I have a brand new computer system with two SSD. I want to have one SSD for the operating system only and put everything else on the other drive. Is there are a way to easily do this? On my last PC everything cluttered the first SSD til it was full and I want to avoid doing this for my new computer. Thanks for your help! I will be using Windows 11.
Two Solid State Drives - Wanting to Use One for Operating System Only
17833 on 16/03/2024 - 13:11
Last edited 16/03/2024 - 18:19
Last edited 16/03/2024 - 18:19
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If you use Adobe it may actually be better to have your apps and scratch disc and stuff be all on a very fast and very large C drive along with your OS. And the files you are working on put on another drive.
If the computer was made for you they may have set it up so the system sees both ssd's as one drive. If this is the case, you may have to reinstall whatever operating system you are using & set it up as 2 separate drives/volumes.
It would help if you knew which operating system you were using. I would not want to be rude and assume.
Sorry, Windows 11.
There is no 100% way to separate apps and OS, but you can generally install a program so it mostly uses a second drive. Do this for the big apps.
I wouldn't go trying to move the whole Programs directory.
With Steam, you can set up libraries on different drives. Other launchers, I just change the drive letter during game install.
When you have multiple drives present in a computer, the operating system will give each drive it's own drive letter. the default drive letter for the primary hard drive or boot drive is C and additional drives will be D, E, F .. and so on.
You can set what drive your user directories live in too: for example, if you decide that your "Pictures, Music, Documents" and "Downloads" folder should be in Drive D rather than C, that can be done via File Explorer's settings
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