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SSD as 'C' OS only, install all other apps etc on other HDs
I’ve just freshly reinstalled Windows 7 64bit on a small 120GB SSD on my PC which is my ‘C’ drive. It shows up as 111GB in size in My Computer and of this, a mere 58GB is shown as free.
My PC also has a 1 x 1TB and 3 x 2TB mechanical HDs.
‘D’, a 2TB HD, has been reformatted and is empty except for a newly created Windows Image Backup folder.
The ‘E’,’F’ and ’G’ HDs contain a mixture of data (separately backed up), apps, utilities etc. The 1TB drive has been used for temporay storage of things which may, or may not, eventually find a permanent home on the 2TBs.
I know that the 58 GBs on the SSD will be swallowed up in no time if I start installing space hungry apps like MS Office, Photoshop, audio apps, the odd game and flight sim program on it. Furthermore, my understanding is that constantly writing to a SSD is to be avoided if possible.
Ideally I want to leave the SSD with just the OS on it with the benefit of a speedy system start up time.
I would very much like to
1. Install all apps, or as many as possible on ‘D’, not ‘C’
2. Transfer every folder appearing under the PC’s name folder to ‘D’
3. Get rid, permanently of the Libraries feature in Windows 7. I tried some time ago to get rid of libraries feature in Windows 7 by following forum advice without success.
4. If possible run my email program (the old Windows Mail from Vista on ‘D’
Finally, any hints on where best to install Photoshop would be welcomed.
How effective is using the “send to” feature to transfer ‘Contacts’, ‘Desktop’, ‘Downloads’, ‘Favorites’ etc , which are listed under the PC name folder? Is everything being shunted first through the SSD, (which seems to defeat the aim of not using it unnecessarily) before ‘D’ is reached?
I have read in old posts that this can be done but that the process is complicated and very risky. I’m wondering if, in since then, anyone has devised a simpler and safer way of doing it? Even half a solution would be better than none at all and I look forward to suggestions.
All best wishes and thanks in advance to everyone who has any ideas on how to achieve any of these aims.