I have a Hp pavillion with XP operating system. After my computer crashed, I used an XP operating disc to get it back up and running.
Now my local disc (H:) drive appears to be my primary drive.
But it has 7.59 GB of used space and only 423 MB of free space.
My local disc (C:) drive has 1.48 GB of used space with 178 GB of free space.
I get message stating that my memory is low on the local (H:) drive.
Used disk clean up that only free up KB.
A file in C means a file found in your computer's C Drive. Start > My Computer > C Drive
C: drive is the main hard drive on your computer. Hard drives are identified by letter, with C: being reserved for the first bootable drive in a computer.
Your computer is set up to use drive C as a primary, assuming this is where the Windows folder is located. To save files on another hard drive, click on download and change the download destination, or you can save it to C then move it later.
The volume label on a computer is the name given to each drive or partition and is seen in "My Computer" which is accessed from the start menu bottom left corner of your main screen (desktop) it will look like this ( NEW DRIVE (C or New Drive (D ect) by left clicking on them slowly two times you can change their names, although the drive letter stays the same.
The hard drive. this is usually the C drive.
c drive
Internal Drive
IDE 0 always has the designation C. Its a throwback to the days when computers were single or dual floppy drive only and they had (and still have) designations A and B. Hook up the external drive, go into the BIOS and select the external as the drive to boot from. Save the change and allow the computer to boot. Load the OS and it should defer to the external drive.
Its the hard drive which is pre-intalled.
Typicly, in a majority of PC's, The main drive of a computer, the default storage and boot location is the C:/ Drive.You can See this on "My Computer" option.Default Hard Drive: C:/
They are the same thing. C: is what the computer's operating system calls the hard drive.
The first hard drive in the computer is usually designated is Drive C:.