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welcome to another episode of how to here on line Tech tips today I'll be

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showing you how to optimize your drive setup if you're rocking a separate SSD

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and hard drive using one of each kind of Drive in your rig has become a very

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popular option for people that want to keep their operating system and their

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frequently used programs such as their favorite games on their quick SSD and

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data such as videos photos music and their massive steam libraries on these

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slower mechanical hard drive to keep it all safe if something happens to your

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operating system installation and to keep the cost of storage

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installation on a new computer blank drives should each show up as their own

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individual entries in the where do you want to install Windows list format your

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drives by clicking new and using the default settings for each drive then

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select your SSD as the Windows installation location by clicking it so

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that it is highlighted then clicking next if you're not sure which is which

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you should easily be able to identify your SSD by its capacity if you've

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already got your computer up and running and you're installing a fresh hard drive

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it may not show up automatically in file explor if this is the case do not worry

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just right click on the start button and select Disk Management from there you'll

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be able to see your new drive as unallocated space simply rightclick and

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choose new simple volume use the default settings pick whatever Drive letter and

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label you would like so you can identify it easily then click finish and your new

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Drive should be ready to go in a few seconds now we're going to configure

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Windows to send data automatically to your hard drive so that your SSD won't

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fill up with stuff that you don't want on it when you open a file Explorer

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window those options on the left side for documents downloads music pictures

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and videos M to specific locations on

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your computer so what you'll want to do is create new folders for your data on

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your new drive then rightclick on the appropriate shortcut in File Explorer

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for the folder that you just created for one of those previously mentioned

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directories then just enter the directory you created on your new Drive

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where you want your files to go this will change the default save directory

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in various programs to the the new folders on your data drive but what

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about games if you're using steam as many people are these days many games

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will store their save files in a subfolder in your documents directory in

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which case you won't have to do anything else outside of the previously mentioned

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steps but some use random save locations

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if you just want to ensure everything gets saved to your data drive to keep

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everything game related separated from your operating system it's not a bad

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idea to just install Steam itself and your games to your data Drive even

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though most games these days use cloud saves anyways you could also install

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individual games to more specific locations by going to steam clicking on

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downloads then steam Library folders

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from there you can create a folder on whatever Drive you'd like and then you

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can choose to install any future games you would download to that location of

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course if you want to keep certain games on your SSD for fast load times you can

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still do this by simply selecting a folder on your SSD during installation

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and vice versa follow these steps and you'll be able to enjoy a more robust

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system for managing your files and programs to keep things both safe and

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