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October 18th, 2017 03:00
New PC saving by default to OS drive
After installing a few of my programmes, I caught sight of the OS (C) drive and saw it was red. Everything had been installed there with nothing going to the 1.8TB Data drive so it was full. I uninstalled all of them but this didn't get it out of the red so I've done a fresh install of Windows and removed the Windows.old files too via disk cleanup. The OS drive is blue again now but with only 25.1 GB free, I'm wondering how it will cope with updates. There's a big one coming for W10 so how do I make sure there's enough space for it?
Meanwhile, I need to find a way to stop this default routing of installs. I'm sure there must be something but I wouldn't say no to any expertise anyone might be able to offer. I'm using my creaky old Dell at the moment, pre-transfer to the new one, which could collapse any time!
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October 18th, 2017 09:00
Fishbits,
If i am understanding your question correctly please click the link below for information. If not, please reply back.
How to Change the Default Hard Drive for Saving Documents and Apps in Windows 10
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October 19th, 2017 07:00
Thank you - yes, I saw that but I decided that, as it's a very new machine I'd let Dell have a go then, if it went wrong, it wouldn't be my fault. I spent over an hour yesterday having the problem remedied although the tech wasn't clear why it had happened in the first place. It's still a bit of a mess, but I'm getting on with installing my software to see how it copes. Could be it has to go back.
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October 24th, 2017 02:00
Update: machine is going back. The storage issue wasn't the only problem, there were also operational problems with Windows crashing (I could work within a window but not open any others), task bar unresponsive, no ability to close or minimise windows or bring up open ones from the task bar, no right click, no copy/paste, and finally failure to install the latest update - that's still there on the Start menu as an Update and Restart option despite at least seven restarts. There was no argument from Dell and it will be on its way tomorrow so I'm back to my 8700 which is still chugging along and flagging up a disk problem and I'm on the hunt for another new PC.