Regarding the free disk space that often required by programs

[hotmilk]

If I install a program let say photoshop on d drive instead of c.. Usually these software will need free space on ur harddisk to work right? But for my case.. Photoshop will use the free space on c or d?

I mean the free space on c drive will be use no matter where your programs is installed?
Or
The free space on the same harddisk that your program is installed will be used?

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, hotmilk.

The available storage space on your C: drive will always vary a bit. There's your temp files folder, there's also caching which you could clear and probably some system restore points. Basically when you install a program on your D: drive/partition it will not use any of C: drive's space. For further info and some useful tips on how to clear up your drive, you could take a look at this article: http://www.howtogeek.com/125923/7-ways-to-free-up-hard-disk-space-on-windows/. It also offers a solution which could help you find out what type of files have been filling up your C: drive.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how it goes.
Boogieman_WD

 

[hotmilk]

Thanks for the quick reply there.. But that's not what I'm asking or wondering about.. I wanna know which harddisk free space that the program will using during the program running... Usually all games or software got a minimum free space requirement in order to run properly..

So in my case.. I install a program on d drive.. So when I run the program, it will use the free space on c or d?

 

[Boogieman_WD]

I see. Well, basically there shouldn't be a reason for the program not to run even if you are completely out of space (unless this is the OS drive) as most programs don't need additional storage space when started or while they are being opened, that's what you RAM is used for. But if any of the programs actually do require additional space, it should be taken from D: if they are installed there.