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ShutUpNicotine
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So i have a 1TB drive and a 2TB drive. The 1TB drive is almost full so i recently bought the 2TB and it currently has nothing on it. What i'm wanting to do is make it so i don't have to make another music, shows, games etc folders completely separate from the ones i already have. I don't want to be stuck with stuff in different places and constantly having to dig through one or the other to find stuff. So is there a way to make it so it looks like to me that everything is in one place even though some is on one drive and some is on the other? So say i have one music folder with some music files on one drive and some music files in the other drive, i want them to all be under the same directory. I looked into different RAID configurations and a few other things but storage isn't really an area i'm strong in. Any help is greatly appreciated, if any more info is needed please ask.

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Use the Libraries feature in Windows...

 

Just go to the desired library, click on the "Includes: x locations" and add the desired folders...

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Use the Libraries feature in Windows...

 

Just go to the desired library, click on the "Includes: x locations" and add the desired folders...

 

Honestly, just copy the data you have to where you want it to stay and use the libraries feature. Works great, pretty easy to set up.

 

Remove the old location after you move your data and then change the new default location.

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