Here are the simple steps you need to follow to move your personal files smoothly. Select steam library folders from the downloads tab. How to use an external drive with a chromebook cnet. Move your entire custom scenery folder to where ever you want it to be right click on the destination folder the one you moved to the other drive and click pick link source now go to your xplane folder there should not be any custom scenery folder in there now select the root xplane folder yes, the whole xplane folder. How to move user folders to different location on windows. However whenever i download a file it goes to my ssd c drive under users, same with saving things to desktop, theyre saving to my c drive when i want them on my h drive hdd. If you meet permission issues, you can refer to the following steps to solve it. Can anyone please explain in detail if it is possible to make my program files running in os on ssd to hdd discussion in windows 10 customization started by mustaqeemquadry, aug 1, 2018. Find the old hard disk drive it should now be empty create and name a new folder where you will store your personal files. In the properties window for the folder, switch to the location tab. I set steam settings to move its folder location to the hdd and i changed the location of my documents and downloads also to the the hdd.
If you do that, windows will move those folders and all existing documents. How to move program file on ssd to hdd discus and support how to move program file on ssd to hdd in windows 10 customization to solve the problem. As mentioned above, your ssd drive may not be as large as your hdd. Its a good question, but one that has a complex answer. Change download folder location for all web browsers, softwares, and apps at the system level. How to move your documents, music, and other folders. I have an ocz vertex 2 120gb with the mac os installed as primary drive. So, you have to restore your personal files to your old hard disk drive. Move program files to another drive on the same disk. In this case you cant restore it back using the location tab.
As others have mentioned, there are a number of scenarios where this can prove useful. Commander dave turner wants to move his documents, photos, and other data. Discus and support changing downloads folder from c. In the case that your personal files exceeds main disks limits and you have an additional drive or partition on your system with enough free space, then you can move your files from your main disk into the additional drive by using the move feature, but if you have problems when using the move feature, then you can use windows registry to set a different location for your personal folders. How to transfer files from ssd to hdd in windows 10.
How to move the downloads folder in windows 10 winaero. Some users want to move program files to another drive on windows 1087. Then i organizer my collections and move the downloaded files to a second hard drive scorpio black 500gb in the optibay. The downloads folder can be anywhere you want, including on a network drive, which i do, as my computer is strapped for space.
Would you like to move some things to another drive or partition to free up space. How to change the default hard drive for saving documents and. Heres the instruction page for relocating your oculus folder. In home theaters and other pcs with lots of shared storage it is common practice to move the public. Right now i only created a new folder for all the stuff i download from my. You can change where files in this downloads folder are stored to another place on the hard drive, another drive, or another computer on the. In this tutorial, we show you how to move the downloads folder to a different location. How to move your downloads folder in windows majorgeeks. Now that your account is unlinked, lets move the onedrive folder to your desired folder.
Its ok if you want to select all items on the screen. How to move downloads folder to another drive windows 10. First, you should always be keeping a back up copy of your data files. You can select a new location either by typing the new path directly into the text box or by clicking the move button and browsing for a new location to fill the text box that way. Accidentally merged downloads folder with my user folder. Then, is there any way to move oculus to another drive. If you are paranoid like me first copy it, then rename the old one for example add bak to the folder name. I download lots of things like movies and musics and have the download folder in the ssd. I was trying to make space on my ssd by changing the location of the downloads folder. Copy the whole folder to a partition on hdd and delete the original folder.
If you want to move your oculus folder, there were instructions in the support forumbasically you want to back up a few folders to avoid losing all your downloaded software, then uninstall the oculus app, reinstall it to the drive of your choice, and restore the folders. Go back to the onedrive setup screen, select get started, and then follow the instructions until you get to the screen where you can change your onedrive folders location. Go to the drive where you want to move the downloads folder, rightclick and select new folder. In this video i will show you how to easily move your downloads folder from your ssd and over to your hdd, so you do not use up the valuable. The next time you save a file to the documents folder, windows will use the new location that you set. How to install apps on a separate drive on windows 10. Move your entire custom scenery folder to another drive. How to move windows 7 personal folders like my documents. How to restore deleted downloads folder on windows 7810. Under the devices and drivers section, open the new drive location. Select the steam library you want to move the game to and click the move folder button. Windows and your programs on an ssd, and your data on a hard drive. How to change the location of user folders in windows 10. Navigate to the location you want to move the folders.
How to change default downloads folder location in windows 10. Move, resize, split, merge partition with one touch. Before you can move downloads folder, you first have to create a new downloads folder in the new location. Move oculus rift installation, games and apps to another drive. Right click on start button i file explorer i right click on downloads folder i properties i location i move i browse the destination folder i apply i ok hope it works. If you dont see the downloads folder in this pc, then you can also clicktap on the icon in the address bar of file explorer, type shell. Is it possible to move program files from the primary hard drive, c, to either a secondary internal hard drive or an external hard drive. We can move back the folder to the original location. Ive got my ssd for windows 7 and for most programs and maybe a few games which i frequently play and my hdd is for all my files such as movies, games, music, pictures.
Think twice before deleting files from downloads folder. How to move files from ssd to hdd stepby step guide. As time goes on, you may install a large amount of game software or other software on your computer. If you have another partition or hard drive, consider moving some system folders to a second volume. If you didnt change the default location, then it should be located in c. Here is the full set of articles on how to move your user folders. But a ssd is usually smaller, and it will be easily running out of space after installing several oculus games. How to move downloads folder to another drive in windows 10. How to move downloads folder to another drive in windows. If you used custom folder names, make sure you dont forget to. On the top right, right click your documents library folder and choose properties choose the location tab in the location box, type d.
Managing apps how to install apps on a separate drive on windows 10 when your pc has limited storage space, or you simply want to keep things separate, use this guide to. So i was trying to move my downloads folder away from my small ssd onto a bulk hdd, but accidentally merged that with another folder that i didnt mean to, since the location move option doesnt tell you it becomes the destination you requested, so then i tried to move it again, and it didnt work because it was within its own destination a sub folder of where i wanted it, so then i tried to. Changing your default save location creates a new users folder structure. If you need to add more space to your computer, one way to do this is to add a second disk. This article gives guides on how to move files from ssd to hdd, including on how to move program files. Right click on start button i file explorer i right click on. Learn how to move files between your chromebook and an. File organization how to move user folders to different location on windows 10 yes, you can move the default user folders to a new location, and in this guide, well show you how on windows 10. Move your windows 10 libraries to a separate drive or partition. To move an installed game once youve added a second library, rightclick it in your steam library and select properties. By default, windows stores your personal folders like documents, music, pictures, and videos in c.
Go to the directory where your onedrive folder is located. Move your windows 10 libraries to a separate drive or. How to move a steam game to another drive, the easy way. Considering its only a 64gb ssd i was going to move some folders to my hdd and id like to know which one youd suggest to move. Move your default data folders to a different drive. Nowadays, most users have replaced their hdd with a faster ssd by migrating os for better performance. The new downloads default folder has now been successfully changed. The text box shows the current location of the folder. To keep your computer organized, create a program files folder on the secondary hard drive. See how to move the downloads folder and change its location to any folder in windows 10 and save your space on the system drive. Move the steamapps folder from the steam installation folder to your desktop. If you only have one single copy of your data files on a ssd, or an. Once the drives or partitions are running, create a folder called libraries or whatever youd like to call it.
For example, you might move the downloads folder to another partition so that enough room is left on your windows system drive. This setting applies to new universal apps that you download from the. If you want to move them to a secondary drivesay, if you have an ssd that cant house all your filesyou can do so with a simple menu option. Actually, you got many methods, backup files, clone disk, or you can try another easier way, file synchronize, in which you can sync files to multiple locations. From here, you can view your default installation path, as well as creating a new path by selecting add library folder. Ive finally installed windows 7 into my ssd and i must say im loving it. He wants to retain his home directory but move certain systemdefined subfolders out from under his home folder to remote volumes or places outside his home folder for disk space reasons. Maybe its one of the personal system folders like my documents, my pictures, my videos or the download folder that is taking up a lot of space. How to move program files to a secondary hard drive dummies. You can move all document files and program files from ssd to hdd. Most users tend to download a torrent of data but rarely go through their downloads folder either to relocate or delete those files. After setting up the program on the new hard drive, it should run as it did before. You can move downloads folder from c drive to any other drive easily on windows 10. How to transfer files from ssd to hdd or from hdd to ssd.
That will move your documents folder to the hdd do the same for pictures, music and videos, each time change the folder location, for example pictures will go to d. First, and most important, you cannot simply move a program file. Youll need to edit the registry in this case, as youve moved it to the drives root folder. Change the location of your onedrive folder onedrive. If you have more than one physical drive, keep your system c. Select change, choose the new folder location, and then select ok. How to move program files to another drive on windows 1087. How to move downloads folder from ssd to hdd automatically.