Small Problem...

[TheNumberPotato]

Hi, 

I recently built my new gaming pc, as there are so many great new titles coming out, i-7 4790k, GTX 980, NZXT H440, Asus MAximus VII Hero,

but the problme i'm having is with my Corsair Force LS 60gb SSD,  when i was shopping for my parts I thought 60gb is more than enough space to just house the OS.. Oh how i was wrong, with all the program files, user data and the appdata which is run off there, my SSD gets full when I'm in a game and my pc crashes (Not very nice)  I was wondering if there is any way that I could either free up space by moving files, or be able to move the rogram Files x6 folder (Stupid question as I'm almost 100% certain that moving it would screw my hole PC up) I also have a 500Gb WD Black from my old pc which I formatted as the Seagate 2tb SSHD I got delivered was faulty.

 

Any advice is appreciated

Thanks

[alexknipfer]

My SSD is 60GB as well and I've ran Windows 7 on it for well over two years now and still have space. I highly suggest downloading WinDirStat and seeing what is eating all your space up. I was able to free up a ton of space! There was stuff taking up space I wasn't even aware of.

[LogicalDrm]

Move all software and files that aren't necessary to boot into your OS to HDD. The folder called program files are just folders. I have them on both SSD and HDD. Configure your pagefile so that it has minimal (256/512Mt) file on SSD just in case and bigger (4-8gt) on HDD.

[FizzyFantom]

You can also move your "Libraries" folders to your second drive if you want. First copy the folders you want to (I copied my whole "Users" folder) to the second drive, then in your "Users" folder right click on any of the folders and click "Properties", then in the "Location" tab simply change the location to your desired drive. If you match it up you can keep your libraries and Desktop identical, and simply delete them from your SSD. This even works with the "Roaming" folder in "AppData".

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2079571/move-your-libraries-to-a-second-drive-or-partition.html

 

You can also choose to install new programs somewhere different in the setup. This will save you space, expecially if you install Steam on a second drive. This way it will work perfectly, but download your games to your HDD by default, saving you tens of GBs.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

 

I hope this helps, best of luck

[ManWithBeard1990]

What you could do is set up Intel Smart Response Technology. What this does is use the SSD as a cache for your HDD, putting everything that's often-used or needs fast random access on the SSD instead of the HDD. It's automatic and self-learning. It's not as fast as pure SSD storage, but it's a good alternative. You will probably have to reinstall your OS and data, so make a backup first.

[TheNumberPotato]

You can also move your "Libraries" folders to your second drive if you want. First copy the folders you want to (I copied my whole "Users" folder) to the second drive, then in your "Users" folder right click on any of the folders and click "Properties", then in the "Location" tab simply change the location to your desired drive. If you match it up you can keep your libraries and Desktop identical, and simply delete them from your SSD. This even works with the "Roaming" folder in "AppData".

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2079571/move-your-libraries-to-a-second-drive-or-partition.html

 

You can also choose to install new programs somewhere different in the setup. This will save you space, expecially if you install Steam on a second drive. This way it will work perfectly, but download your games to your HDD by default, saving you tens of GBs.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

 

I hope this helps, best of luck

 

The Appdata is what is crashing my pc, it fills up and then crashed the SSD as it becomes full, I have just been sent a new Seagate 2Tb SSHD, I was thinking of doing a full reinstall of my pc and installing windows to the SSHD and just putting a few programs I use a lot onto the SSD (A few steam gamesand Adobe AE) I doubt steam games would work on a separate drive as they're dependant on the SteamApps folder (Possibly replicate and do an install of steam on both drives?)

I'll install the 2tb SSHD tonight when I get home, I had ordered it with my new build but came faulty, just got it replaced, As far as i've heard I could just use the SSD to run a few programs that I need to run smoothly.  

 

Also heard that win7 will work just as fast the on SSHD as it would on the SSD.. 

 

Thanks for the help

[FizzyFantom]

The Appdata is what is crashing my pc, it fills up and then crashed the SSD as it becomes full, I have just been sent a new Seagate 2Tb SSHD, I was thinking of doing a full reinstall of my pc and installing windows to the SSHD and just putting a few programs I use a lot onto the SSD (A few steam gamesand Adobe AE) I doubt steam games would work on a separate drive as they're dependant on the SteamApps folder (Possibly replicate and do an install of steam on both drives?)

I'll install the 2tb SSHD tonight when I get home, I had ordered it with my new build but came faulty, just got it replaced, As far as i've heard I could just use the SSD to run a few programs that I need to run smoothly.  

 

Also heard that win7 will work just as fast the on SSHD as it would on the SSD.. 

 

Thanks for the help

I had an SSHD and I just moved to an SSD, there is no doubt that the SSD is far better. You can move your entire AppData folder to your SSHD using the method I described and it will still function perfectly. You need to move all of the folders in "AppData" individually, but you can move "Roaming", "Local", and "LocalLow" onto your SSHD. I highly recommend you do this and keep your SSD as the boot drive, you would miss the performance if you didn't.

 

As for Steam games, you can reinstall Steam into a folder on your SSD (just go through the install again and set it to install in "D:\Steam" or whatever you call your Steam folder). You can then copy the Common folder from SteamApps and reinstall your games without downoading them again.

 

This is by far the best solution and you can definitely resolve your problem easily. Feel free to ask here if you need any more help with this process, best of luck