Accessing files from a SSD

[Harrison1545]

Hello, I recently got a SSD and i have installed Windows 10 on it. However i also have a 1TB which has all of my files such as videos, music, movies ect. Anyway how would i be able access my files like for example can i have all my desktop icons the same but when i click on one of them it points to my hard drive. Sorry I am very new to this but this has really confused me and I don't wan't to end up doing everything all over again. Thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

2 (or more) drives is very, very common
Shortcuts on your desktop can point to anywhere.

Open File Explorer, navigate to the HDD (probably the D or E drive?)
Find your videos.
Right click on one, or the whole folder, and select Create Shortcut.
That shortcut will appear on your desktop, just like if the file were on the C drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Also, see this.
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

 

[Harrison1545]

Also, see this.
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

Okay, thank you however i have a new issue. I am a gamer and i have lots of games and whatnot but how would i say play Minecraft? Because when i search and type "Minecraft" no results come up. There issue is things like google chrome. I used the shortcut method like you said but all my settings are reset. Another thing is I also make music with FL Studio when i launched it all of my files that contains sounds that i added to that is gone and it will take me forever sort it. I am having so many issues with it and all i wan't to do is just have windows on my SSD maybe install a few programs on it but i want to access my mass storage through the HDD (E Drive) Thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

All your applications really need to be installed on the SSD. That's why you have one, to make things run fast.
The files (music, etc) can live anywhere. The E drive.

 

[Harrison1545]

All your applications really need to be installed on the SSD. That's why you have one, to make things run fast.
The files (music, etc) can live anywhere. The E drive.

The thing is though I have 1TB hardrive and a barley 120GB SSD i can't just copy all my files. Is there a program or someone that will let me chose certain things or something. I have not been able to do anything on my PC for 3 days now. Thanks for the responses.


One more thing... I have created a shortcut to all the files i had on my desktop but i want to move a certain folder from the storage drive to my actual SSD desktop but now if i try and delete the shortcut on my desktop it deletes it on my hard drive too. I am just finding way too many problems.

 

[USAFRet]

OK, lets back up some.

Where is the OS? The 1TB drive?
How much used space is on that 1TB?
What is taking up that space? For instance - Video = 60GB, Music = 20GB, Minecraft = 10GB. Need specifics.


However, starting with a small 120GB SSD, you're almost certainly looking at doing a clean install of the OS, rather than some clone operation.