June 7, 201016 yr I recently got a new computer (always an exciting prospect), but it has a few minor issues. My computer comes with a 60 gigabyte solid-state drive, and a 500 gigabyte secondary hardrive (had to repartition that out of the box, not fun). One of the most irksome problems i have with it is the fact that the computer company took the liberty of downloaded about 40 gigabytes of their crappy freeware to the solid state drive. Naturally, I don't feel like backdooring all the "TRUSTED INSTALLER" crap, having the computer complain that it cant find this or that. My question is: Is there a simple method/utility to move the program files folder from one drive to another? I tried the folder-migrating utility, but it was of minimal help. Thanks in advance,Just A Gamer this link kills spam
June 7, 201016 yr Assuming you're on Windows, no not really. The best thing you can do really is just to create another folder on the second drive called "Program Files" or whatever, then when you install your programs just select that folder instead of the default one. If the stuff is already on the drive, then the best you can do is to uninstall and reinstall it, if you try and copy stuff directly over from one drive to another it might not work properly. "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
June 7, 201016 yr Yeah Program Files contains everything, not just the stuff you don't want to use. Your computer could have some serious problems if you do that. Seriously, just buy a clean copy of Windows 7 or something, and reformat (if you can't uninstall the crap they give you) "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti
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