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Hi there,

I've recently come across an issue with my pc. I've tried to install games and music production programs but they all end up installing on my 120GB SSD and I can't move them as they then don't work. It is really frustrating. All I want to do is move all the files I want to move from my SSD to my HDD to free up space on the SSD. Is there any way to do this?


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Gather all your install disks or files. And the associated product keys, usernames and passwords.

Create a top level folder on the HDD - MyApplications (or similar)
Uninstall what you don't want on the SDD
Install those on the HDD, choosing Custom or Advanced when you do it. Use the MyApplications folder as the top level.
Do the same for any new applications you get.

Done.

There are other ways to do it via junction points and mklinks, but I find that far more confusing and error prone.
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You have 2 things - files and applications

Files are easy. Just move them. Point your music player at where every you put them.
Applications (games especially) can be uninstalled, and then reinstalled on the HDD. If you use Steam for your games, here is a guide on doing that.

Also, turn off hibernation. It sucks up SSD space equal to your RAM.
From an elevated command prompt: powercfg.exe /hibernate off

Add a couple of HDD locations in Libraries. HDD_Movies, for instance.
Change the default download location in your browser(s).
 
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Gather all your install disks or files. And the associated product keys, usernames and passwords.

Create a top level folder on the HDD - MyApplications (or similar)
Uninstall what you don't want on the SDD
Install those on the HDD, choosing Custom or Advanced when you do it. Use the MyApplications folder as the top level.
Do the same for any new applications you get.

Done.

There are other ways to do it via junction points and mklinks, but I find that far more confusing and error prone.
 
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OK.
Do you have something new you can install? Some free application?

As you install it, instead of accepting the default location of C:/ProgramFiles.....clicking the Custom button will give you the option of putting it somewhere else. D:/MyApplications, for instance
 
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I know that, and I try but sometimes it just doesn't and installs directly to my C drive. For instance, Origin did so, didn't let me put it on my D drive and then again with my Battlefield 3, It just installed directly into the origin games folder in my C drive and I couldn't change it.
 
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OK. I've never had Origin installed on this PC. So I downloaded the installer, and the very first screen was "Choose Install Location". I put it elsewhere, on my I drive.
I went through the whole sign up thing, and snagged a free game.
As expected, it installed on the C drive.

Looking further - in the Origin client settings, under Advanced, there is the option to change where games get downloaded to, and where they get installed to.
The default is on the C.

Change it to wherever you wish. Somewhere on your D drive.
 
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Further:
I changed the Download and Install locations (from within the Origin client) to my I drive.
I then Uninstalled the game NFS World, again, from the Origin client.
Clicked Play. It downloaded anew, to the new location on my I drive.
Installed to the new location on the I drive
On launch, it asked where to install the actual game. Again, I pointed it to the I drive.

EDIT: To move Origin games without redownloading
http://www.overclock.net/t/1222388/guide-moving-reinstalling-origin-and-games-without-re-downloading

(I have not tested this)
 
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It's fine now, really weirdly my files just happened to randomly work after I changed the default location from C to D drive - now everything works on my D Drive. Strange.~

UPDATE: Now nothing works from my C drive. :p
 
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