Installing on HDD still takes up space in SSD?

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bingaloman

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I have an SSD 128GB as an OS boot and a 1TB HDD for storage.

Whenever I install something on the HDD, it always takes up some space in the SSD and if this keeps on going my SSD wil be out of space when I'm not even installing stuff on there.

Why does this happen?

Why does it still install or take up space in my SSD when I am choosing the HDD to be the one to install in?

Thanks for any help!
 
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Hawkeye22
Other than registry entries and possibly saves to your user folder that should be all of what the program stores there. As stated you can move your user folder.

Also, if you have hiberbation enabled, turn it off. This will remove the hiberfil.sys.

To make hibernation unavailable, follow these steps:

Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
When you are prompted by User Account Control, click Continue.
At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate off, and then press ENTER.
Type exit and then press ENTER to close the Command Prompt window.
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Hawkeye22

Hawkeye22

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Other than registry entries and possibly saves to your user folder that should be all of what the program stores there. As stated you can move your user folder.

Also, if you have hiberbation enabled, turn it off. This will remove the hiberfil.sys.

To make hibernation unavailable, follow these steps:

Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
When you are prompted by User Account Control, click Continue.
At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate off, and then press ENTER.
Type exit and then press ENTER to close the Command Prompt window.
 
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WyomingKnott

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How much space (out of curiosity)? In addition to fiddling with your registry and the user directory, some installs put file in windows common areas, but I wouldn't think that it's much space.

If you really, really want to know, you can use some tool to record the size of all your directories, do an install, run the tool again, and diff the output. A lot of work, though.
 
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