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XPS 8500 drives (SSD and HDD)
I have an XPS8500 that I bought new from Dell a little over a year ago. It came with a 256 GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. When I got it I noticed the SSD was the C: drive and the HDD was the D: drive.
I called Tech Support at the time and asked if the SSD wouldn't fill up quickly, since Documents and Music are mapped to C:. The tech person said, no, the Intel software would automatically move little-used files to the D: drive, and keep frequently used files on the C: drive.
Well, I've finally filled up the SSD and nothing is moving to D: Was the advice I got from Dell Support incorrect, or is there a way to make that work? If not I can manually remap the music folder over to the HDD.
osprey4
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January 10th, 2014 04:00
Hi Steve8500,
You need to move your document folders to the D drive. Here is a link to some help. Not sure who told you Windows does this automatically, but it doesn't.
With a 256GB SSD, you should have plenty of room for the operating system and applications.
rdunnill
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January 9th, 2014 17:00
Which version of Windows is this? With Windows 7, it's easy to add extra folders to the library groups, but I haven't tried it with 8.X.
Steve8500
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January 9th, 2014 17:00
It's Windows 7.
Steve8500
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January 10th, 2014 09:00
Hi Osprey4,
Thanks, that helps. I will move some of my folders over to D:
Steve
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March 17th, 2014 09:00
I've taken delivery of an XPS 8500 with a 2Tb SATA & 32Gb SSD; the 2Tb is seen as C: (OS) & the SSD is seen as D: (data). so questions;
Many thanks
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March 17th, 2014 17:00
Hi Billm111,
The 32GB SSD is too small for your operating system, so it can be used for storage. But you'll get better system performance if you set it up as a cache.