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April 3rd, 2019 08:00
Which hard drive do I put programs and data?
I have a new Dell laptop which has 2 hard drives: 125gb SSD hard drive (C) and a 1T hard drive (D)
My question is this: When loading programs and various data, do I use drive D for everything and leave C alone? C has the operating system.
I wasn't where my libraries look for the data that's in them. I couldn't find anywhere as to how that works. Do I set up another set of libraries on my D drive? Are the existing libraries on the C o D?
Another way to ask the question: When I'm downloading photos, for instance, and I pick My Picture library, will those photos be stored on C or D? I'm going to test with one photo to see if I can find where it goes, but so far I'm having trouble figuring this out. Obviously not a "techie"!
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jphughan
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Posted April 3rd, 2019 08:00
The small SSD is much faster than the large spinning drive, so you should install most applications on the C drive for performance reasons, although perhaps not very large applications such as games since that would probably cause you to run out of space on C. Your "bulk data" such as photos, music, videos, etc., as well as applications that are large and/or where performance isn't a major issue should all be placed on D. For applications, this will involve manually changing the default install directory from C:\Program Files to D:\Program Files, for example. For your other data, you can manually create whatever folders you want and organize your data however you want, and/or if you want to formally move your Libraries folders such as Documents, Pictures, Videos, etc., if you right-click each of them and select Properties, you'll see a Location tab. When you click that, you can choose where that folder actually resides on your system, so you can change it to your D drive if you prefer.