Duplicate program files in both C drive and D drive

Aloha,
I hope this isn't a new issue...but searching the software forum didn't provide and other help.
I have a 30GB hard drive that's Id'd as C, I have a 40GB HD thats ID'd as D. When I set up the drives, I wanted C drive to handle all program files and settings and D to handle all my documents data.
I obviously didn't tell it to not place program files in both drives. Well now I've got duplicate files in both drives.
I'm uncertain which drive has been running as the default for program files and don't know how to check and correct my problem.
If the C drive is the default placement I think I'm o.k. to delete duplicate files in D but if not I'm unsure how to proceed.
My OS is XP-home SP2. 512mb RAM.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. The longer I deal with this issue the more water time I lose...:cry
Many thanks (mahalo in Hawaiian).

 

It's a bit strange that you're seeing duplicate files...I run many computers with multiple drives, and haven't had this issue.

Just about all software will install itself by default into the" C:\program files" directory. Some will give a choice as to where you want it to install, and in that case you could install it onto the "D" drive if you wished...but you'd have to specify that.

What types of files/programs are you finding to be duplicated?

You could easily rename a folder on the "D" drive, and then see if the program in question runs properly or not. If it doesn't run, you can rename the folder back to what it originally was. If it seems to run fine with the renamed folder, then perhaps they are simply duplicate files.

Anything you decide to 'delete', you should simply move them to a temporary folder for a few days/weeks. Once you're sure they aren't affecting anything after moving them, they should be safe to delete.

 

many thx for the rapid reply.
to answer the question as to what types of files, they are mostly program files, i.e. 3B software, active ports, adobe, etc.
Here's new info that'll surely surprise you, it did me. The C drive is colored blue, consists of 81 files with a size of 1.96GB. The D drive is colored blk, consisting of 78 files with a size of 3.27GB.
The C:\Program Files folder also contains .ini, .exe, .dll, .ico, .bmp, and many other extensions. There are 79 of these.
The D:\Program Files folder contains only one such file. It happens to be a .dll file.
Is this as it should be?
If you could explain how to take a snapshot picture of these two folders I could give you a listing.

 

You can check the properties of a desktop icon and see what drive it goes to; this should tell you which drive is the active Program Files drive. Running a duplicate file scanner is a good idea, but be careful with what you remove.... I've used Glary Utilities in the past for removing duplicates. It's free and has lots of other great features. Check it out, right here at Major Geeks:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Glary_Utilities_d5870.html

 

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