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atbcheech · Joined: 26 Sep 2009 Posts: 1

Hi i need some help, on my laptop i have hard drives, acer (c Smile

local disk
and data (d Smile

local disk. im running out of space on the c drive but nothing as been saved to the (d Smile

drive. how to i change it so anything i install or save in future saves to the d drive. any help would be much appreciated thank you

SoftStag · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 1917 Location: UK

This article will show you how to set the location of the My Documents folder to the D: drive:

How To Move My Documents

This will then default most applications to save files to the D: drive.

When installing new applications, you should be able to select where you want to install them to. You may need to select the Advanced option during the installation wizard.
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