- Sep 5, 2016
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Hi,
I have an SSD and an HDD setup with my newly built computer. I have the windows 10 pro OS on the SSD and many of my programs are on the SSD because I couldn't find the option to default them to the HDD in time. The programs that have installed on the HDD either asked me where they wanted installing or I have moved them onto it (maybe the problem I've had).
My problem is that my newly built pride and joy of a computer is often not working - my old laptop works better. I'm pretty sure the problems are to do with storage:
- programs don't launch properly
- programs become unresponsive ("not responding")
- updates (particularly steam) fail to install
Steam isn't the only problem but the main culprit - the first two of the above happen to it often. At one point I did move steam within the HDD (but never between drives because I installed it on the HDD first anyway) so I'm thinking that may have corrupted it and I'm also pretty sure that steam/steam games store their data in the default OS path in the SSD (users/(user)/AppData/Local/...) (or other file paths in the SSD) so could that mess it up - having it split across 2 drives/moving it within a drive?
I really like the dual storage system because it allows instant boots and fast access to virus scanners, etc. but if this doesn't work out, I am going to get rid of the SSD, redo everything so I can use the HDD for everything because I know that will work and everything can stay in their default paths together.
Can anyone help me?
Thank you very much
James
PS: is it worth the bother of an SSD at all anyway because I won't have any games on it to be sped up and at least 10 seconds of booting (enough time for windows 10 to boot anyway) is spent giving time to access the bios?
I have an SSD and an HDD setup with my newly built computer. I have the windows 10 pro OS on the SSD and many of my programs are on the SSD because I couldn't find the option to default them to the HDD in time. The programs that have installed on the HDD either asked me where they wanted installing or I have moved them onto it (maybe the problem I've had).
My problem is that my newly built pride and joy of a computer is often not working - my old laptop works better. I'm pretty sure the problems are to do with storage:
- programs don't launch properly
- programs become unresponsive ("not responding")
- updates (particularly steam) fail to install
Steam isn't the only problem but the main culprit - the first two of the above happen to it often. At one point I did move steam within the HDD (but never between drives because I installed it on the HDD first anyway) so I'm thinking that may have corrupted it and I'm also pretty sure that steam/steam games store their data in the default OS path in the SSD (users/(user)/AppData/Local/...) (or other file paths in the SSD) so could that mess it up - having it split across 2 drives/moving it within a drive?
I really like the dual storage system because it allows instant boots and fast access to virus scanners, etc. but if this doesn't work out, I am going to get rid of the SSD, redo everything so I can use the HDD for everything because I know that will work and everything can stay in their default paths together.
Can anyone help me?
Thank you very much
James
PS: is it worth the bother of an SSD at all anyway because I won't have any games on it to be sped up and at least 10 seconds of booting (enough time for windows 10 to boot anyway) is spent giving time to access the bios?
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