[SOLVED] My ssd is getting full

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Iyed

Iyed

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so i installed my OS on my 128gb SSD Drive, then after i installed my programs my SSD got full
I removed all the programs and i tried to re intall them on my 1tb HDD Drive
but the problems is after i install any program i found it on the SSD as the start.
what is the solution please
 
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Some programs like the ones you mentioned have to install some things to the OS drive. Or at least they did the last time I tried. Try uninstalling and make sure there are no remaining folders on the OS drive and try again. But don't be surprised if some folders get made.

128GB isn't enough for the OS and all those types of programs. You really need to get a bigger drive.
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How much of the program is on the SSD after installing to the HDD? Any chance it's left over from the previous install? If you just installed the OS on the SSD, just format and reinstall. Make sure you point anything else to the HDD.

I used to run my copy of win7 on my 128GB SSD. After installing other things like 7Zip, open office, Firefox, etc, I was sitting at 50% use/60GB. By installing everything else on my HDDs I was able to keep it around there. I'm not sure if win10 has a similar install footprint but this should be doable. Just make sure you install to the HDD. There might be a folder placed on the SSD depending on the program but it should be small.
 
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How much of the program is on the SSD after installing to the HDD? Any chance it's left over from the previous install? If you just installed the OS on the SSD, just format and reinstall. Make sure you point anything else to the HDD.

I used to run my copy of win7 on my 128GB SSD. After installing other things like 7Zip, open office, Firefox, etc, I was sitting at 50% use/60GB. By installing everything else on my HDDs I was able to keep it around there. I'm not sure if win10 has a similar install footprint but this should be doable. Just make sure you install to the HDD. There might be a folder placed on the SSD depending on the program but it should be small.
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For example at first i installed adobe photoshop and adobe indesign on the SSD but after i realised that its gettin full i uninstalled them and i tried to install them on the HDD
adobe indesign installed succesfully on the HDD but adobe photoshop stayed on the SSD also visual studio was the same thing with photoshop!
would you suggest any other sollution except format and reinstall the OS because i'm not having a good acces to internet right now thanks
 
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Some programs like the ones you mentioned have to install some things to the OS drive. Or at least they did the last time I tried. Try uninstalling and make sure there are no remaining folders on the OS drive and try again. But don't be surprised if some folders get made.

128GB isn't enough for the OS and all those types of programs. You really need to get a bigger drive.
 
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PS and inDesign are not small applications. Also, they create a lot of cache/temp files on the C drive.
Even if you install them to a different drive, a lot of things end up on the C anyway.

VisualStudio?
On my system, VS consumes almost 150GB by itself.

Your drive is simply too small.
128GB hasn't been a viable size for the OS drive for several years.
 
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USAFRet said:
PS and inDesign are not small applications. Also, they create a lot of cache/temp files on the C drive.
Even if you install them to a different drive, a lot of things end up on the C anyway.

VisualStudio?
On my system, VS consumes almost 150GB by itself.

Your drive is simply too small.
128GB hasn't been a viable size for the OS drive for several years.
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i dont think so that that SSD is Small. it is really configuration error. The software Might be created extra file or folder whom effect the configuration..
 
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Nageenabibi121 said:
i dont think so that that SSD is Small. it is really configuration error. The Game Might be created extra file or folder whom effect the configuration..
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Considering that a barebones installation of Windows takes almost half of that 128GB, then, yes, 128GB is way too small. You might want to obtain a little more knowledge and experience before slinging such rubbish about.
 
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I have a 128Gb Samsung 840 Pro OS C drive. I also have Photoshop, Adobe, Steam etc. At install, the directory was installed in F, my HDD. However, thats just the bulk files, folders etc for any of them, they also install scratch/temp/main files/folders to C drive as there's a necessity in the program for direct access to the OS.

While you might see folders in both drives, if you look at the folder sizes, many in C are either empty, or almost empty and quite small, the bulk of the files being seperate on the other drive. All my games are on HDD, but operated through the OS as part of Origin or Steam from its main files on C.

It's a balancing act, that only gets more confusing with Win10 and its insistence on twisting libraries together.
 
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you might have to select custom install to get photoshop to install on the HDD

also check if you have files left over in Downloads directory on you SSD. They can be moved to the D Drive

lastly if you use a pagefile, (virtual memory settings) - you can allocate it on the D: drive rather than the SSD.
Should save space and wear and tear on the SSD.

Iyed said:
For example at first i installed adobe photoshop and adobe indesign on the SSD but after i realised that its gettin full i uninstalled them and i tried to install them on the HDD
adobe indesign installed succesfully on the HDD but adobe photoshop stayed on the SSD also visual studio was the same thing with photoshop!
would you suggest any other sollution except format and reinstall the OS because i'm not having a good acces to internet right now thanks
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Mr.Spock said:
lastly if you use a pagefile, (virtual memory settings) - you can allocate it on the D: drive rather than the SSD.
Should save space and wear and tear on the SSD.
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While this saves space its a HUGE performance hit. On top of that wear and tear should be of no concern for any home user on a modern SSD. The durability of them is far far beyond what any home user could ever do or need.
 
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Mr.Spock said:
lastly if you use a pagefile, (virtual memory settings) - you can allocate it on the D: drive rather than the SSD.
Should save space and wear and tear on the SSD.
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Bad idea.
Given sufficient RAM, you rarely hit the pagefile.
But if it does, being on the HDD makes things even slower.

"wear and tear" is not an issue for this.

@Iyed - How much RAM is in this system?
Possibly change the allotted space for that. If 8GB or less, leave it as System Managed. If 16GB or more, turn that pagefile down to 1GB min/max.
 
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If you rarely use pagefile, then allocating 8-16GB on the SSD is worthless.
And if the point is to clear space on the SSD that does exactly that.
Lastly if you rarely use pagefile the performance hit going to HDD is minimal. However Windows will try to allocate some anyway.
And on a 120GB all usage matters (since temp space is typically on the same drive) so all wear and tear matters

USAFRet said:
Bad idea.
Given sufficient RAM, you rarely hit the pagefile.
But if it does, being on the HDD makes things even slower.

"wear and tear" is not an issue for this.

@Iyed - How much RAM is in this system?
Possibly change the allotted space for that. If 8GB or less, leave it as System Managed. If 16GB or more, turn that pagefile down to 1GB min/max.
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Mr.Spock said:
If you rarely use pagefile, then allocating 8-16GB on the SSD is worthless.
And if the point is to clear space on the SSD that does exactly that.
Lastly if you rarely use pagefile the performance hit going to HDD is minimal. However Windows will try to allocate some anyway.
And on a 120GB all usage matters (since temp space is typically on the same drive) so all wear and tear matters
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Absolutely not at all. SSDs will be obsolete by the time you wear it out. Seriously, its been tested.

And Windows 10 has all sorts of errors when you shut the page file off, despite what you may believe it uses it often no matter the amount of ram you have, it greatly affects windows performance when its on an HDD vs SSD.
 
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I didn't say disable pagefile totally, simply allocated it on D: drive and not the SSD.
Seems like you're contradicting the other guy who said it doesn't get hit at all - in which case putting on the HDD is fine with minimal impact. OMG you have to page to HDD - how did we ever live with it in the pre-SSD days...
But it seems like he was talking out of both sides of his mouth.

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Absolutely not at all. SSDs will be obsolete by the time you wear it out. Seriously, its been tested.

And Windows 10 has all sorts of errors when you shut the page file off, despite what you may believe it uses it often no matter the amount of ram you have, it greatly affects windows performance when its on an HDD vs SSD.
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Mr.Spock said:
I didn't say disable pagefile totally, simply allocated it on D: drive and not the SSD.
Seems like you're contradicting the other guy who said it doesn't get hit at all - in which case putting on the HDD is fine with minimal impact. OMG you have to page to HDD - how did we ever live with it in the pre-SSD days...
But it seems like he was talking out of both sides of his mouth.
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"you rarely hit the pagefile "

'rarely' is not equal to 'not at all'.

Given sufficient RAM (of which we do not know how much here), there is no problem in turning it down to a small size and leaving it on the SSD.

And to be clear, we're going round and round about a drive that is, in 2019-2020, obscenely small for the stated use.
 
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and yet, that is his use case. and a 1 TB HDD
and filling a SSD of course doesn't incur a performance hit at all... right? especially a 120GB one?

USAFRet said:
"you rarely hit the pagefile "

'rarely' is not equal to 'not at all'.

Given sufficient RAM (of which we do not know how much here), there is no problem in turning it down to a small size and leaving it on the SSD.

And to be clear, we're going round and round about a drive that is, in 2019-2020, obscenely small for the stated use.
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Mr.Spock said:
I didn't say disable pagefile totally, simply allocated it on D: drive and not the SSD.
Seems like you're contradicting the other guy who said it doesn't get hit at all - in which case putting on the HDD is fine with minimal impact. OMG you have to page to HDD - how did we ever live with it in the pre-SSD days...
But it seems like he was talking out of both sides of his mouth.
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No he said rarely, and I am saying, which is true, is it gets hit often, and moving it to the HDD while it will save a little space, in the end, isn't much at all. meanwhile those small rare hits will cause noticeable performance dips. Yes we lived without SSDs, for many years, but when you kneecap yourself like that you're wasting the benefit of them.

His problem is his drive is overall too small, an extra 8gb isn't much in the grand scheme of things.
 
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