Cam set to import to D: but can't ... because C: is full. WTF?

[Inuyasha]

Very important: I am asking this question about a netbook we have so the stats that are connected to my profile are about my PC and are irrelevent for this question.

On the netbook, With win7 (most basic edition. BTW, do urself a favor and never buy a netbook),
we have 2 drives named :

C: WINDOWS
D: Data

116 GB on each.

C: Has become full, so i connected my cam, while it was importing i clicked on Import Settings and changed the destination to D:/new folder.

Then the import restarted itself, and started importing, but then the same pop up message came up and said "Not enough room on C:". OK man i know, but ur supposed to import into D: .

Reconnected cam, happened again.

Seems like the computer is INSISTING that i import into c: . Maybe D: isnt meant for personal media, which is annoying?

Any help is appreciated .

 

[bassfisher6522]

Can you please post a screen shot of your disk management window? What brand make and model of netbook is it?

 

[tman69]

exactly how much room is there on your C drive? 116GB is a lot of space to be filled up.

you can move the data from your camera without using the import function--attach camera>then turn on camera>if autorun window pops up-tell it to do 'nothing'>open windows explorer (computer)--there should be a drive icon shown for your camera>open that--dig through folder structure until you find your pictures/videos--drag these items to your 'new folder' on the D drive.

am still really curious as to why the C drive is so full--please try to provide some info about what's installed and/or stored that's taking up all the space

 

[Inuyasha]

bassfisher i cannot post image right now, netbook is Toshiba NB500.

tman69, it is ironic but the c drive is filled up by photos and vids from camera XD
and no i dont want to do it manually , that is annoying , frustrating and ridiculously slow . I set it to auto import upon connecting so if only it were to understand the destination is D , everything would be great. Another option is to move all my media from C to D , and them have it be so the D is old content , and new contect on C. But I dont want to rely on that, please help me solved this problem . It shouldnt be so annoying. Damn these stupid weak computers.

 

[tman69]

"I set it to auto import upon connecting so if only it were to understand the destination is D , everything would be great."

IF you set your camera software to D and it's still pointing at C--then perhaps you missed a setting in the software--or the software 'may' need to be reinstalled.

What is the camera model and software name?

FYI the Toshiba NB500 wasn't designed for the kind of usage you're trying (but I think you already know that)

 

[whs]

Onre easy way out would be to move the default location of your user folders (or the biggest one only) to D - then you would have more room on C.

Changing the default location you do in folder Properties > Location tab.

You could also shrink D and extend C. But that is a bit tricky because you need this program to make space on the left of D.

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[Inuyasha]

"I set it to auto import upon connecting so if only it were to understand the destination is D , everything would be great."

IF you set your camera software to D and it's still pointing at C--then perhaps you missed a setting in the software--or the software 'may' need to be reinstalled.

What is the camera model and software name?

FYI the Toshiba NB500 wasn't designed for the kind of usage you're trying (but I think you already know that) No i didnt know that haha , explains why it's annoying us.

About the camera software:
i'm talking about the regular import settings of windows. I set it to import into D but it just doesn't care.

camera is canon ixus 95.

 

[Inuyasha]

Onre easy way out would be to move the default location of your user folders (or the biggest one only) to D - then you would have more room on C.

Changing the default location you do in folder Properties > Location tab.

You could also shrink D and extend C. But that is a bit tricky because you need this program to make space on the left of D.

Free Partition Magic alternative, partition manager freeware, partition magic server, partition magic Windows 7 and free Partition Manager software for Windows 7/8/VISTA/XP/2000 and Windows Server 2003/2008/2000.

WHS i would really prefer doing it as a last resort sort of solution. Transferring so many gigs to D wont be easy for the Toshiba.
Any other solution? :/

as for shrinking D: and extanding C: , i dont wanna do that. Too complicated for suck a weak and slow computer .

 

[Wrend]

It's probably a good idea to clean up some space on your Windows drive too. OS drives can do goofy things when they're too full, and this could be a symptom of that. A certain amount of free space is needed to work with in the background.

 

[bobafetthotmail]

Fastcopy can help you move stuff to D, to free C a bit. The interface is basic, but it is way faster and rather lighter on system resources than copy-paste. I ran it on netbooks and on my crappy PC and it's hard to notice it's running. Can also check that stuff is transferred successfully, something copy-paste does not do.

 

[Inuyasha]

ok i will try these suggestions and post here for others with similiar problems to know how it worked. THanks for now.