ITS ALL GOING TO MY SSD! PLEASE HELP

[Made In Canada]

everything I am downloading is going to my 250gb SSD, when I look in local files, I only see the one storage option even though I have a 1tb HDD installed. I am on windows 10, can anyone help?

 

[Jordaneer]

4 minutes ago, Made In Canada said:

everything I am downloading is going to my 250gb SSD, when I look in local files, I only see the one storage option even though I have a 1tb HDD installed. I am on windows 10, can anyone help?

 

Do you have sata power run to the HDD, can you bring it up on another computer? Do you have a sata cable run to the mobo? Can you hear it (the hard drive) spinning when it's turned on?

[AlphaGamer46]

Move the downloaded stuff to your hard drive.

 

Clear the cache with something like AVG Cleaner or disk cleanup.

 

EDIT: Sorry, didn't read the entire question.

 

Try reconnecting the drive and if that doesn't work, it may be worth contacting the manufacturer or the builder of your computer.

[Made In Canada]

12 hours ago, AlphaGamer46 said:

Move the downloaded stuff to your hard drive.

 

Clear the cache with something like AVG Cleaner or disk cleanup.

 

EDIT: Sorry, didn't read the entire question.

 

Try reconnecting the drive and if that doesn't work, it may be worth contacting the manufacturer or the builder of your computer.

 

12 hours ago, Jordaneer said:

Do you have sata power run to the HDD, can you bring it up on another computer? Do you have a sata cable run to the mobo? Can you hear it (the hard drive) spinning when it's turned on?

I am going to try to re-connect my HDD. be back in a few.

 

hang on, can I shut down my pc while downloading a game from steam?

[ClobberXD]

8 minutes ago, Made In Canada said:

everything I am downloading is going to my 250gb SSD, when I look in local files, I only see the one storage option even though I have a 1tb HDD installed. I am on windows 10, can anyone help?

 

Is it recognized in Disk Management? Is it formatted in NTFS?

[AlphaGamer46]

Just now, Made In Canada said:

 

I am going to try to re-connect my HDD. be back in a few.

 

hang on, can I shut down my pc while downloading a game?

Yes you can but the game will stop downloading. If downloading from Steam, when you reopen Steam it will just keep downloading.

 

[Made In Canada]

12 hours ago, anandgeforce said:

Is it recognized in Disk Management? Is it formatted in NTFS?

no clue how to get to disk management, what is NTFS?

[Droidbot]

4 minutes ago, Made In Canada said:

no clue how to get to disk management, what is NTFS?

NTFS = NT (Windows) File System 

 

Disk Management - go to your start menu and search 'create or format hard disk partitions'

[SaladFingers]

Right click on your downloads folder -> properties -> location -> change default to your HDD

 

edit: oops i also misread.

[Made In Canada]

13 hours ago, Droidbot said:

13 hours ago, Droidbot said:

NTFS = NT (Windows) File System 

 

Disk Management - go to your start menu and search 'create or format hard disk partitions'

 

12 hours ago, SaladFingers said:

Right click on your downloads folder -> properties -> location -> change default to your HDD

 

edit: oops i also misread.

 

13 hours ago, anandgeforce said:

Is it recognized in Disk Management? Is it formatted in NTFS?

NTFS = NT (Windows) File System 

 

Disk Management - go to your start menu and search 'create or format hard disk partitions'

 

13 hours ago, anandgeforce said:

Is it recognized in Disk Management? Is it formatted in NTFS?

 

okay, I just found the create/format hard disk partitions, and saw both my SSD (230gb) and my HDD (900GB) on the left, both said "basic" and "online" below them. What do I do? do I still need to disconnect and reconnect my HDD manually?

[SaladFingers]

No, since you can see your HDD all you need to do is mount it then format it.

[Made In Canada]

12 hours ago, SaladFingers said:

No, since you can see your HDD all you need to do is mount it then format it.

I'm sorry, but how would I do this?

[SaladFingers]

3 minutes ago, Made In Canada said:

I'm sorry, but how would I do this?

Can you post a screenshot of your Disk Management window?

[Made In Canada]

12 hours ago, SaladFingers said:

Can you post a screenshot of your Disk Management window?

don't know how to, I will just look it up, thank you though.

 

also, it said something about how my SSD was my "main partition" while my HDD is "unallocated", any idea what that means and if I can make it so stuff will download to my HDD, or at least ask which one to download to?

[SaladFingers]

1 minute ago, Made In Canada said:

don't know how to, I will just look it up, thank you though.

 

also, it said something about how my SSD was my "main partition" while my HDD is "unallocated", any idea what that means and if I can make it so stuff will download to my HDD, or at least ask which one to download to?

Yes, that's why I wanted the screenshot. Right click on that "Unallocated Space" on the HDD and choose "New Simple Volume" and follow the steps.

 

This is how you then set your HDD to be the default storage for your Downloads (you can do the same for documents, pictures, videos, etc):

23 minutes ago, SaladFingers said:

Right click on your downloads folder -> properties -> location -> change default to your HDD

[Made In Canada]

12 hours ago, SaladFingers said:

Yes, that's why I wanted the screenshot. Right click on that "Unallocated Space" on the HDD and choose "New Simple Volume" and follow the steps.

 

This is how you then set your HDD to be the default storage for your Downloads (you can do the same for documents, pictures, videos, etc):

Thank You!

 

You do not know how much of a hassle you saved me.

 

[SaladFingers]

Just now, Made In Canada said:

Thank You!

 

You do not know how much of a hassle you saved me.

 

Glad I could be of help