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Partitioned drive on Samsung R780 / Windows 7
Hello to you all,
This is my first post and I'm far from being a computer expert... so please accept my apologies if this is in the wrong section or if it is such a simply query that a four year old could solve it!
I've recently purchased a Samsung R780 laptop and when it first started to install Windows 7 it asked me to partition my hard-drive. As I was a little unsure about this I did some searches on my phone and found that it was good to have a small ish partition as my 'C' Drive (i.e. where Windows was to be installed) and a bigger partition for my 'D' Drive to store my personal data. As such, I opted to have 86 gig on my 'C' Drive and 490 gig on my 'D' Drive. This is all well and good, however, I've found that when I installed my virus protector it didn't give me the option to select which drive I wanted to install to. I.e. I downloaded ESET NOD 32 and it automatically assigned itself to my 'C' Drive. So, my first question for you Windows experts is, can I set something up so that I'm given the option of which drive to install programs too (I want to install iTunes, but knowing how large their software is I'm afraid I will run out of space on my 'C' Drive - I only have 55 gig left)... I would prefer not to have to use regedit if possible, as I understand this can be a minefield for inexperienced people like myself.
My second question relates to the fact that I tried assigning 'My Music' folder to the 'D' Drive. I did this by changing its location under preferences. However, this created a duplicate folder in the original location. For example, I had 'My Music' and 'Music' - when I opened 'My Music' it worked fine and was pointing to my 'D' Drive, however, when I tried to open/delete 'Music' I received an error message saying something like I didn't have admin rights (I double checked and I am definitely set up as an administrator). As such, I reverted to the restore program which put everything back to a state as if I had just booted the laptop for the first time. Does anyone know if I can have folders such as 'My Music'; 'My Documents'; My Pictures etc. located on my 'D' Drive and not duplicated as an un-accessible folder on my 'C' Drive?
I'm really sorry for the long post - I hope that someone is able to help me as I'm too scared to install any more programs until I've figured this out.
My thanks in advance to those who respond.
Stephen