Windows 10: Disk management with small windows ssd drive and large hdd

Discus and support Disk management with small windows ssd drive and large hdd in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi community, I recently reinstalled Windows on my 23Gb SSD. I want to use the 500gb Hdd for everything else. However, some files and programs have... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by VictorNB, Nov 26, 2018.

  1. VICTORNB
    VictorNB Win User

    Disk management with small windows ssd drive and large hdd


    Hi community,


    I recently reinstalled Windows on my 23Gb SSD. I want to use the 500gb Hdd for everything else.

    However, some files and programs have to be on that small 23Gb SSD (e.g. Office) and I am running out of storage after only the first day of my new Windows.

    How can I manage my disks better so I do not add any new files to that drive (e.g. temporary files)?

    I attached 2 screenshots of my current disk situation.


    I appreciate any help!!


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    Disk management with small windows ssd drive and large hdd f67e2710-b8c1-4f85-9326-ae6a839210e4?upload=true.jpg

    :)
     
    VictorNB, Nov 26, 2018
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  2. GRANDPA JIM
    Grandpa Jim Win User

    Confused about hard drives: HDD and SSD

    So, if I want at least a 500 GB drive, an SSD would be either not available at any price or prohibitively expensive--at least for now. It struck me that while numerous computers were boasting large HDDs, the few offering SSDs were shockingly small. I appreciate
    understanding why.

    Thanks.
     
    Grandpa Jim, Nov 26, 2018
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  3. SEAHAWKS65
    seahawks65 Win User
    How to move pagefile to another disk? (Windows keeps using C: disk instead of another)

    I would assume it is dual drive. small SSD C:\ 30GB and large HDD D:\ ??GB

    How about a snap shot of computer management>>disk management
     
    seahawks65, Nov 26, 2018
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  4. AAPOOINONEN
    AapoOinonen Win User

    Disk management with small windows ssd drive and large hdd

    HDD in a HDD caddy is not showing up in the disk management

    Hi!

    I recently bought Lenovo Z50 which came with a regular HDD. I had a spare SSD drive from an older laptop so I cloned the OS that came with Z50 to it and then did a clean install with installation media. Everything went well and the system is running very
    smoothly on the SSD.

    The problem is that I can't get the regular HDD that came with new laptop running if I boot from the SSD. Regular HDD is in a HDD caddy that I used to replace my DVD-drive. HDD in the caddy shows up in device management as an other device, not as a hard
    drive and it's not showing up in the disk management. Is there a way to clean this drive without OS? Would it help? I have everything backed up on an external hard drive so it's okay if I lose the data. That's what I want actually.

    If I boot from the regular HDD in the caddy the original OS starts up just fine and even the SSD shows up in the disk management. If I swap the SSD to the caddy and put the HDD inside the laptop I can boot from the HDD but not from the SSD...

    What should I do to get the OS running on the 128 MB SSD so that i could use the regular 1 TB HDD also to store everything i need?
     
    AapoOinonen, Nov 26, 2018
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