HELP! How to do SSD for OS and then HDD for rest of files?

[partytime1230]

Hi I have recently finished building my gaming rig, and I put my Windos 8.1 OS on a 120 GB SSD and was wanting to put the rest of my files on a 1TB HDD. When I downloaded steam onto HDD, the games would not work because it required directx which could only be installed on the SSD. Anyway I can get around this? Thanks

 

[Beezy]

some programs that use system files will be better off on the SSD with the OS (like .NET and DirectX I would put on the SSD), Then you can go into the registry, and change the default path for downloads to the next drive (i.e D: instead of C: ). Otherwise by default itll go onto the SSD, you have to change the install path of each program in question (if given the option), or changing the OS registry to default download to the other drive.

Found this on the Microsoft website.
The 64bit version has two versions of regedit. Make this change as well:
This
To change the registry, follow these steps:

1. Start Registry Editor by entering “Regedit” in the search All programs.

2. Locate the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

3. Right click on the value named ProgramFilesDir & change the default value C:\Program Files to the path you want to install all your programs in.

4. Click OK and Exit.
PLUS this
1.) Enter into Start>Run: %systemroot%\syswow64\regedit
2.) Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion
3.) Change the Path in DWORDs ProgramFilesDir, ProgramFilesDir (x86) to the new path, probably just changing the drive letter.

 

[USAFRet]

Hi I have recently finished building my gaming rig, and I put my Windos 8.1 OS on a 120 GB SSD and was wanting to put the rest of my files on a 1TB HDD. When I downloaded steam onto HDD, the games would not work because it required directx which could only be installed on the SSD. Anyway I can get around this? Thanks

See this tutorial:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html

Steam and its games on the HDD should NOT matter at all. That's how I have mine.

 

[partytime1230]

Hi I have recently finished building my gaming rig, and I put my Windos 8.1 OS on a 120 GB SSD and was wanting to put the rest of my files on a 1TB HDD. When I downloaded steam onto HDD, the games would not work because it required directx which could only be installed on the SSD. Anyway I can get around this? Thanks

See this tutorial:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html

Steam and its games on the HDD should NOT matter at all. That's how I have mine.

Ok, im stuck on the tutorial part where you right click on documents and click "Add...". There is no "add" when I right click and hit properties.

 

[USAFRet]

Hi I have recently finished building my gaming rig, and I put my Windos 8.1 OS on a 120 GB SSD and was wanting to put the rest of my files on a 1TB HDD. When I downloaded steam onto HDD, the games would not work because it required directx which could only be installed on the SSD. Anyway I can get around this? Thanks

See this tutorial:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html

Steam and its games on the HDD should NOT matter at all. That's how I have mine.

Ok, im stuck on the tutorial part where you right click on documents and click "Add...". There is no "add" when I right click and hit properties.

This is Windows 8. Win 7 is similar.

 

[partytime1230]

Hi I have recently finished building my gaming rig, and I put my Windos 8.1 OS on a 120 GB SSD and was wanting to put the rest of my files on a 1TB HDD. When I downloaded steam onto HDD, the games would not work because it required directx which could only be installed on the SSD. Anyway I can get around this? Thanks

See this tutorial:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html

Steam and its games on the HDD should NOT matter at all. That's how I have mine.

Ok, im stuck on the tutorial part where you right click on documents and click "Add...". There is no "add" when I right click and hit properties.

This is Windows 8. Win 7 is similar.

Woah your documents properties are different from mine im using windows 8.1. I just clicked the button "move" so that the folders store stuff onto hdd.
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[USAFRet]

Woah your documents properties are different from mine im using windows 8.1. I just clicked the button "move" so that the folders store stuff onto hdd.
:

hmm....cranking up my 8.1 Preview.....it seems I'll have to update that tutorial.

"Move" or "Find Target" would work.