Changing my default drive

[laushik]

I have a 250 gb samsung ssd and 1 tb hard drive and from now on I want every new file, download, EVERYTHING going to my hard drive and I also want it to be my default drive know. How can I make this happen and keep it seamless between the two drives.

[jj9987]

What operating system?

[laushik]

Just now, jj9987 said:

What operating system?

Windows 10

[paddy-stone]

settings>system>storage

[laushik]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

settings>system>storage

Done that but it still downloads to my c: drive and not my other one.

 

[paddy-stone]

 

You've changed these?

[laushik]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

 

You've changed these?

yes.

[paddy-stone]

Just now, laushik said:

yes.

Might require a restart... and what program is it you're using that you want it to change the default location?

 

[laushik]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

Might require a restart... and what program is it you're using that you want it to change the default location?

 

Ive already restarted. I want all programs in pc to change defualt loacation to my hdd.

[paddy-stone]

Might not be possible, the programs themselves could override windows settings, so you'll have to check the default save location of every app/program.

[laushik]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

Might not be possible, the programs themselves could override windows settings, so you'll have to check the default save location of every app/program.

There has to be an easier way...

[Omon_Ra]

4 minutes ago, laushik said:

Ive already restarted. I want all programs in pc to change defualt loacation to my hdd.

You'll need to uninstall then reinstall them to the HDD. When you're going through the installation, just change the default directory. Depending on the program though, you may want it still on the SSD for better performance.

[paddy-stone]

Just now, laushik said:

There has to be an easier way...

Not a problem for me, when I install an app/program I automatically check it's default save location if it's that important to me.

[laushik]

1 hour ago, paddy-stone said:

Not a problem for me, when I install an app/program I automatically check it's default save location if it's that important to me.

Ok so on google chrome ive changed the downloads to my hdd but I still want it to show up on my c: drive desktop but It needs to be saved on my hdd on on my c: drive.

Edited October 22, 2016 by laushik
In simple terms I need the file save in my d: drive and it should show up on desktop which is on my c: drive.

[laushik]

1 hour ago, paddy-stone said:

Not a problem for me, when I install an app/program I automatically check it's default save location if it's that important to me.

Would this solve my problems?:

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/109380/how-to-use-windows-8s-storage-spaces-to-mirror-combine-drives/

 

[Lehti]

2 minutes ago, laushik said:

Would this solve my problems?:

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/109380/how-to-use-windows-8s-storage-spaces-to-mirror-combine-drives/

 

No. You won't even be able to use Storage spaces because you can't boot from a Storage space.

You should check your browser's settings and change the download folder from there.

You can access them by typing about:settings in the address bar and pressing Enter.

[Omon_Ra]

22 minutes ago, laushik said:

Ok so on google chrome ive changed the downloads to my hdd but I still want it to show up on my c: drive desktop but It needs to be saved on my hdd on on my c: drive.

Go to your C: Drive > Users > *Username*. Right click on Downloads (or My Pictures, Documents, Pictures, etc) and select 'Properties.' Click the 'Location' Tab and either 'Move...' or 'Find Target...' will change the directory where it is saved. However, when you click on Downloads in the Windows menu or in the Explorer shortcut, it should take you to the directory on your HDD rather than the C: drive.

[Lehti]

An alternative would be to mount a partition on your 1 TB hard drive in C:\Users\Your_User\Downloads\, where Your_User is your Windows username, but this has the disadvantage of applying only to that user account and is generally a bother.
Or you could create a symbolic link so that your downloads folder will redirect to a different folder.

To do this, open cmd and type the following commands

mkdir D:\Downloads

mklink /j C:\Users\Your_User\Downloads\ D:\Downloads

[laushik]

7 minutes ago, Omon_Ra said:

Go to your C: Drive > Users > *Username*. Right click on Downloads (or My Pictures, Documents, Pictures, etc) and select 'Properties.' Click the 'Location' Tab and either 'Move...' or 'Find Target...' will change the directory where it is saved. However, when you click on Downloads in the Windows menu or in the Explorer shortcut, it should take you to the directory on your HDD rather than the C: drive.

I kind of get it but if I followed these steps would that mean that everything from now on will be save to my hdf but will show on the desktop of c: drive?

[Lehti]

Just now, laushik said:

I kind of get it but if I followed these steps would that mean that everything from now on will be save to my hdf but will show on the desktop of c: drive?

Who talked about the desktop? What @Omon_Ra is suggesting is moving the location of the Download folder from the C: drive to the D: drive.

 

[Omon_Ra]

12 minutes ago, laushik said:

I kind of get it but if I followed these steps would that mean that everything from now on will be save to my hdf but will show on the desktop of c: drive?

If you have shortcuts to your Downloads, My Pictures, Documents, etc on your Desktop, yes. But they will not download directly to your desktop. If you want it on your desktop, you'll have to set your Download folder to C: > Users > *Username* > Desktop. However I did see that you can change your Desktop folder to a different location, like previously described, while writing this post.
 

What I instructed you to do earlier is to just change the location where the Downloads 'live.' The links in the File Explorer sidebar and shortcuts to the folder will still go to the new Downloads location on the D: drive.

[laushik]

Just now, Omon_Ra said:

If you have shortcuts to your Downloads, My Pictures, Documents, etc on your Desktop, yes. But they will not download directly to your desktop. If you want it on your desktop, you'll have to set your Download folder to C: > Users > *Username* > Desktop. However I did see that you can change your Desktop folder to a different location, like previously described, while writing this post.
 

What I instructed you to do earlier is to just change the location where the Downloads 'live.' The links in the File Explorer sidebar and shortcuts to the folder will still go to the new Downloads location on the D: drive.

Yes, perfect that's exactly what I want. But does it mean that it will move the items in that folder to my hdd or from now on it will move it to my hdd becuase what I have save on my ssd still needs to be on my ssd, but its out of space so from know on any files and such need to go to my hdd.

[Omon_Ra]

3 minutes ago, laushik said:

Yes, perfect that's exactly what I want. But does it mean that it will move the items in that folder to my hdd or from now on it will move it to my hdd becuase what I have save on my ssd still needs to be on my ssd, but its out of space so from know on any files and such need to go to my hdd.

I believe if you select the 'Move...' option, it'll move (duh) all of the stuff in your Downloads folder and all future downloads will go to the new location. If you do the 'Change Target...' option, I believe it will keep whatever is in the Download folder as it is, then all future ones will go to the new location. Just to be safe, I'd copy all of everything you need to stay in your Downloads folder to a random one somewhere, so you can make a new 'Downloads' folder on the C: drive if necessary. Or just move whatever files are necessary on the C: drive to folders other than the Downloads. I do all of this stuff when I install Windows, rather than trying to shuffle it around later.