Windows 10: New computer. Allocating drives.

Hello,
I am new to this forum (Thank you for letting me be part of this Forum group) and to my new computer Desktop running Win 10 Pro (Intel i7-7700K processor).
The new computer has three HDs. One 256Gb SSD (designated c*Smile containing the OS and all my apps (e.g. Photoshop Elements, MS Office 2016, etc.). A new 1.0Tb HD (designated i*Smile plus my old 500Gb HD designated e: System files and f*Smile.
What I want to do is run the OS and all apps from the SSD and put all my Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos, etc on the 1Tb HD. I kept the old HD so that I could more easily transfer all my pictures and docs to the new drives.
I am now getting messages that the SSD is running out of room as I transferred all my documents and pictures to the "Documents - Pictures - Music - Videos" folders under "This PC".
How can I change the "Documents - Pictures - Music - Videos" folders so that they are on the HD i: drive and leave the apps on the SSD c: drive?
Thanks in advance.

:)

 

Toshiba 3.0 USB External Hard Drive and Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience and we will surely help you to resolve the issue.

In order to understand the issue better, I suggest you to answer the below questions.

1. Have you allocated drive letter for the external drive?

2. Do you get any prompt when you connect the external drive to your PC?

3. Is the external device getting detected under Disk Management.?

4. Are the files detected on any other computer?

5. what is the make and model of PC?

Connect the same hard drive to other computer and check if it is getting detected.

I suggest you to change the Drive letter of the USB drive after the Device is getting detected in Device Management.

Right click on the drive>Click on Rename.

Unallocated drives are those whose drive letters are not allocated when initially partitioned. You will be able to view the drive on your PC if you have allocated a drive name for the partition created. The drive will not be visible
on the PC if you do not allocate a drive letter or a drive name.

Allocate a drive letter to the HDD by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

a. Connect the HDD to the PC.

b. Open Run command by pressing Windows Key + R keys on the keyboard, type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter.

c. Right click on the Unallocated disk drive and select New Simple Volume option. Follow the onscreen instructions where in the process you will get to a window where you can allocate a drive name for the HDD.

d. After allocating a drive letter, right click on the drive and select Open. Check if you are able to open the drive in File Explorer.

Hope this information helps. Please let me know if you need further assistance.

 

Trying a Clean Install of Windows 10. Can't Delete or Format a Partiton.

Hello Diego,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.



If you have a computer with 32bit architecture, you will not be able to install 64bit Windows 10 edition on your PC.



Unallocated drives are those whose drive letters are not allocated when initially partitioned or after formatting. You will be able to view the drive on your PC if you have allocated a drive name for the partition created. The drive will not be visible
on the PC if you do not allocate a drive letter or a drive name.



Allocate a drive letter to the HDD by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• 
  Open Run command by pressing
  Windows Key + R keys on the keyboard, type diskmgmt.msc and press
  Enter.
  
• 
  Right click on the Unallocated disk drive and select
  New Simple Volume option. Follow the onscreen instructions where in the process you will get to a window where you can allocate a drive name for the HDD.
  
• 
  After allocating a drive letter, right click on the drive and select
  Open. Check if you are able to open the drive in File Explorer.
  
• 
  Close the window and check if you are able to install Windows 10.
  

Write to us with the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

I have a 1TB HDD partitioned as 150GB for the OS/C: and 780GB for Data/D:. As described by the drive/partition label I keep files on it in the same-named Folders as shown in File Explorer, Libraries.

There are procedures to Move the Folder you mentioned to the larger partition. Several pages found here to help:
move documents to another drive at DuckDuckGo
The Tutorials section of Ten Forums probably as a tutorial as well.

 

Hello Berton,
Thanks for your reply and suggested procedures. I used it to successfully move all my Documents, Pictures, Music and Videos Folders to the 1Tb drive. My SSD is much happier now.
However, the process of moving all this data over has caused my Outlook 2016 app to lose all my contacts, e-mails, etc.
Any suggestions as to why and how to fix it?

 

I don't use Outlook 2016 but there should be a setting in it as to where the .pst and .ost files are stored, would have to change that to the new location.