Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2024 14:42:10 +0000 From: John B. Smith Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Drive problem on Win11 (0/1) Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:42:09 -0500 Message-ID: <2avpri5dd1jrk5eg1aiv5oh9q0l2k08jtu@4ax.com> References: <4ekoriph5t5oi5qshi13pa9sntkce639f8@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 5.00/32.1171 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 33 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-RDRBlqFxmC8SvmGcpQWzVWQniwsZMi0dHS/J93F5zHwV7G4YZWYBG12ZQsOzSHAUqCe00/AdfL1X+qS!dluWqpx0oarzCyQnT/5BbsquAYOau7Ul9K40D3X+BkVTVMy0vjh//2XeOZvvNL+U8z8h0Q== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2886 On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 13:12:37 -0000, Philip Herlihy wrote: >In article <4ekoriph5t5oi5qshi13pa9sntkce639f8@4ax.com>, John B. Smith wrote... >> >> My niece, on the other coast from me, bought this pc off Amazon. >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09THKWSLK/?coliid=I342C77KN21XHP&colid=3GV1V3NEYRX9O&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it >> >> Says she's run out of space on Windows, C: 465gig and can't figure out >> how to use her drive D: She's sent me some pictures I'll try to >> include them as attachments (never tried that before) That drive D >> doesn't show up in Disc Management. The other pic, looks like from >> FileExplorer shows bunches of drives, including D: What's going on? > >Why not use Quick Assist to have a look? > >She may need to install it from the Microsoft Store, but that's easy enough. >She may need to weed junk files (drive properties, General, Disk Cleanup) to >get enough space to install it. > >Once installed, tell her to tap the Windows key and start typing QUICK ... and >it'll appear as an option to be clicked. She "gets" help and you "give" it - >you'll need to log on with a Microsoft Account to generate the necessary code. >She has to "allow" your access. Then click "take control", and she has to >approve/allow/ok that (whatever). Then you can fool around with her machine as >though you were in front of it. Interesting idea BUT I'm not allowing ANYONE to screw around on my machine, so I really don't feel confident enough to poke around on hers long-distance. She's really not a dummy like I have seemed to make her sound. She's very bright, and mostly bed-ridden and not into hardware. "I don't know what a drive bay is" she complained about my meanderings.