stoping programs form taking up much space win 8... LOW space memory!

therobin9810 · Dec 4, 2013

so i bought a really small ssd just for OS, but i didnt realise how small it really was... i am probably bying another hdd to install my OS on instead of the ssd. BUT how can i temporarly stop windows or third party programs from taking up more space, so that my os is realatively free to use memory? is there a way of doing this? pleas i only have 4gb left on my 60gb ssd (55.5gb) so it is pretty urgent! :S( I am realy appreciating an answer!

USAFRet · Dec 4, 2013

See this completely self-serving tutorial that addresses exactly this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html

USAFRet · Dec 4, 2013

However...if that SSD is the only drive...and you haven't done these steps yet:

Turn off hibernation
Reduce the pagefile to almost nothing.
Change the max size for Restore points

USAFRet · Dec 4, 2013

A 60GB will kind of work as the boot drive, but you have to actively manage the space, as linked above.

therobin9810 · Dec 4, 2013

USAFRet :

Ok thanks, but can I make it so that programs will save things at another drive? Because I think that my programs on my other drives (i have one 500gb and one 250gb hdds) are saving alot of stuff in "appdata" or what ever thos local files are... and i think after effects are the real thiev here, do you have any experience with after effects taking/saving many temprary and permanent files?

USAFRet · Dec 4, 2013

therobin9810 :

You should be able to tell After Effects to save to a different drive. No recent experience with doing that, but every photo/video application I've ever used (Lightroom/Photoshop/Corel/etc) gives the option of designating alternate target locations.
Somewhere in Preferences, maybe.

therobin9810 · Dec 4, 2013

USAFRet :

therobin9810 :

You should be able to tell After Effects to save to a different drive. No recent experience with doing that, but every photo/video application I've ever used (Lightroom/Photoshop/Corel/etc) gives the option of designating alternate target locations.
Somewhere in Preferences, maybe.

Well thanks for your answer, but one last thing... do you think that i should buy another ssd, like a 120gb or buy another hdd to have my os on? i dont really care about loading speed to be honest...

USAFRet · Dec 4, 2013

therobin9810 :

USAFRet :

Well thanks for your answer, but one last thing... do you think that i should buy another ssd, like a 120gb or buy another hdd to have my os on? i dont really care about loading speed to be honest...

Well...you could put the OS and applications on the 120, use the 60GB for a scratch drive, and the HDD for a final resting place for files/videos.

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