How do I use programs on secondary hard drive?

AssumingUnicorn · Feb 17, 2015

I got a new 250gb SSD and the hard drive I was using before was a 1 TB WD hard drive. I have a bunch of programs that I use like Mouse Without Borders installed on the WD, but when I try to run it, it says its not installed. My guess is because since the SSD is the primary hard drive, it won't work? But I already had it installed on the WD. Is there a way to run such programs without installing it on the SSD? I just plan to have games on the SSD for faster bootup.

USAFRet · Feb 17, 2015

Ideally, you reinstall the applications.
They can be reinstalled on whichever drive you choose, but they must be reinstalled.

USAFRet · Feb 17, 2015

Some applications don't give the option of 'where', but most do.

AssumingUnicorn · Feb 17, 2015

USAFRet :

So I downloaded Mouse Without Borders and it saved to my WD hard drive and installed it again to where I assume would be the same hard drive and not the SSD. But I see that the MWB program has created a folder in the SSD hard drive now. Did I do something wrong? Or is it just there and doesn't take up any space in my SSD?

USAFRet · Feb 17, 2015

AssumingUnicorn :

I just installed that as well, just to see.
It installs directly to whatever drive the OS is on. In our case, the SSD. But it is tiny, in comparison to the size of the SSD.
Since it needs to directly interface with the OS, it ends up on the OS drive. This is one of the few current applications that does not give the option of 'where'.

AssumingUnicorn · Feb 17, 2015

USAFRet :

AssumingUnicorn :

I just installed that as well, just to see.
It installs directly to whatever drive the OS is on. In our case, the SSD. But it is tiny, in comparison to the size of the SSD.
Since it needs to directly interface with the OS, it ends up on the OS drive. This is one of the few current applications that does not give the option of 'where'.

Yeah the size isn't an issue much to me, but what was bothering me was the ability to choose destination paths. Thank you for your help!

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