Extending Volume of SSD using a additional hard drive

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #1

    Extending Volume of SSD using a additional hard drive


    I am running out of space on my SSD and i would like to extend it into an additional drive. Firstly is that possible and secondly how?

    ignore the bad english late night.
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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    Do you want to get involved with RAID? I think that may be the only way if you truly mean "extend" rather than "exchange" or "replace".
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    well my my disk drives don't support raid though my ssd does, really all i need if enough space to allow the operating system to run efficiently
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  4. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #4

    Do a general "disk cleanup" with Windows or CCleaner.

    Uninstall as many programs as you can.

    Delete hibernation file if you don't use hibernation.

    Restrict space used by System Restore.

    Possibly reduce or relocate your page file.

    Save up for a new and larger SSD.

    If you are under 85% or 90% of capacity, I would think that the SSD should run efficiently.
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  5. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #5

    This is our sevenforums tutorial that will show you how to move music, games, pictures folders to a secondary hard drive
    and have direct access from the SSD.> User Folders - Change Default Location

    Use Option Two.

    This allows access to say your pictures or videos as if they were on the SSD but not take all the available space on the SSD.
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  6. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #6

    60 GB is plenty of space to run the OS from. You shouldn't be anywhere near running out of space, unless you installed a lot of large apps or games to it. If so, uninstall those apps and reinstall them on the HDD.
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    the problem isnt videos and pictures is the mandetory system drive installation programs that take up all the space, i install all my programs on my second hard drive
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  8. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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    ardenexal said:
    the problem isnt videos and pictures is the mandetory system drive installation programs that take up all the space, i install all my programs on my second hard drive
    ??

    A bare installation of Windows Home Premium 64-bit takes under 20 GB as I recall.
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  9. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    yeh its bout 24 i think so i should have tons of space
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  10. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #10

    Then you need something like WinDirStat to show you what is taking up the rest of the space. The computer I'm using now has a 64 GB RealSSD drive in it, and I have everything installed to C, and I'm only using about 33 GB of the drive.
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