should I install windows on the SSD on a seagate SSHD

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hey there my Ultrabook (acer aspire s3-951) came with a seagate SSHD with 300GB of traditional storage and 20GB of SSD.. i wanned to do a clean install of windows soo i deleted everything on the HDD including the SSD(accidentally)..

after i was done including installing all the drivers my system was as slow as hell then i figured out that it uses the SSD as a cache.. afterwards i googled for hours and found this post that tells me to use ExpressCache which i did.... a few days later the cache starts to gets filled up when it completely fills up it erases everything in the SSD.. at times i get a bluescreen and the system hangs up bcoz of this....

soo i was wondering if it's possible to install just the windows files and the drivers in the SSD and install all other programs on a separate partition of the HDD... i only the OS to be in the SSD not the files from other application or any application data.. all of those will be stored on a separate partition.... this includes crash reports and all of those... hope i was able to make myself clear.. thanks!

P.S. i did try to install windows on the SSD.. after installing windows and the drivers i still get 3GB of free space...
 
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To keep Windows from creating restore points you can do the following:
1. Click on Start
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Click on System
4. To the left click on System Protection
5. A Window will open and it should open to the System Protection tab and you should see which drives have protection turned on.
6. Choose a drive, click on configure and turn off System Protection.
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On an SSDD, you do not have direct control over the SSD portion.

And even if you could, 20GB is not large enough. Sure, after the initial install you may have 3GB left. Use it for a couple of days. Run Windows updates. Create a system restore point. That 3GB is gone in a flash.
 
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i'm never installing windows updates.. they slow down the system.. and is there a way to stop windows from automatically from creating a restore point ? thanks for the replies... and apologies for my delayed reply...
 
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To keep Windows from creating restore points you can do the following:
1. Click on Start
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Click on System
4. To the left click on System Protection
5. A Window will open and it should open to the System Protection tab and you should see which drives have protection turned on.
6. Choose a drive, click on configure and turn off System Protection.
 
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thanks!.... and now how can i move the data stored by applications in windows partition to another partition.. these include things like program data and user data...
 
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You're welcome. However, if you don't have one already, I strongly recommend you develop a good backup plan.
 
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i'm sorry i didn't get you.. have what..?
 
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A backup plan for your data in the event of a drive failure. You could use Windows Backup to backup your system to another drive (external is preferable to internal) or one of the other backup programs available. From time to time I create a disk image of my OS drive in the event it fails.
 
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okay back to the original question.. how do i move the data stored by applications in windows partition to another partition.. these include things like program data and user data...
 
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Sorry, I missed that. Not so sure about that, do you know where the data is stored? It would be easier to move (redirect) user files such as documents, pictures, videos, and music to another drive than to move actual programs. There are steps here on how to do it. The only thing I can think of, and there may be a better way, is to copy the program/user data to another folder, reinstall the programs on another partition, and then move the program/user data back to where it belongs. I've never moved (only installed) a program to a different drive. When I did this I created the Program Files and Program Files (X86) folders on another drive and then opted to install there.
 
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okay the folders i need to redirect are:

$Recycle.Bin [which is a hidden folder]
MSOCache [again a hidden folder]
Program Files
Program Files x86
Program Data [a hidden folder]
Users
 
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OK, back up a little bit.

With all that supposed redirection, what are you actually trying to do?
Install the OS on only the SDD (20GB?) portion of a SSHD?

Personally, I wouldn't.
You're going to run into multiple issues trying to have the OS just on the 20GB space, in addition to completely breaking the concept of the SSHD. It is supposed to manage data internally. Whatever you use the most gets cached on the SSD portion. Not use that SSD portion as a discreet drive.
 
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i wouldn't do that if my cache was working like it's supposed to... ExpressCache fills up the SSD.. flushes it and rewrites it again...
 
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