C: and D: drive question * Answered* [View all]

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My Windows 10 Pro computer has C: (OS) and D: (Data) drives. I'm not sure if these are physical drives or just partitions, but anyway...

The C: drive is about 1/10 of the size of the D: drive and I assume now is meant for system and boot stuff. I just realized the hard way when installing a program that I missed changing my default install location, everything is on the C:, and at only 100 GB or so it's just about maxed out. I've gone through the "Apps and Features" and it doesn't seem like I can move any of the big offenders through those settings.

I believe I can move the "Users" folder, but that would have almost no impact as I sync OneDrive and keep very few files on the machine.

Is there a way to switch locations for programs? Or do I change the default going forward and let the existing stuff ride? Or start un / reinstalling stuff?

Thank you!