C partition splitted from user account

guys, again thank you for taking the time reading my stupid posts and answering my questions. This is much appreciated. I now have two partitions. One system and one Data. Everything is working great. One small question Some software still need the system files to get installed and some can be installed on a different partition. Is this correct ? If i am correct, wouldn't my c partition still increase over time ? In my small mind, I thought the system partition would be locked down zongosaiba

When you open a library it will show anything that has been written to that folder in C (Documents, Downloads, etc) so you can just drag them to the data drive then and there. That's how I keep C User folders pruned.

You can also then investigate what wrote the file there and change it in it's program prefs (e.g. Firefox Downloads location) to write to the data drive folder instead. This way you'll get almost nothing being written to C.

zongosaiba said:

One small question Some software still need the system files to get installed and some can be installed on a different partition. Is this correct ? If i am correct, wouldn't my c partition still increase over time ? In my small mind, I thought the system partition would be locked down zongosaiba

No you can install all programs to the second partition. Any program that Must be installed on the "System" partition (C:\) is poorly written.

But yes most all program will also install some files in your UserName area on the System partition. Nothing you can do about that. So Yes over time the System partition (C:\) will grow to a point. Once you have install all the software you need the C drive should not fill up with other files.

It is good to run Disk Cleanup every now and then.

I also move the Temp file location of the system partition. I'm running an SSD as my System partition so I try to keep as much stuff off that drive.

If you're creating the data partition to keep your image lean, then I would still install Programs to C since they write Registry Keys which integrate themselves into the OS so should remain a part of it until Uninstalled. If you reimage with programs on another partition you can have problems.

thanks guys, I have decided to let programs installed on c. That means letting that c partition grow, then so be it. the c partition is 52 g and it is 100 g in size. i have 47 g left on that partition. Anything being installed on that laptop is on a need to have basis which is almost no predictable software that i foresee for a while. I already have all i need to run the way i want. As "gregrocker" said, i would have issue if I image the c drive with some software installed on the data partition (F). As far as the c drive, i can image it now and reinstall it on another drive or partition and i would have all the software i need configured the way i want it. Then i can just run a backup software for the data partition on external drive to backup that same partition. On that partition i have movies, musics etc.... One small question: I did not move the Desktop folder in the data partition. I read that windows may cause issues if the Desktop is moved. Is this correct ? Did you move your desktop from c to another partition ? If yes, did you have issues at all ? I did move everything else though. Kind Regards,