Is it possible to hide harddrives?

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Carbonwyre

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I am soon to build my brother a computer but he doesn't know much about computers so it has to be simple. I wanted to put the OS on a 32gb SSD so it boots fast and read/writes the core system fast but wanted to put in a 500gb hard drive for all of the other stuff (IE. Music, movies, General use stuff). Is it possible for me to do that without him either:
A. being able to access the SSD and put things on it
B. Default instalation and file storage to the regular HDD
C. Hide the SSD and just not let him know it's there?
 
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you cant remove or hide the SSD because it is the "C:" drive or the boot drive. and yes. you can change the default location of your desktop/downloads/music/ etc. so all the files will be saved on the HDD and not on the SSD. :)
 
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Would you know how to do that?
 
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if you're a computer right now, try pressing start button, click on the user where you're currently logged on. right there you can see desktop, downloads, music etc, .

for example you're gonna start with desktop. right click desktop>properties>location>move

then select destination folder. do to other folders, then boom. you're done. :)
 
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If the motherboard is new enough and supports it, you could set up SSD caching for the 500GB HDD.

It preloads commonly used windows files onto the SSD and then subsequently you get a SSD like performance with HDD like storage. And the SSD is not the C: drive and is hidden from windows explorer so it all happens in the background (useful for your non-tech savvy brother)
This means that default program installations do not have to be adjusted :)

more info here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248828/how_to_setup_intel_smart_response_ssd_caching_technology.html
 
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See these:
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

I will comment though that a 32GB drive is really too small. And not much cheaper than a 120GB drive.
 
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If the OP already owns the 32GB SSD then that may be why they want to use it. However I do agree that 32GB is much too small, Windows itself will use between 15-25 GB, I am using a 240GB SSD and that is about a third full with a few Programs and Games plus Windows 7 on it.

Have you looked into SSD Cacheing (on my post above) its really a great idea for using a small SSD to its full potential, without having to think about running out of space on your C: Drive



If I helped you, pick the post as your solution :)
 
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