Requesting Knowledgeable Partition/Volume Assistance - Windows 10

[Diggs]

You never said, but this sounds like an Asus? Typically it is as you said. Delete the D: drive and use Computer Management/Disk Management to expand the C: drive into that space. It should be just a couple of clicks. Never figured out why Asus did that for so long.

 

[LABFE]

It's actually an HP. But there are two hard disks, that's where the issue lies. A 128GB SSD (where everything is) and a 1TB HDD (that's entirely empty). I just don't get why the user folder wouldn't have been placed on the HDD in the factory. As though the purchaser would need to figure that part out.

 

[NJW]

I just don't get why the user folder wouldn't have been placed on the HDD in the factory.

Because it would require a new image to be made, quality assured, signed off and curated for its lifetime. In fact, two images – one for C: and one for D:.

As it stands, the marketing department can have a sticker that says "128 GB super high speed Solid-state Drive! Massive 1 TB storage space!", with no extra effort required. Will it last out the warranty? Check! Ship it!

I have seen (I can't remember the brand) a laptop with a 32 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD, with everything on the SSD. It didn't survive the first Windows 10 big-ish update.

 

[Porthos]

Oem's for example Sony has been doing this for years. It brings in customers that think they are out of drive space.