Checking and orginizing SSD and Mech hard drive?

mark10187 · Feb 16, 2014

So I finally got around to building my first computer. I went with an asrock extreme 4, i5 4670k, gtx 770, 120gb samsung ssd, and a WD black 1tb operating on windows 7 premium 64bit.

My question is how do I know what drive things are being downloaded on? I want to make sure I am downloading things on the correct drive. I tried to download skyrim and it said i didnt have enough disk space.

Another question is what besides the OS should i be saving to my ssd?

ThatVietGuy · Feb 16, 2014

Depends on the program you're using to download, but typically there's an option to designate where you want things to go.

The OS should contain the OS (duh), any applications (e.g. Microsoft Office, Firefox, etc.), and maybe some games if space allows.

USAFRet · Feb 16, 2014

See these tutorials:

Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

mark10187 · Feb 16, 2014

ThatVietGuy :

just downloading in general. How the drives are hooked i have them both hooked up to the power wire supplied with my psu. The furthest adapter has my ssd hooked up. and a few adapters below i have my WD connected. Is this hooked up correctly? everything is downloading to my ssd and i havent came across an option to download to a particular drive. (hope this is easy to follow)

USAFRet · Feb 16, 2014

mark10187 :

See the above links. But in your browser, you can designate a specific download location...except for recent versions of IE....there, select the location/folder, and te next time you d/l something, it defaults to that last place.

mark10187 · Feb 16, 2014

I went into the browser and found where you can change the specific download location but my HDD is not showing up as an option.

USAFRet · Feb 16, 2014

mark10187 :

Ah. Does it appear in WinExplorer? Maybe not.
Does it appear in the BIOS? Probably.

Open Disk Management.
You should see the drive. Right click on it. What options does it give?
You probably have to set it as Active, and give it a drive letter.

mark10187 · Feb 16, 2014

Unfortunately no. All that is showing up is the local disk (c

. When I right click on the local disk and go to the properties, under the hardware tab it is reading that there is two disk drives, yet only one of them is showing up as an option to save on. I have checked to make sure that all the software is up to date and that there is no other updates.

USAFRet · Feb 16, 2014

mark10187 :

Open Disk Management. Does it show there?

mark10187 · Feb 16, 2014

Yes it shows up under disk management. I right clicked and the only options that are highlighted are new simple volume, properties, and help.

USAFRet · Feb 16, 2014

mark10187 :

"new simple volume" is what you select. Then give it a drive letter.

mark10187 · Feb 16, 2014

It also has an option to convert to dynamic disk

mark10187 · Feb 16, 2014

DO I format this volume for just leave it with the settings it already has?

USAFRet · Feb 16, 2014

mark10187 :

new simple volume

mark10187 · Feb 16, 2014

Thank you so much!

USAFRet · Feb 16, 2014

mark10187 :

No prob. Good luck !

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