Why is everything auto saving to SSD?

Cjf_22 · Mar 22, 2013

So I have a 1TB Seagate hard drive that I want to store just about everything I have. I want the SSD to simply run windows and a few specific games. But everything I install or save goes directly onto the SSD, which is a huge pain to transfer everything over. Is there a way to set the 1TB as the drive that everything automatically saves to?

Thanks in advance

JackNaylorPE · Mar 22, 2013

I want the SSD to simply run windows....

Everything in Windows default saves to the root drive unless you chnage the default behavior. Two choices:

1. Manually change the location with each install
2. Change the default behavior of installs and user files

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/87555-user-profile-change-default-location.html
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/change-default-drive-how-do-i-change-the-default/d2546c25-eb88-4eb4-81ea-fd1c944d858c

Cjf_22 · Mar 22, 2013

So there's no way that I can make the SSD the root drive? I'm going to have to manually transfer over everything that saves?

JackNaylorPE · Mar 22, 2013

You have made it the root drive by installing Windows on it ..... that's why everything goes there.

DiaSin · Mar 22, 2013

The root drive is the drive where the OS is installed. The only way to change that is to change where you install the OS.

Cjf_22 · Mar 22, 2013

Well, wasn't the answer I was hoping for, but thanks for the quick help guys.

JohnnyLucky · Mar 23, 2013

Let's take a look at saving first. What are you saving? Are they data files of some sort? Are you clicking on "save" or "save as". Simply clicking on "save" will save the data to the C: drive. Clicking on "save as" will let you choose where to save the files.

Next up is autosave. What is being saved automatically? Which software applications?

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