Compaq Presario Internet PC - Manual (Page 67)

M Y P RESARIO —G ETTING S TARTED AND B EYOND C OMPUTER U PGRADES 7-7
This procedure shows you
how to determine the size
of your hard drive and how
much free space is
remaining.
You should check the size of
your hard drive before
downloading or installing
software programs. If you do
not have enough free space,
you will receive an error
message and the program
will not be loaded onto your
computer.
Determining Your Hard Drive Size
1. Double-click the My
Computer
g
icon on the
Windows desktop. The My
Computer window is
displayed
.
2. Right-click the Hard Drive
q
icon (drive C).
3. Select Properties from the
pop-up menu. The Properties
window is displayed. The
size of the hard drive and the
amount of free space
remaining are found under the
General tab.
Note: Your hard drive may be partitioned into two drives, the C drive and
the D drive. These two drives make up your total hard drive capacity. Your
D drive contains important operating system backup files and
diagnostics.