How to manage SSD and HHD?

[FAN4PRR]

I just purchased a new HP Pavillion. It has SSD and HHD. Shown on the File Manager SSD as C and HHD as D. What is the best way to manage them? As of now, most everything is on C. I did move "pictures, videos & music" to D. Is that right? What else should go to the HDD? Or any other suggestions would be welcome.

[old_geekster · Accepted solution]

@FAN4PRR , welcome to the Community.

Basically, the HDD is reserved for storage, such as, your pictures, etc., as you stated.  You can save documents to it, also.  This will allow you to continue to use the SSD for the OS and pertinent apps, since it is smaller in size.  You can even install some games on the HDD and play them from there.

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[FAN4PRR]

Thanks. You mention Docs. How about Downloads? Or the many files that are used daily, but not for "operation"? i.e. Leave the C/SSD drive for basics that don't need updating daily. Or if they do, it's automatic updating that you/or I don't have to monitor.

[old_geekster]

Thank you for the additional information, @FAN4PRR!

If the app that you are using allows you to choose the drive where information can be saved.  Some of them only allow information to be saved to the C:\.  Otherwise, use the HDD for anything that you want to save or add to your computer.  This is up to you.

[FAN4PRR]

I've discovered a new problem. It seems as though when I "move" a file from SSD/C to HDD/D, it also remains on SSD/C. So I now have created two folders the same. So the "size of C" stays the same and the "size of D" increases. So, what's the point of moving a file if it don't reduce the size of C? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that if I moved a file from C to D, that it would reduce the "size of C"? Why so many copies of the same file? Music, Pictures & Videos are now showing up in 3 different places. All the same. A change made in one, automatically changes the other.

[old_geekster]

@FAN4PRR, when you move a file or other document from the SSD to the HDD it should not remain on the SSD.  You should check the settings for the SSD to assure they are set correctly.

[FAN4PRR]

First. I could find no settings for the SSD/C. Then, when I tried to transfer files from SSD/C to HDD/D, it would only let me copy. No move, just copy. Also, the file labeled Documents is in multiple places on the computer. So, technically, I could change anything in Docs in any place and it auto makes the changes in the other locations. This is the same as Windows 10. So, I still have files in C and in D and they are copies, or duplicates. So that SSD/C is still over-utilized. And close to full. I thought the idea of HDD was to put the majority of files on it and let SSD be smaller so it could be the most efficient. This is very confusing for an old/84 yrs, fogie! You may be a geezer, but I'm a fogie.