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Combining two different hard disks to extend C Drive?

Anonymous
2021-02-05T09:44:48+00:00

Hello people. I'd noticed that my first hard disk (2TB) had only 300 GB of space left on it. I've installed a second hard disk of the exact same space and make into my computer now and I was wondering if it were possible to merge my second hard disk with the first one to give the C drive more space. If it turns out this isn't possible does anyone know how easy/difficult it is to start installing games and other things on my new disk? I don't really have the time or patience to start messing around with something I don't really understand all too well so any feedback would be appreciated.

I heard about something called a dynamic drive but there's some kind of warning about not being able to boot up windows from either of these drives if I attempted to do that? My motherboard supports 6 hard disks but I can only fit 2 disks in to the computer physically, so getting a third hard disk isn't really an option for me lol.

If you can, please try to explain simply. I have a smooth brain and it does not understand technobabble.

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  1. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-02-05T10:18:46+00:00

    Hi Kal-lon_Prime

    I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

    it is not possible to merge the original system drive to that new drive, do not change your drive to a Dynamic drive, that causes all sorts of problems . . .

    What you can do is move a lot of data form the original drive to the new drive, to free up space, because an SSD needs to be minimum 20% free space to be efficient and prolong the life of the SSD

    I have presumed the second drive is D, if it is not, replace D in the following steps . . .

    1.

    Move all your User Library folders to D:

    Open Windows File Explorer

    In the right hand pane, right click your Documents folder and choose Properties

    Select the Location tab

    In the Location box, type D:\Documents then click Apply and Ok

    When that move completes, do the same for Pictures, Videos and Music

    Each time, provide a new folder location, for example, Pictures will go to D:\Pictures

    2.

    Move the location of all future content downloaded from the Microsoft Store

    Open the Settings App (gear icon on your Start Menu)

    Go to System - Storage - Change where new content is saved:

    Change all options you find there to D

    Also, for any Apps or games that you may have downloaded, go to Settings - Apps, then select that game or App and there may be a Move option . .

    3.

    If you are a Steam Gamer

    Stop all processes associated with Steam

    Move the Steam folder to your D drive manually

    Then open the Steam Control Panel and point that to the new location

    4.

    Please Note: this should ideally be done before you begin installing any software

    For 3rd party applications, some will allow you to choose an installation location, for those, create a new Program files folder on your D drive, then for each application, create a new sub-folder of that folder

    Other 3rd party applications will not allow you to change the installation location, and there is no safe way to move those to your D drive . . .

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-05T10:27:18+00:00

    Thanks dude this is exactly what I needed!

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