Seperate drives for OS and main/default/C drive

[Ma73rna73r]

Planning to do a new build (I know there's another section on the forums for that but I feel my question fits better here)

 

I want to have my OS drive as a really high speed M.2, probably the 980 pro, but in my last build the C drive got cluttered very quickly even when I tried to make everything default to a separate drive. Is there a way in windows to separate the drive that has my OS on it from the default drive of the PC, as in if I have something on the desktop it wont be in the same drive as my OS, preferably not in a partiton?

If there is a way of doing this, are there any issues that arise from doing this?

 

Cheers

 

Edit 1: Didn't see the forum section called storage devices until after I posted this, if I get told my question would suit better there I can move it

[WereCatf]

2 minutes ago, Ma73rna73r said:

If there is a way of doing this

Yes, see e.g.: https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-tip-move-your-default-data-folders-to-a-different-drive/

[Ma73rna73r]

31 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Yes, see e.g.: https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-tip-move-your-default-data-folders-to-a-different-drive/

Cheers mate, looks like I can't do exactly what I was hoping for but that will definitely help a lot