My computer tells me it has a C drive and a d drive

[nymphadora]

and an E drive (CDs)

My C drive is almost full and the D drive is empty. Can I use the d drive for storage?

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options are convert to dynamic disk,properties and help.

You lot are very clever to understand all this from my posts

back ups of the data or backup as in restore points?

Just followed the instructions and the old file is

C:\Users\Nicola\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music

and the new one is
D;\

is that ok or do I need folders etc in D first?

Sorry another question!

Should I shrink the d drive & increase the c or just move Itunes? which is easier /less likely for me to screw up risky

I'd create folders in D:

If it's not shared then just d:\iTunes\iTunes Music should do it.

Resizing partitions is definitely risky. It should be low risk if you're using decent software to do it, but Murphy says the power can fail part way through and it wouldn't be totally safe without a good backup.

Moving the iTunes library is definitely safer. Murphy says there's a way to screw it up, but it would take skill .

"If I take the music off my computer when I sync my phone I lose the music. Not sure how to get round this."

You need to enable manual management of music. You can find instructions for that here:
support.apple.com/kb/HT1535

Manual management means that when you add a new song to your iTunes library you have to manually drag it onto your iPhone.

It also means that you can delete music from your PC without it being deleted from your iPod/iPhone.

Which with such a small disk drive is what you'll probably want to do.

A reason not to do it though is if all the music is stuff that you've bought from iTunes rather than stuff that you've copied off of your own CDs.

"Resizing partitions is definitely risky. It should be low risk if you're using decent software to do it, but Murphy says the power can fail part way through and it wouldn't be totally safe without a good backup."

I'd be happy doing it in person, even on Vista.

However trying to talk someone through it remotely is something that I'm not at all keen on.

Playing with partitions is the sort of thing that can lead to loosing the contents of your disk drive if you're not careful.

"Moving the iTunes library is definitely safer. Murphy says there's a way to screw it up, but it would take skill ."

If you follow the instructions on the Apple web site linked to above including the part about moving the iTunes library on C: to the recycle bin but don't empty that recycle bin and then check that everything's working then it should be pretty safe. If it doesn't work go into the recycle bin and restore it.

Tha last bit is what scared me but that's a good IDE not to delete it til it's working! (obvious when you say it!)

will experiment tonight at home