SSD OS Only

[Jtalk4456]

i've seen some lucky sonofaguns who get to use 1 ssd for os only then use a separate one for games and programs, and then mechanical for some mass storage raid array. If I ever am able to do this in the future, is there a way to set up the ssd so it ONLY gets the OS by default  and programs automatically take all programs without me going and selecting the right drive every time i install something? 

[Radium_Angel]

4 minutes ago, Jtalk4456 said:

i've seen some lucky sonofaguns who get to use 1 ssd for os only then use a separate one for games and programs, and then mechanical for some mass storage raid array. If I ever am able to do this in the future, is there a way to set up the ssd so it ONLY gets the OS by default  and programs automatically take all programs without me going and selecting the right drive every time i install something? 

Not that I know of. Programs, by default, go to the C (boot) drive. But if you install something like Steam on the data drive, then it (steam/windows) will remember where it was installed, so you don't have to tell Steam again where to put new games.

[Electronics Wizardy]

You set the locations of programs when you install them for win32 programs. 

 

But really, for most small programs, just put them on the boot drive, get a 250 and it will fit almost al lthe programs you can need.

[Jtalk4456]

so it's all manual, oh well

[Jtalk4456]

is there a m.2 drive that's only 40-50 gb?

 

[John Ellmaker]

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/1557e84f-591a-46bb-86c4-3b38af2003b0/can-i-replace-the-program-files-folder-with-a-symbolic-link-to-another-drive?forum=w7itprogeneral

 

You might have luck using symbolic links although Microsoft would consider you “off the reservation” if anything went wrong.  Your problem reminded me of something I wrestled with for user profile folders I was trying to put onto a network location a while back

[Jtalk4456]

2 minutes ago, John Ellmaker said:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/1557e84f-591a-46bb-86c4-3b38af2003b0/can-i-replace-the-program-files-folder-with-a-symbolic-link-to-another-drive?forum=w7itprogeneral

 

You might have luck using symbolic links although Microsoft would consider you “off the reservation” if anything went wrong.  Your problem reminded me of something I wrestled with for user profile folders I was trying to put onto a network location a while back

That's cool, but that's a little far, and more work than just telling it where to install stuff.