welcome to another episode of how to here on line Tech tips today I'll be
showing you how to optimize your drive setup if you're rocking a separate SSD
and hard drive using one of each kind of Drive in your rig has become a very
popular option for people that want to keep their operating system and their
frequently used programs such as their favorite games on their quick SSD and
data such as videos photos music and their massive steam libraries on these
slower mechanical hard drive to keep it all safe if something happens to your
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
individual entries in the where do you want to install Windows list format your
drives by clicking new and using the default settings for each drive then
select your SSD as the Windows installation location by clicking it so
that it is highlighted then clicking next if you're not sure which is which
you should easily be able to identify your SSD by its capacity if you've
already got your computer up and running and you're installing a fresh hard drive
it may not show up automatically in file explor if this is the case do not worry
just right click on the start button and select Disk Management from there you'll
be able to see your new drive as unallocated space simply rightclick and
choose new simple volume use the default settings pick whatever Drive letter and
label you would like so you can identify it easily then click finish and your new
Drive should be ready to go in a few seconds now we're going to configure
Windows to send data automatically to your hard drive so that your SSD won't
fill up with stuff that you don't want on it when you open a file Explorer
window those options on the left side for documents downloads music pictures
and videos M to specific locations on
your computer so what you'll want to do is create new folders for your data on
your new drive then rightclick on the appropriate shortcut in File Explorer
for the folder that you just created for one of those previously mentioned
directories then just enter the directory you created on your new Drive
where you want your files to go this will change the default save directory
in various programs to the the new folders on your data drive but what
about games if you're using steam as many people are these days many games
will store their save files in a subfolder in your documents directory in
which case you won't have to do anything else outside of the previously mentioned
steps but some use random save locations
if you just want to ensure everything gets saved to your data drive to keep
everything game related separated from your operating system it's not a bad
idea to just install Steam itself and your games to your data Drive even
though most games these days use cloud saves anyways you could also install
individual games to more specific locations by going to steam clicking on
downloads then steam Library folders
from there you can create a folder on whatever Drive you'd like and then you
can choose to install any future games you would download to that location of
course if you want to keep certain games on your SSD for fast load times you can
still do this by simply selecting a folder on your SSD during installation
and vice versa follow these steps and you'll be able to enjoy a more robust
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