New PC, but C:/ is completely messed up?
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Rose:
Your HP desktop is equipped with a 256 GB SSD (actual capacity about 237 GB) which is your boot drive (C
. Also installed is a 3 TB HDD which is designed to be used for most of your programs and whatever other data you desire to be installed on that secondary drive. I don't know whether your C: boot drive (the SSD) contains programs/data you installed (I suspect it does) or whether it came from the factory with all that data installed. So the screenshot you submitted correctly refers to the two drives installed in your HP desktop PC.
Your HP desktop is equipped with a 256 GB SSD (actual capacity about 237 GB) which is your boot drive (C
. Also installed is a 3 TB HDD which is designed to be used for most of your programs and whatever other data you desire to be installed on that secondary drive. I don't know whether your C: boot drive (the SSD) contains programs/data you installed (I suspect it does) or whether it came from the factory with all that data installed. So the screenshot you submitted correctly refers to the two drives installed in your HP desktop PC.
koreanoverlord
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Do you have any data on the device that you do not have backed up? This is due to your drive being partitioned incorrectly. It's fairly easy to fix, however it is crucial to back up all data first.
I take it these partitions are on one internal physical hard-drive, correct? If yes, I think it's best if the Recovery partition was relocated to the "front" of the hard-drive; the OS partition which is often called "C drive" should be 400-500GB to accommodate both Windows and all 3rd party programs; and the remaining can be the data partition, which is often called "D drive".
Rose:
Your HP desktop is equipped with a 256 GB SSD (actual capacity about 237 GB) which is your boot drive (C. Also installed is a 3 TB HDD which is designed to be used for most of your programs and whatever other data you desire to be installed on that secondary drive. I don't know whether your C: boot drive (the SSD) contains programs/data you installed (I suspect it does) or whether it came from the factory with all that data installed. So the screenshot you submitted correctly refers to the two drives installed in your HP desktop PC.
Your HP desktop is equipped with a 256 GB SSD (actual capacity about 237 GB) which is your boot drive (C
. Also installed is a 3 TB HDD which is designed to be used for most of your programs and whatever other data you desire to be installed on that secondary drive. I don't know whether your C: boot drive (the SSD) contains programs/data you installed (I suspect it does) or whether it came from the factory with all that data installed. So the screenshot you submitted correctly refers to the two drives installed in your HP desktop PC.Rose:
I trust you understand that the SSD serves as your boot drive because its operation is considerably faster than the 3 TB HDD that serves as your secondary HDD.
While the OS (and associated folder/files utilized by the OS) will be installed on the SSD for obvious reasons, you would still have a considerable amount of disk-space "left over" on the SSD for installing desired programs/data. Presumably the latter would be programs/data you frequently access; it's your choice.
The programs/data you would ordinarily install on the secondary HDD would probably be games & other programs/data that generally don't profit greatly from the speed of the SSD. Again, your choice.
As I'm sure you've noted, your SSD is nearly full of data since only 5 GB of disk-space remains vacant on that drive.
I trust you understand that the SSD serves as your boot drive because its operation is considerably faster than the 3 TB HDD that serves as your secondary HDD.
While the OS (and associated folder/files utilized by the OS) will be installed on the SSD for obvious reasons, you would still have a considerable amount of disk-space "left over" on the SSD for installing desired programs/data. Presumably the latter would be programs/data you frequently access; it's your choice.
The programs/data you would ordinarily install on the secondary HDD would probably be games & other programs/data that generally don't profit greatly from the speed of the SSD. Again, your choice.
As I'm sure you've noted, your SSD is nearly full of data since only 5 GB of disk-space remains vacant on that drive.
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And also, if this was not a "new" system...direct out of the box that you opened...you need to do a full wipe and reinstall of the OS.
I say this because you have no idea what the previous user(s) had in there.
A "brand new" HP would not be sucking up 230GB of a 250GB SSD.
I say this because you have no idea what the previous user(s) had in there.
A "brand new" HP would not be sucking up 230GB of a 250GB SSD.
It's brand new yes. The HP computer I had before would save all my data to the C: drive by default, with this brand new one I didn't realise there was a SSD - so I mistakenly thought that all the data would go to where it belongs and not be saved in the SSD, I thought it would all just find the correct path on the HDD by itself. For now I've wiped off most of the programs taking up space in the SSD and reinstalled them to the correct D: drive by setting up the path manually each time.
I'll be in touch with HP about it to find out how to basically not make C: the default path and change it for D:, because it's quite annoying having to do it manually.
ArtPog :
Rose:
Your HP desktop is equipped with a 256 GB SSD (actual capacity about 237 GB) which is your boot drive (C. Also installed is a 3 TB HDD which is designed to be used for most of your programs and whatever other data you desire to be installed on that secondary drive. I don't know whether your C: boot drive (the SSD) contains programs/data you installed (I suspect it does) or whether it came from the factory with all that data installed. So the screenshot you submitted correctly refers to the two drives installed in your HP desktop PC.
Your HP desktop is equipped with a 256 GB SSD (actual capacity about 237 GB) which is your boot drive (C
. Also installed is a 3 TB HDD which is designed to be used for most of your programs and whatever other data you desire to be installed on that secondary drive. I don't know whether your C: boot drive (the SSD) contains programs/data you installed (I suspect it does) or whether it came from the factory with all that data installed. So the screenshot you submitted correctly refers to the two drives installed in your HP desktop PC.
Thanks, yeah I understand this now. Weirdly, everything has been automatically been pathed to C: which shouldn't really happen, so I have to manually select the path and make sure software/games be allocated to the D: drive. I'll be contacting HP about it tomorrow and hopefully it'll be sorted out.
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For how to manage space between an SSD and the HDD, read this:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html
For Steam games, this:
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
Downloads
Steam Library Folders
Add library folder
If you wish to move already installed Steam games, this:
To move an already installed game
Games library
Right click the game
Properties
Local Files
Move Install Folder
Asking HP will just result in a lot of random junk info that has nothing to do with what you are trying to accomplish.
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html
For Steam games, this:
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
Downloads
Steam Library Folders
Add library folder
If you wish to move already installed Steam games, this:
To move an already installed game
Games library
Right click the game
Properties
Local Files
Move Install Folder
Asking HP will just result in a lot of random junk info that has nothing to do with what you are trying to accomplish.
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