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#1: Hard Drive Getting Full? Author: HawkeyeLocation: Connecticut PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:46 pm
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Ok, with the recent game of BF1 and many other games, but BF1 being a big game (50GB) Most people are running out of Disk Space. So, I decided to show you what you can do to fix this, [size=18]PROVIDING YOU HAVE MORE THAN 1 HARD DRIVE INSTALLED. Remember, this only works with Multiple Drives..I am I'm inserting Screen shots of a  Word Document for those that want to print it out.

I will show you how to MOVE all your Personal Stuff to another Drive and set it as the Default.So in other words. Whenever you Download anything or save anything, it will automatically save it to "Said Folder" an to your Secondary Drive that you are now setting up.  I like this method, so it always stores my Stuff somewhere other than the Default C: Drive . This way, when you have to perform a Clean install or Format or Get a Virus yours Personal Stuff is Safe. You would only have to install your programs and the OS. I have heard of others installing their games on here too and they come back after a format, but my personal preference, I don't do that...With that being said, let's begin...I should only take a few minutes...

THIS WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DRIVES INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER!!

Windows 10- If you don’t have your personal folder on your desktop, right click on the Desktop and choose: PERSONALIZE, then click on THEMES, then click on DESKTOP ICON SETTINGS. Check the box or boxes for the icons you want on your desktop.

Going forward now, the method will be the same for both Operating Systems.I like the “Eye-Candy” Method myself, so, go to the drive you want to store all your personal stuff on. Create 8 NEW Folders and name them, CONTACTS, DESKTOP, DOCUMENTS, DOWNLOADS, FAVORITES, MUSIC, PICTURES AND VIDEOS.

Start with your CONTACTS Folder. In case you mess up (which you shouldn’t). There probably aren’t many contacts in there anyway. If there is, just right click on the folder and Copy and Paste it to your desktop as a Back Up (Which you can delete later)
Right Click On DESKTOP, choose PROPERTIES, then LOCATION. The DEFAULT is your C: Drive. Click on MOVE. Navigate to the Drive with the 8 Folders you just created. Then left click once on the CORRESPONDING DESKTOP folder you just created, You will get a confirmation Pop-Up saying:

Do you want to move all of the files from the old location to the new location?
Old Location: C:\Users\Ashar\Saved Games -(Ashar is the name Windows gave my personal folder. Yours will be different.)
New Location D:\Saved Games
We recommend moving all of the files so tha the programs needing to access the folders content can do so.


Say YES

Do the same for all your other Folders. Documents to Documents, ect…

Right Click On DOCUMENTS, choose PROPERTIES, then LOCATION. The DEFAULT is your C: Drive. Click on MOVE. Navigate to the Drive with the 8 Folders you just created. Then left click once on the CORRESPONDING DOCUMENTS folder you just created,
Right Click On DOWNLOADS choose PROPERTIES, then LOCATION. The DEFAULT is your C: Drive. Click on MOVE. Navigate to the Drive with the 8 Folders you just created. Then left click once on the CORRESPONDING DOWNLOADS folder you just created,
Right Click On FAVORITES, choose PROPERTIES, then LOCATION. The DEFAULT is your C: Drive. Click on MOVE. Navigate to the Drive with the 8 Folders you just created. Then left click once on the CORRESPONDING FAVORITES folder you just created,
Right Click On MUSIC, choose PROPERTIES, then LOCATION. The DEFAULT is your C: Drive. Click on MOVE. Navigate to the Drive with the 8 Folders you just created. Then left click once on the CORRESPONDING MUSIC folder you just created,
Right Click On PICTURES, choose PROPERTIES, then LOCATION. The DEFAULT is your C: Drive. Click on MOVE. Navigate to the Drive with the 8 Folders you just created. Then left click once on the CORRESPONDING PICTURES folder you just created,
Right Click On VIDEOS , choose PROPERTIES, then LOCATION. The DEFAULT is your C: Drive. Click on MOVE. Navigate to the Drive with the 8 Folders you just created. Then left click once on the CORRESPONDING VIDEOS Folder you just created,

I had better pictures but in order for me to post them, I have to upload them to somewhere, then insert them in here..I already spent a few hours on this and didn't have any more time to do that. I'll see if I can add them later..

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I'll try to help anyone who needs it...PM me..

Here is a Link to a website that also has a Shorter version, but I wanted to do a Step-By-Step Tutorial...Not enough time...Sorry...but this should help!!!

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-move-windows-7-personal-folders-my-documents-another-drive.htm


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#2: Re: Hard Drive Getting Full? Author: JohnnyLocation: Wisconsin PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 7:09 pm
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Great info, thanks for helping out everyone!

#3: Re: Hard Drive Getting Full? Author: CyberlexeLocation: Belgium PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:04 pm
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Nice post Hawkeye

Well, i did the same with my games (exept BO and BF1).
BF4 and BFH are installed on my D drive, no free space at that time.
By the time BF1 was released, I had again enough space on my SSD (256).
The difference I can notice is the loading time when entering a game or joining a multiplayer game, once in game it is a small difference.
Btw I use external disks with a raid for personal files, films, pictures etc.
Should I have known how fast the ssd is filling up I would have quadrupled it Wink (but too expensive back then)
Problem is window’s and office is taking so much space, I don’t even know if you can move office?

#4: Re: Hard Drive Getting Full? Author: PRIMALLocation: Monroe ga PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:13 am
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Yea Hawkeye help me with mine and it freed up 120 gigs thanks for all the help hawk you Da Man

#5: Re: Hard Drive Getting Full? Author: HawkeyeLocation: Connecticut PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:12 pm
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Cyberlexe wrote (View Post):

Nice post Hawkeye

Well, i did the same with my games (exept BO and BF1).
BF4 and BFH are installed on my D drive, no free space at that time.
By the time BF1 was released, I had again enough space on my SSD (256).
The difference I can notice is the loading time when entering a game or joining a multiplayer game, once in game it is a small difference.
Btw I use external disks with a raid for personal files, films, pictures etc.
Should I have known how fast the ssd is filling up I would have quadrupled it Wink (but too expensive back then)
Problem is window’s and office is taking so much space, I don’t even know if you can move office?


You can't install Office on another hard drive, it needs to stay with Windows.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Can-I-do-a-custom-install-of-individual-Office-suite-applications-1eede13d-3426-40cc-b30b-9aa40226bb9e

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#6: Re: Hard Drive Getting Full? Author: spacepiggio PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:35 pm
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Can you pin this for a short time Johnny, thanks.



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