Install Word on SSD, MS Office on HDD

[joelsinger]

Hi all,

Recently installed a 250gb SSD alongside my 2TB HDD in my laptop.

Looking to set up MS Office - would love to be able to put Word onto the SSD and have the rest of office suite (which I use less often) on my 2tb. Doesn't seem to be an option on the MS Office Suite installer and not sure how to move across the necessary files without messing up the other programs.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers,
Joel

 

[alexoiu]

Hi, You can leave Word on the HDD, but save files on the SSD. Once Word loaded, it doesn't matter where it was installed.

 

[joelsinger]

Hey Alexoiu,

Thanks for your reply.

I'm really looking to speed up load times. and having the program on the SSD will surely help with that?

OS booting up like a dream now, so just trying to figure out how to put a few of the programs I use the most onto it.

Best,
Joel

 

[alexoiu]

Hi,
You're welcome.
If enough room on the SSD, you can install Office on it. If not, like I said, install Office on the HDD and save the files on the SSD.

 

[Corwin65]

Short answer, can't split up Office installations.

 

[USAFRet]

Hi all,

Recently installed a 250gb SSD alongside my 2TB HDD in my laptop.

Looking to set up MS Office - would love to be able to put Word onto the SSD and have the rest of office suite (which I use less often) on my 2tb. Doesn't seem to be an option on the MS Office Suite installer and not sure how to move across the necessary files without messing up the other programs.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers,
Joel

No, its not an option to do it like that.
But the entirety of MS Office is only ~3GB. About 1.5% of your SSD drive space.

And a lot of functions and resources are shared between the Office applications. There isn't a single piece that you can call "Word". Not even the file "word.exe".

 

[joelsinger]

Thanks all! Much appreciated