# Windows C: drive almost full
**URL:** https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265
**Category:** Resolved Support Request
**Tags:** windows, p2max
**Created:** [September 8, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265 "2019-09-08T01:38:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@whkim](https://gpdsupport.com/u/whkim)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/1 "2019-09-08T01:38:48Z")
My GPD P2 Max seems to be running well. One issue I’ve noticed is that all my data (Users folder, Program files, etc) are getting stored on the Windows C: drive. Meanwhile, the D: drive, Local Disk, has nothing on it. The C: drive is almost full. How can I fix this issue?
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### Author:  [@petem](https://gpdsupport.com/u/petem)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/2 "2019-09-08T08:53:02Z")
@whkim
How large is your users folder? You could migrate this onto the D drive.
Or depending on your use case you could simply wipe the ssd and reinstall windows and have one partition. This can be done by using the Microsoft create media tool
Another option could be to use Windows 10 Disk Management to extend the volume. (This will only work though if you delete the D volume first and have it as unallocated space)
Hope this helps.
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### Author:  [@whkim](https://gpdsupport.com/u/whkim)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/3 "2019-09-08T11:37:52Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Windows C: drive almost full](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/2):
Thanks for the quick response!
My users folder is fairly large. Size is 69.8 GB (30.0 GB on disk…not sure why there’s such a large discrepancy). How would I migrate this over to the D drive? Is there a way to migrate Program Files (also large) over to the D drive?
In my case, since the D volume is empty, it probably makes most sense to delete the D volume first and extend the C volume. Is there any disadvantage to this approach over wiping the SSD and reinstalling windows?
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@petem](https://gpdsupport.com/u/petem)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/4 "2019-09-08T11:44:35Z")
Personally for me it’s always cleaner to do fresh install and would be my preferred option.
However some people have no issue at all using partition software to resize partitions or use windows disk management tool in windows 10 to extend. The advantages are that you wouldn’t need to reinstall all the program files and recopy your user folder data. The disadvantages are you run the risk of corrupting data albeit that the risks are probably quite low.
To move your User folder you can take a look at this as to these thorough steps on how to achieve this
> **[Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10](https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1964-move-users-folder-location-windows-10-a.html)**
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> How to Move Users Folder to another Location in Windows 10
For me I have no recent experience with Microsoft disk management and extending partitions within it and I’m unable to test currently as I’m dual booting my system and using c drive for Windows and Ubuntu Mate Operating System is on my D drive. Mainly so that I can support windows users on here.
You will also note in this link that Microsoft do not recommend moving your Program Files/Data to an alternative partition.
Hope this helps.
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### Author:  [@whkim](https://gpdsupport.com/u/whkim)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/5 "2019-09-08T12:06:55Z")
Great, this is all very helpful. One last question: How to do a fresh install with the GPD P2 Max? Sorry if this question has already been asked elsewhere!
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### Author:  [@petem](https://gpdsupport.com/u/petem)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/6 "2019-09-08T12:23:31Z")
@whkim, I’m being lazy but this pretty much covers it.
> [@\[other issue\]](https://gpdsupport.com/t/other-issue/12/6):
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> If you have already activated your Windows 10 once, Microsoft remembers the product key tagged against the device id. If you don’t want to have 2 partitions, you can remove the partition and freshly install the Windows 10 Home edition by downloading it using the Microsoft Media Creation tool found below. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Follow the below steps to create the installation USB and to perform a fresh install of the OS. You can delete all the partitions in…
This is step by step on using Microsoft Media Creation Tool @whkim (if you need it)
[https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create-bootable-usb-flash-drive-install-windows-10-a.html#option1](https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create-bootable-usb-flash-drive-install-windows-10-a.html#option1)
If your struggling post on this thread and I’ll try help you with whatever it is. I’ll mark as resolved for now but if you need help just reply and I’ll see it.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@dtrwos](https://gpdsupport.com/u/dtrwos)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/7 "2019-09-09T22:49:44Z")
I’m probably too late, but in windows you can use the built in drive manager to delete the D: drive and then expand the C: into the space that was the D: drive without turning off the computer
Disk Manager
Start -\> create and format hared disk partitions -\> Disk Mamager
If drive d is still empty (you dont see any folders)
then in this management console you can right click the d drive in the bar chart and delete it
Next right click on the c drive and extend it
select the largest number allowed and tell windows to do it - moments later 1 drive with all the space.
Mine has all 500Gb allocated tot he c drive, no reinstall.
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### Author:  [@whkim](https://gpdsupport.com/u/whkim)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/8 "2019-09-10T00:54:47Z")
This is all very helpful, thanks! The only thing I’m unclear about now is how to download all the device drivers from GPD. Thanks again.
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### Author:  [@petem](https://gpdsupport.com/u/petem)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/windows-c-drive-almost-full/265/9 "2019-09-10T08:35:06Z")
Hi @whkim
You can download the Windows Drivers for p2 max from GPD site here:
> **[GPD-All-WIN10\_X64\_drivers\_V2.zip](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h_sK_HRAYZ14XxDeMxIsW_rosqFsh2I-/view?usp=drive_open)**
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> Google Drive file.