Computer Dummy - Help Required

[dr nosh]

I have 2 lap top computers - one used quite a bit, but it got dropped, and the screen crack is now growing, the other hardly used. Both are exactly the same model.

Can I simply swap the hard drives over, or is there more to it than that?

The hard drive says 160GB:

Looking at 'My Computer' properties I can see:

C =29 GB, and has only 7.75MB remaining.

There is also:
D=39.6GB, 39.6GB free, (Contains a folder called Driver)
E=40GB, 39.6GB free, (Empty)
F=39.9GB, 39.8GB free. (Contains a folder with mrstub malicious software removal tool, another folder with exactly the same, a Microsoft header bmp file, a Microsoft watermark bmp file, a windows installer patch file and 22 folders containing 'hotfixinstaller)

How to I make use of what looks to be like capacity still on the hard drive?

(Does this mean that I need to do some serious file removals)?

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

If they are the same model you can simply swap the hard drives.
If the operating system win 7 (doubtful with that size of drive) copy the driver folder off then delete the 3 empty partitions (D E F not the C drive) via computer management and drive storage. You can then right click the C drive and expand it.

If it is XP you will need to get some partition management software and do the same thing via that.
You can do it via command line but I wouldn't advise it.

 

[Kritou]

To stop that crack propagating you could drill a hole .......

 

[dr nosh]

Well I have tried to stitch it together with zip ties!

 

[Norm]

What do you want off your hard drive??

Do you have all of the PROGRAM software discs downloads passwords keys etc etc ? that you could put onto the other laptop ?

if it is just files that you want to save then I would get a remote hard drive 1 tb for £50 - 80 quid at PC World.

Then take all of the information \ files \ pictures etc etc, that you want from the damaged laptop.

The unused capacity 7.75 MB is negligible, it's probably just about the size of 2 MP3 music files.

Hope that helps.