ partition to perhaps 40 or 50GB.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

You will probably have to use a third party partitioning program to expand
your C partition as Vista generally only works on end of partition. You
often have temporary files installed on your boot drive.

"jim" <jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:45112833-EFAD-435A-99E4-F02F435F475F@microsoft.com...
> ecco, thanks for getting back.
>
> yes i changed the lable to "e", however i still have the same problem,
> i am installing (trying to instal) open office on my now "e" drive and
> it tells me "C" is full
>
> it seems everything is running off "C" but "C" is only 10 gigs
>
> can i expand - or make my second drive more responsible???
>
>
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> B is generally reserved for a second floppy drive. I suggest you try
>> changing the label to a free designation first and see if things change.
>>
>> "jim" <jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B3E0807A-ED20-4F4C-AEF3-143C0785B76F@microsoft.com...
>> >i have vista enterprise instaled with a partition "C" of 10 gig the os
>> >is
>> > installed on
>> > and disc "B" 70 GIGs
>> >
>> > the "C" is labled "healthy (system, boot, page file, crash dump primary
>> > partition)
>> >
>> > my "B" drive is labled (Active, primary partition)
>> >
>> > my problem is "C" is full, I wish to install software on "B" - however
>> > when i
>> > do so - it will not allow me - saying the "C" drive is full!!!
>> >
>> > it seems the "B" drive is not active! how can i solve this ? surely it
>> > is
>> > something
>> > very basic ! thanks
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>

hi,
did you tried to change windows variable for TEMP folder, because most of
the setups uses this temp folder, which is on "C" drive to extract their
install files.
There is into your "Control Panel\System and Maintenance\System" "Advanced
system settings" where you can find
"user variables" and "system variables"

You didn't create the boot partition large enough. The minimum is 40 GB with
15 GB free.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa905075.aspx

I have tested Vista with a 20 GB boot partition. It worked but even with 20
GB I started to run into problems with just Vista and Office 2007 installed.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"jim" <jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B3E0807A-ED20-4F4C-AEF3-143C0785B76F@microsoft.com...
>i have vista enterprise instaled with a partition "C" of 10 gig the os is
> installed on
> and disc "B" 70 GIGs
>
> the "C" is labled "healthy (system, boot, page file, crash dump primary
> partition)
>
> my "B" drive is labled (Active, primary partition)
>
> my problem is "C" is full, I wish to install software on "B" - however
> when i
> do so - it will not allow me - saying the "C" drive is full!!!
>
> it seems the "B" drive is not active! how can i solve this ? surely it is
> something
> very basic ! thanks
>
>
>
>