How to set my HDD to where everything i download goes to it instead of my SSD?

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I own a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD and a WD Black Series 1TB HDD. I use my SSD for my OS and Skrtim and nothing more but i want it set to where only my OS and Skyrim is on my SSD and nothing else because it only has 120GB and i do not want to put stuff i do not need on it.
 
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If you go to your user folder, you can right click on the properties of your folders (i.e. Documents, Music, Photos, Videos, Downloads, etc...) and choose "location". Assuming your C: is the SSD, and the D: is the WD Black, change the location from C:\USERS\USERNAME\DOCUMENTS to D:\USERS\USERNAME\DOCUMENTS - it will ask you if you want to move the files, say yes - and that is moved.

If you are installing programs that you want on the WD Black, again, choose custom install, and change the "C:" to a "D:", and it will be installed to the hard drive.
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If the hard drive is plugged in, change the settings in your web browser to allow you to change the default download location. This is a setting that most to all browsers should give you the option to change.
 
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If you go to your user folder, you can right click on the properties of your folders (i.e. Documents, Music, Photos, Videos, Downloads, etc...) and choose "location". Assuming your C: is the SSD, and the D: is the WD Black, change the location from C:\USERS\USERNAME\DOCUMENTS to D:\USERS\USERNAME\DOCUMENTS - it will ask you if you want to move the files, say yes - and that is moved.

If you are installing programs that you want on the WD Black, again, choose custom install, and change the "C:" to a "D:", and it will be installed to the hard drive.
 
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