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Can I move applications from C: to D: & change default install to D:?
Hi there
New member here and sadly not as 'tech savvy' as I'd like to be, so this may be a dumb question or one that's been asked before - apologies if either is the case and more than happy to be directed elsewhere if appropriate.
My PC runing Win 7 has two physical hard drives - C: and D:. For some reason the manufacturers decided that 55GB was sufficient for the default drive and as a result it keeps filling up, despite me trying my hardest to keep stuff from downloading / installing on C: whenever possible. Meanwhile my D: is a 1.36TB drive that's largely untroubled by anything other than what I've been able to re-direct there. From a little online detective work, I worked out how to point certain files and folders away from C: to another drive but I still keep getting warning messages that my C: drive is completely full.
So I have three questions:
1. Is it possible to move anything installed on C: across to D: without uninstalling and reinstalling and all the hassle that would entail? I'm guessing not, but don't really have a clue so decided to ask.
2. Is it possible to actually change the default download / install location, particularly to stop those programs that don't give me the option of choosing the destination folder from automatically installing to my always nearly full C: drive?
3. Is there anything in particular I should look for in terms of files that might be taking up space on my C: drive that I don't actually need (other than the obvious 'Add/Remove Programs' option, which I've done so many times that I don't actually have anything left that I could remove!).
Hoping these questions aren't too daft and that someone can help me. Every time I start trying to think about it, my head hurts and I give up!
cheers,
Matt