How to move items from ssd to hdd?

[VeNoM7]

Im wanting to move basically all of my files except my os and games over to my hdd to open more space and speed up the boot time on my computer. Is there a better way to do so than just copy and pasting the info over?

 

[Suztera]

Copying and pasting is probably the only best way.
If you copying and moving programs/applications, I would advise you to uninstall and reinstall in its new location so you don't mess up the registry unless it is a portable application which then it is fine.

 

[DerpyHackintosh]

Im wanting to move basically all of my files except my os and games over to my hdd to open more space and speed up the boot time on my computer. Is there a better way to do so than just copy and pasting the info over?

What kind of files? Are they program files or just miscellaneous folders and stuff? I would probably recommend moving your games to the HDD instead (they take up the most space in a gaming system) , as loading times aren't affected that much, and will give you more breathing room for installing more games. Here is a tool for visualizing how much space files take up. It's really useful for this kind of thing

 

[JackNaylorPE]

This can either be easy or hard depending upon how you installed the applications. If you let windows do it, it's harder. But, here's the steps I use:

Let's use C:\TechCompan\ProgramOne as an example

1. Copy C:\TechCompan\ProgramOne to D:\TechCompan\ProgramOne

2. Reinstall ProgramOne over itself at D:\TechCompan\ProgramOne

This will accomplish 2 important functions

a) It will keep all your customizations for toolbars, defaults, etc.
b) It will write over all registry entries pointing them to the correct location

3. Delete "ProgramOne folder" from C:\TechCompan\ProgramOne

 

[VeNoM7]

Im wanting to move basically all of my files except my os and games over to my hdd to open more space and speed up the boot time on my computer. Is there a better way to do so than just copy and pasting the info over?

What kind of files? Are they program files or just miscellaneous folders and stuff? I would probably recommend moving your games to the HDD instead (they take up the most space in a gaming system) , as loading times aren't affected that much, and will give you more breathing room for installing more games. Here is a tool for visualizing how much space files take up. It's really useful for this kind of thing

Music, photos, avg, school items. I was just wanting to use the ssd for games and my os alone. I don't know if it matter i have a 250gb ssd

 

[USAFRet]

Im wanting to move basically all of my files except my os and games over to my hdd to open more space and speed up the boot time on my computer. Is there a better way to do so than just copy and pasting the info over?

What kind of files? Are they program files or just miscellaneous folders and stuff? I would probably recommend moving your games to the HDD instead (they take up the most space in a gaming system) , as loading times aren't affected that much, and will give you more breathing room for installing more games. Here is a tool for visualizing how much space files take up. It's really useful for this kind of thing

Music, photos, avg, school items. I was just wanting to use the ssd for games and my os alone. I don't know if it matter i have a 250gb ssd

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

 

[JackNaylorPE]

A 250 GB SSD has 232.8 GB of actual space .... ya want 15% of that free as a minimum....198 GB

With 80 GB the average footprint for an OS for an astute windows user, that leaves about 118 GB .... enough for 3 - 4 AAA games.

You might consider a 2 TB SSHD which will run about $100 and it will automatically move the game files for the game you are playing to the SSD portion of the drive.

 

[USAFRet]

You might consider a 2 TB SSHD which will run about $100 and it will automatically move the game files for the game you are playing to the SSD portion of the drive.

An SSHD only puts the most used 'files' on the SSD portion. Not necessarily the relevant game files.

 

[Suztera]

A 250 GB SSD has 232.8 GB of actual space .... ya want 15% of that free as a minimum....198 GB

With 80 GB the average footprint for an OS for an astute windows user, that leaves about 118 GB .... enough for 3 - 4 AAA games.

You might consider a 2 TB SSHD which will run about $100 and it will automatically move the game files for the game you are playing to the SSD portion of the drive.

I would amend that statement 250GB offers 232 GiB of actual space. You do get 250GB from the SSD.

 

[VeNoM7]

Im wanting to move basically all of my files except my os and games over to my hdd to open more space and speed up the boot time on my computer. Is there a better way to do so than just copy and pasting the info over?

What kind of files? Are they program files or just miscellaneous folders and stuff? I would probably recommend moving your games to the HDD instead (they take up the most space in a gaming system) , as loading times aren't affected that much, and will give you more breathing room for installing more games. Here is a tool for visualizing how much space files take up. It's really useful for this kind of thing

Music, photos, avg, school items. I was just wanting to use the ssd for games and my os alone. I don't know if it matter i have a 250gb ssd

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

Does this explain what to do with files already on my ssd? I didn't see it when going through the info.

 

[USAFRet]

Im wanting to move basically all of my files except my os and games over to my hdd to open more space and speed up the boot time on my computer. Is there a better way to do so than just copy and pasting the info over?

What kind of files? Are they program files or just miscellaneous folders and stuff? I would probably recommend moving your games to the HDD instead (they take up the most space in a gaming system) , as loading times aren't affected that much, and will give you more breathing room for installing more games. Here is a tool for visualizing how much space files take up. It's really useful for this kind of thing

Music, photos, avg, school items. I was just wanting to use the ssd for games and my os alone. I don't know if it matter i have a 250gb ssd

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

Does this explain what to do with files already on my ssd? I didn't see it when going through the info.

For the files currently living in your Libraries - Docs/Music/etc....changing the location of those libraries gives the option to move those files to the new location.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

An SSHD only puts the most used 'files' on the SSD portion. Not necessarily the relevant game files.

In this instance we are talking about putting OS and Apps on the SSD and games (maybe docs) on the SSHD. So if you are playing Far Cry 3 every day, those "most used files" will be FC3's.....switch to Fc3 and those files get switched out and replaced with FC4

 

[USAFRet]

An SSHD only puts the most used 'files' on the SSD portion. Not necessarily the relevant game files.

In this instance we are talking about putting OS and Apps on the SSD and games (maybe docs) on the SSHD. So if you are playing Far Cry 3 every day, those "most used files" will be FC3's.....switch to Fc3 and those files get switched out and replaced with FC4

Right. Eventually, some of the FC4 files may end up in the SSD portion of the drive. If that is all you use that drive for.
The SSHD firmware does not care about applications or games. Only individual files.

For instance, if you also have MS Office installed on that drive and actually use it, some of those files may end up in that small SSD space, mixed in with FC4 files.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

would amend that statement 250GB offers 232 GiB of actual space. You do get 250GB from the SSD.

Only when you accept the new "marketing definition" of GB....which started happening in the late 1990s when marketing types started making decisions rather than the geeks

Figured that could fool consumers by redefining a GB as 1000 MB instead of the long accepted definition.... kinda like used cars became "pre-owned vehicles" and a pint of OJ now only has 13.5 ounces.

The argument went:

"Since consumers don't think in base 2 mathematics, we are now going to rate drive capacities based on the standard base 10 numbers that consumers are all familiar with."

Translating from marketing speak, it means "We are going to start using base 10 numbers cause it will fool you into thinking the drives are bigger than they actually are".

The argument is akin to buying a half gallon of milk and getting only 60 ounces of milk in it because consumers like to count by 10s....when knowledgeable users started to complain, they simply "invented" a new definition.

Ever wonder why they never "made it easy" for consumers when buying RAM ? A 64 GB SSD would have 64 x 1000 MB's of flash memory but a 64 GB set of RAM memory has 64 x 1024 MB's ?

Considering the number of posts ya see on any forum titled "Why don't I see my full HD size?", it as been anything but easier on consumers.

I think the gasoline industry is following suit in reverse.... last week I managed to fit 18 gallons of gas in my 16 gallon tank....maybe the counting in Gi-allons 😉