[Solved] Separaton of system hdd and program hdd?

[adrenaline406]

Hey all,
Just built a computer with 2 hdd's. The idea was to make the C drive (40gb) for the windows 7 that I am running currently, then to have all my programs installed on the D drive (250gb) along with my data (docs, music etc).


Did I just attempt something that is not going to work? ( I was really hoping to have them all show up in my start menu, not go searching for them on the D drive.)

C Drive: IDE 40gb
D Drive Sata 250gb

Thanks in advance.

 

[jefe323]

that will work and is standard practice among a lot of people

they will show up in your start menu

 

[adrenaline406]

So I went to talk with an IT friend, he said that the reason they're not showing is because the programs were installed on the larger drive (with the Win 7 that was there) therefore they are in that registry. If I reinstall the programs in my D drive, they will be listed in the C drive registry and then show up in the start menu etc.

 

[Ijack]

Were these programs installed before you installed Windows? If so then what your friend say sort of makes sense (although there's no such thing as a C drive registry or a D drive registry - there's just the registry).

Windows isn't at all fussed about which disk you install programs on, although some individual programs may be fussy and only install in a particular location.

 

[Vampyrbyte]

Most programs allow you to choose where to install things too during installation. You can also change the default place to install applications by following the guide here:
http://www.intowindows.com/change-default-installation-directory-in-windows-7-vista/

This does involve making modifications to the registry and shouldn't cause any problems. But you should still make this modification before installing any applications.

 

[adrenaline406]

Were these programs installed before you installed Windows? If so then what your friend say sort of makes sense (although there's no such thing as a C drive registry or a D drive registry - there's just the registry).

Windows isn't at all fussed about which disk you install programs on, although some individual programs may be fussy and only install in a particular location.

Thanks for the registry clarification. And yes these programs were initially on the larger hdd, then I found the smaller hdd and decided I wanted to try this. Now that I have reinstalled programs, everthing is working flawlessly.

Thanks!