Solved Current c:/ drive is my solid state..which is full..how do I switch?

Azearoth

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Ok..so I have a small problem

My current SSD is set as my c:/ drive..which is now full..

My current HD is set as my e:/ drive..which has 500Gb of space left..

My question is...how do I make my current e:/ drive into my main c:/ ?

Of course I would like to do this without having to do a fresh install.
Can anyone help me out? :confused:
 

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Hello Azearoth. Welcome to the Forum.

You will want to keep the OS on the SSD. Everyone here will drop to their knees and cry if you don't.

So that leads to the question: how big is the SSD and what do you have on it?

What most folks do, particularly when using a small-ish SSD, is install only the OS and maybe a few hard drive hungry, high end programs or games on it. They then install all other programs and all of their user files on the "spinner".

To free up space you could uninstall programs one at a time and reinstall them on the spinner. User files can be cut and paste. And you can redirect the default "My Documents" folder to the other drive too.

Hope that helps.
 

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No no I intend to keep my OS on the SSD.

My ssd is only a 60gb..

I have World of Warcraft on it ( lol )
And a couple other games, so if I just start installing things on my HD and uninstall whats on my SDD (what I don't need on there) I should be a ok...right?
 

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Custom
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
i7 2600k @ 3.80Ghz
Motherboard
Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX
Memory
x2 8gb
Graphics Card(s)
2 AMD Radeon 6850 HD
Sound Card
HD onboard 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual 24 inch acer somethings
Screen Resolution
Dual 1920*1080
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 60gb SSD

x1 500GB western digital black
PSU
Silverstone ST1200 1200Watt
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Azza Fusion 4000 Full - Tower
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Liquid, coolermaster setup.
Keyboard
Saitek Eclipse (blue)
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Razer Naga
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15MB/s
I believe I have figured this out now, thanks for the help, and thanks for the greeting to Sevenforums..

I hope to be browsing on here a lot now :)
 

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Custom
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
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i7 2600k @ 3.80Ghz
Motherboard
Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX
Memory
x2 8gb
Graphics Card(s)
2 AMD Radeon 6850 HD
Sound Card
HD onboard 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual 24 inch acer somethings
Screen Resolution
Dual 1920*1080
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 60gb SSD

x1 500GB western digital black
PSU
Silverstone ST1200 1200Watt
Case
Azza Fusion 4000 Full - Tower
Cooling
Liquid, coolermaster setup.
Keyboard
Saitek Eclipse (blue)
Mouse
Razer Naga
Internet Speed
15MB/s
From what I know, WoW takes up a ton of space, and should have been installed to the data drive in the first place. When I used a small SSD, I had it as my C drive. I had a 1 TB HDD as my D drive (I moved drive letters around to make my optical drive E:). I created a folder on D called Games and installed all of my games there, rather than put them on the SSD.

So, to make a long story short, you should be able to uninstall, then reinstall your games, such as WoW, to your data drive.
 

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