Windows 10: Move certain folders to second drive

Hi,

forgive me if this has been asked before but I didn't find it so here's my question:

I have two drives on my PC (SSD 256 GB; HDD 2 TB). My Win 10 is obviously installed on the SSD. Since I have not very much space left on my SSD, I would like to transfer a lot of stuff to the HDD which still has heaps of space. Since the following folders occupy a lot of space I would like to know which of them could be moved to the HDD without any problems for Win 10 or programs accessing these folders:

- ProgramData

- Program Files

- Program Files (x86)

- Users

I already have most programs and also the casual user folders (like documents, images etc.) on my HDD but the ones listed above were created automatically by Win and contain mostly the AppData stuff (for Users) and programs which didn't ask where they should be installed (for Program Files and Program Files (x86)). I know that transfering these folders (if possible without causing damage) will be a huge pain (due to permissions etc.) but I'm willing to go through this if it's possible.

My Win is on German so forgive me if the folder names are different in English but I think these are the correct translations.

Would be grateful for any help.

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