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‎03-28-2020 11:09 AM

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Product: Example: HP Envy 360
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

This computer came with 2 harddrives:

- a small C drive 118 GB

- a large D drive 931 GB

The problem: programs automatically load onto the Program Folder of the C drive and so that space is almost all used up. 

I've tried to cut and paste these programs to the Program Folder of the D drive, but most of the time I'm not allowed to.

How do I free up space on the small C drive?

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‎03-28-2020 11:40 AM

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@NIck-in-Denver 

 

You have to tell your machine to use 😧 then allocate folders on 😧 (what ever you like) to store your files. Please use the following way to set 😧 as default

 

          https://www.howtogeek.com/245706/how-to-change-the-default-hard-drive-for-saving-documents-and-apps-...

 

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BH
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‎03-28-2020 11:52 AM

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@NIck-in-Denver 

Once you do what @banhien has suggested, so stuff no longer get stored automatically in C:, you will have to reinstall your programs and point them at 😧 in the process.

 

Why? Because you can't just copy and paste programs from one drive to another; you have to remove and reinstall them.



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