if you keep going you will brick that PC, won't boot.
I boot from C: SSD (m.2) and all my apps are on a huge 3TB second drive HDD, ,all are and data, installers ask you where to put it and it goes to the rust spinner huge HDD.(E:/ drive (D is Blueray drive)
I have Steam(tm) setup and it puts all that too, on the rust drive, every drop of all that.
if you reload the OS, steam finds my E:/steam folder and just works great. no problems.
i keep no data no my SSD boot, at all, just the OS,
if you dont like that buy a bigger SSD, and use just it.
I also backup my APPS using TODO PCTRAN (wow, works great too) can reload the OS then reload the PCtran image and 100apps back and ready.
You cannot extend the c: drive partition or any other partition unless there is unallocated space after that partition you wish to extend. In order to extend a partition you will have to delete the partitions after that partition and re-create them after you have extended the partition.
How small is the c: drive? My c: drive is a 500GB SSD and only about 100GB is used. If you are going to install a SSD then you should consider making it the boot drive.
I don't know the answer to your question about the cooling system but there is no difference between Dell computers sold at Costco and those directly from Dell except that from Dell you have the choice of ordering options.
The specs at your link say you have a 512 GB SSD which should be your boot C: drive with Windows on it, and the 2T HDD is D for your data. So you're imaging a problem that doesn't exist.
I have a 512 GB SSD in my brand new PC with Win 10 Pro on it, and after installing all my apps, it's still ~90% empty.
You just have to change your usage. Install your apps on C: (SSD), but be sure to tell them to save their data on D (HDD). You have to do this for each app you install. For example, in my version of MS Word, the option is on the Tools>Options>File Locations screen.
Since it already comes with a 512GB SSD are you saying that, according to Disk Management, Dell partitioned and installed the OS in c: drive which is on the 2TB hard drive? If possilbe, can you screen capture the Disk Management window and post it here? What does Disk Management display for the SSD?
savvy2
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December 6th, 2019 04:00
if you keep going you will brick that PC, won't boot.
I boot from C: SSD (m.2) and all my apps are on a huge 3TB second drive HDD, ,all are and data, installers ask you where to put it and it goes to the rust spinner huge HDD.(E:/ drive (D is Blueray drive)
I have Steam(tm) setup and it puts all that too, on the rust drive, every drop of all that.
if you reload the OS, steam finds my E:/steam folder and just works great. no problems.
i keep no data no my SSD boot, at all, just the OS,
if you dont like that buy a bigger SSD, and use just it.
I also backup my APPS using TODO PCTRAN (wow, works great too) can reload the OS then reload the PCtran image and 100apps back and ready.
Vic384
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December 6th, 2019 04:00
You cannot extend the c: drive partition or any other partition unless there is unallocated space after that partition you wish to extend. In order to extend a partition you will have to delete the partitions after that partition and re-create them after you have extended the partition.
How small is the c: drive? My c: drive is a 500GB SSD and only about 100GB is used. If you are going to install a SSD then you should consider making it the boot drive.
I don't know the answer to your question about the cooling system but there is no difference between Dell computers sold at Costco and those directly from Dell except that from Dell you have the choice of ordering options.
RoHe
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December 6th, 2019 10:00
The specs at your link say you have a 512 GB SSD which should be your boot C: drive with Windows on it, and the 2T HDD is D for your data. So you're imaging a problem that doesn't exist.
I have a 512 GB SSD in my brand new PC with Win 10 Pro on it, and after installing all my apps, it's still ~90% empty.
You just have to change your usage. Install your apps on C: (SSD), but be sure to tell them to save their data on D (HDD). You have to do this for each app you install. For example, in my version of MS Word, the option is on the Tools>Options>File Locations screen.
You should also move Win 10's default folders to D too. That way, all your data will be saved on D.
Only you will know if you have the advanced cooling if you open the case....
ArtSingh
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December 6th, 2019 10:00
It already comes with a 512 GB SSD.
Vic384
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December 6th, 2019 11:00
Since it already comes with a 512GB SSD are you saying that, according to Disk Management, Dell partitioned and installed the OS in c: drive which is on the 2TB hard drive? If possilbe, can you screen capture the Disk Management window and post it here? What does Disk Management display for the SSD?