Applications on another drive

Rozzy85

Rozzy85

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This seems like a stupid question but I wanted to make sure before I modify my system.

Basically, I'm going to install an SSD drive alongside my current HDD. The OS will be on the SSD but some of the applications that require lots of space (games/steam for example) I'll want to install on the HDD. Subtracting the space occupied by games and large files on my current HDD brings everything down to less than 100GB which means a 120GB-200GB SSD should be adequate for my needs.

Will it simply be that when I install the applications I tell them to install on D: (HHD) and that will be that? Of course some components will still be installed on the SSD with the OS but the bulk of it will be on the HDD. I was just thinking of creating a folder D:\Apps or whatever and use that. Seems like a silly question but I've never set it up like this or know if it will work OK.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I use Windows 7.
 
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Yes that's all you have to do.

With Steam just copy over the folder from your C:\ to your D:\ and re-run the steam.exe to get it to reinstall on the D:\ so there's no need to download all your games etc.
 
I stick non popular programs and large programs on a separate mechanical drive due to space.
 
Thats good to hear then. :)

I wasn't sure if some applications would cause problems if not installed on the same drive as the OS.

Thanks.
 
Splitting them from a performance angle is almost always a good idea, the SSD is clearly going to be faster so you might want to put some of your steam games on your SSD if you find you have space - you can do this by using programs that split the Steam installers or the command below.

Say you had installed your Steam folder onto your C drive and wanted to move one game (Team fortress) to your D:\ onto the D drive you'd simply type this at an elevated command prompt

mklink /H "C:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Steam\steamapps\team fortress 2 content.cfg" "D:\Steam\Steamapps\team fortress 2 content.cfg"
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There are programs which can hack all of this but it's very simple to do.
 
Halfmad said:
Any with loading screens generally, Guild Wars 2 certainly does!

Steam wise games like Skyrim benefit from it a fair bit.
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I've been thinking of moving Skyrim to my SSD, not too fussed about the rest of my Steam games but getting the best out of Skyrim would be nice, are there any issues with the Steam Workshop or anything else when using the mklink as you mentioned earlier.
 
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