How do I use my second hard drive for storage and programs?

migkillertwo · May 22, 2015

Hi all, I recently did a major upgrade on my desktop PC that included buying a 240 GB SSD. The SSD works great for programs that have really long loading times, but it has become painfully obvious that, for modern gaming, 240 GB is not enough. I'm down to 30 GB of free space after *only* installing BF2, BF4, and GTA V. My old hard drive, a 500 GB hard disk drive, is still in my computer and my BIOS recognizes it, but Windows does not.

Is there a way I can make it so that windows recognizes my HDD and can install programs on it? I understand that loading times are going to be slow, but that's not a problem for a lot of my older games (Fallout 3, BF3, etc.).

IntelTurtleFan · May 22, 2015

Yes. You most likely need to set it up with disk manager.\
http://www.overclock.net/t/1227647/how-to-initialize-and-format-a-new-disk-for-use-in-windows

USAFRet · May 22, 2015

See this:

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

If it is recognized in the BIOS, but not in Windows, you need to initialize it in Disk Management.

migkillertwo · May 22, 2015

Done and done, thanks for the help guys, that was a lot easier than I thought it would be

migkillertwo · May 22, 2015

So is there a way to move games in my Steam library from my SSD to my HDD?

IntelTurtleFan · May 22, 2015

Not sure about steam. What you can do is install the games to that location however.

USAFRet · May 22, 2015

migkillertwo :

Steam games, see this:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

Basically, you're looking for the Steamapps folder.
Move that.

chuckb815 · Nov 14, 2015

migkillertwo :

Hi all, I recently did a major upgrade on my desktop PC that included buying a 240 GB SSD. The SSD works great for programs that have really long loading times, but it has become painfully obvious that, for modern gaming, 240 GB is not enough. I'm down to 30 GB of free space after *only* installing BF2, BF4, and GTA V. My old hard drive, a 500 GB hard disk drive, is still in my computer and my BIOS recognizes it, but Windows does not.

Is there a way I can make it so that windows recognizes my HDD and can install programs on it? I understand that loading times are going to be slow, but that's not a problem for a lot of my older games (Fallout 3, BF3, etc.).

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