Please help me install game on ASUS G73J

Hi Guys,

Sorry to ask such a dumb question, but I may be more of an idiot than I thought.

I have a G73J asus laptop, and I want to install Call of Duty Black Ops (I just purchased it from a store and have the DVD).

My Hard Drive - C drive, has no more space on it. However, the D, F and G drives have nothing on them.

I can't seem to figure out how to allow steam to install the game onto another hard drive.
I previously had STEAM installed on C drive, because I own Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Shogun 2, which are both installed on C Drive.

If you guys could help me and walk me through this, I'd be very thankful.

Sorry for asking a dumb question.

 

There are no dumb questions here. The fact that C is full S/B addressed first. I would clear all system restore points and disable the hibernation file (especially if you do not use hibernation). Also if D is empty and is on the same physical drive as C you can open disk management and extend it. That way all the space in C and D are combined and you will have plenty of space.
If you need any details let us know.

 

HI Josea,

Thanks so much for your message.

Sorry to ask: I really don't know how to do anything you suggested.
How do I clear system restore points?
Disable the nibernation file?
How to I open disk management and combine C&D? (By the way, I just checked and I happen to have used about a quarter of D drive).

Thanks a lot for helping.

Best wishes,
Josh

 

Hi Everyone.

I found out how to get to Disc Managment.

I'm looking at Disc 0, which contains
1) New Volume H: - 19.53 GB
2) OS (C - 74.52 GB
3) DATA (D - 204 GB

I would like to combine C: & D: but I don't know how.
I tried shrinking D:, but I can't extend C: to take the space.

Sorry guys, I could really use someone's help.

Thanks a million.
Best wishes

 

EDIT: You replied too quick, Right click on the partition you want to change or delete and it will become unallocated disc space. You can then right click on the C: and assign the space by selecting Extend.

You need to go into:

Control Panel -> System and Security -> Under Administrative Tools you want disc managements or sometimes it will show you an option (Create and Format Hard Drive Partitions).

Once you are in here it will show you what partitions you have set up and you can specify how much space you want for each partitions, or you delete an unused partition and specify that space to your current full C:.

Here is a screenshot of what mine looks like I am using 2 HDD with 4 Partitions set to the size of what I require the most for each:

 

Hi Thanks for your message.
Can you please teach me how to combine E: and C: on you machine?

Is converting to a dynamic setting, what I'm supposed to do?

 

Hi FMJ,

It sounds like you probably want to extend your C: partition into the partition space where D: exists now. As far as I remember you can't extend the C: partition while the system is running with disk management.

Before you use any method to extend your partitions make sure to back up any critical data you may have. It can always go wrong.

A free utility like easus partition manager home might work but I haven't tried it myself: Free Download Magic Partition Manager freeware: EASEUS Partition Manager, Disk & Partition Copy and Partition Recovery Software.

I know for sure you can do this with gparted which ships with the Ubuntu CD. This is the way I do it. You can get the ISO here: Download | Ubuntu

If you boot off of that CD, run it as a LiveCD ("try ubuntu without any change to your computer"): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD#Using your LiveCD

The gparted application can be found in System->Administration->Partition Editor

Delete the last partition (to the right) which will be your D: partition. Then extend your next (C: ) partition to the maximum size of the drive. No changes are made until you click Apply. From there it will resize your partition. Once it completes you can reboot and you will have a bigger C: partition.

If my directions sucked there is a tutorial here: GPARTED DOCUMENTATION - RESIZING

There is also a gparted livecd if ubuntu doesn't work for some reason: GParted -- Live CD/USB/PXE/HD

 

I seem to remember the same thing happening to me on vista and the Extend option being greyed out.

Yes it did I used this program EASEUS Partition Manager its free and it allowed me to then allocate free space onto the C:

EDIT: ahhhhhhh what is with my slow posting tonight!!!

 

Hi Dallers,

Thanks so much. I just installed the program.

Just to clarify, Can I delete the partition on D:, and this will automatically allocate the space to C:?

 

Deleting the partition will not automatically allocate the space. If you delete the partition, your C partition will stay the same size, and you'll functionally only be using half of the hard disk. However, deleting the partition is a step, but you'll then need to extend your C partition using the methods mentioned above.

 

Couldn't have put it better myself.

I would have maybe included a few smiley's and a cheeky comment, but the math is all there

 

Personally I would download and burn a "Parted Magic" CD image, and delete/resize your partitions using that.

Alternatively, you could just uninstall Steam, and then reinstall it but on your D: drive. To copy across your already downloaded games, just copy the "steamapps" folder to the install on D:

 

I never personally understood the point of so many partitions. I have one each for my SSD and HDD.

 

That's true. Honestly, i think Asus partitions all the HDDs in two for the laptops who only get one and the laptops that get two end up with 4 partitions due to this. I do see the advantage of two partitions if you have only one HDD though.

 

Its a question of storing and backup for me. My Personal and games are stored on two separate partitions on one HDD and my OS and downloads on the other meaning that if my primary drive fails I dont lose all my hard earned goodies.