I have a little issue when it comes to storage on my PC. I have a 120GB SSD that I have my OS and drivers for my graphics card and other important applications. My other storage unit is a 1TB HDD that I want to use for everything else. However, I have noticed that stuff keeps getting saved on my SSD. For instance, when I downloaded my Minecraft launcher and Teamspeak client, it automatically saved itself on my SSD. I don't want unimportant stuff like that to fill up my SSD, so I was wondering if there is anything I can do make stuff save itself on my HDD instead of the SSD, and if it is possible to move the stuff saved on my SSD to the HDD?
How do I save stuff on the harddrive I want?
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Easy. Redirect those folders to somewhere on the HDD.
How to do that? Easy.
Create a folder structure on the HDD. I use a folder called 'MyStuff' for the top level, and then subfolders of MyDocs, MyPics, MyMusic, etc.
In Windows Explorer, right click on "Documents" and select Properties.
Click on Add...
Navigate to the MyDocs folder you just created, and select Include folder
Click on 'Set save location'
Hencefoth, anything you save in Documents will go to that new folder on the HDD
Repeat for Pictures, Videos, etc.
Downloads:
Again, right click and select Properties
Change the Target to a folder you created on the HDD
Your browsers will now use that new location for any saved files
If you want to move all the junk in your existing Documents, etc....do not copy/paste/move the folder. Just copy/paste the individual files.
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when you run the installer for an application, you should be able to either:
1. Edit the default installation path shown in the dialogue, or
2. Click the "Browse" button in the dialog box and choose the drive & folder you prefer.
As for the software that's already installed itself on the SSD, the only thing you can do is uninstall it, then install it again using one of the two options shown above.
1. Edit the default installation path shown in the dialogue, or
2. Click the "Browse" button in the dialog box and choose the drive & folder you prefer.
As for the software that's already installed itself on the SSD, the only thing you can do is uninstall it, then install it again using one of the two options shown above.
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You can do what USAFRet said or what i do. I click on your User name in the start menu and it list all the folders (Docs, download ect) I right click an go to properties on each of those and change the location of each folder to my D drive and then it moves all my files to the D drive and doesn't store any of it on my C drive so if my C drive crashes i know there is nothing of importance on there. this is good if you have a lot of desktop items as well because it keeps them off your SSD.
Just keep in mine if you do take out the HDD when you start up windows its gonna go all crazy because it can't find the other drive lol
Just keep in mine if you do take out the HDD when you start up windows its gonna go all crazy because it can't find the other drive lol
Wow, thanks for a really informative answer!
I'm however not so sure if I did it correctly, but I think that all of my "junk" files aren't being saved on my SSD anymore. What I did was that I made a file in my HDD called "MyStuff", then I made folders inside that again such as "MyGames", "MyPics" etc. I then chose the "MyStuff" folder as the main saving file. I also made sure in my Chrome browser that everything should be installed on the "MyStuff" folder, but that it should ask me in case I want to put it in e.g "MyGames". Does this sound rght, or have I totally misunderstood what you meant?
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OK.
You have to recognize the difference between download/save, saving, and installing. 3 completely different things.
1. Download/save. If you go to a website, and click on a file to save to your PC, where does it go? That is changed via changing the 'target location' in "Downloads"
2. Saving files - Open Notepad. Type some stuff. File/Save. Give it a unique filename. - Where does it go?
3. Installing - when you install a new application, generally it gives you the option of where. Choose Custom or Advanced, and select a location. If you allow the default, it will go to your C drive, whatever that is.
You have to recognize the difference between download/save, saving, and installing. 3 completely different things.
1. Download/save. If you go to a website, and click on a file to save to your PC, where does it go? That is changed via changing the 'target location' in "Downloads"
2. Saving files - Open Notepad. Type some stuff. File/Save. Give it a unique filename. - Where does it go?
3. Installing - when you install a new application, generally it gives you the option of where. Choose Custom or Advanced, and select a location. If you allow the default, it will go to your C drive, whatever that is.
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