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Is it possible to move all my Adobe onto a differnt hdd? If so, will Adobe still work?
Hello! I was wondering, my Adobe programs are on my C hdd and my drive keeps getting full on me. My D drive is on the same hdd that my C drive is on. I'm constantly cleaning my pc to make room. I want to move my Adobe to the D drive and was wondering, if I uninstall Adobe off the C drive and reinstall it on my D drive, will Adobe still work? I want to try this way before I buy a larger hdd. I also want to move my Photoshop programs.
I also have 2 external drives set up with my system. I have a 5 TB and an 8 TB.
Constantly cleaning is so irritating on a daily basis. lol. I would just move everything on C drive to a larger hdd but my ghost program is so old. I've had to retire because of my disability, and there's a few little things that I forgot how.
Thank you in advance for your quick response.
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I'm going to move them the way you have in your pics. Will Adobe still work?
Do you mind telling me which ones I should keep on there or just move all of them?
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Thank you for all the help I appreciate you helping.
Sorry for all the questions, there's just so much that I can't remember lol.
You guys are awesome :)
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We don't know how large your hard drive is, but I would assume it's AT LEAST 250 GB. Your installed programs take up a fixed amount of space and while they may grow over time, that growth should be relatively slow and minimal. If your hard drive is 250 GB, that means that moving your Adobe programs (based on your posted screen shots) will move/free up just 6% of your disk (if you have a smaller drive, say 128 GB, then that's 12%, but if you're doing video editing (since you have premiere), those files are likely large. Hi-res photos can be large, especially when you have many of them (I don't know what, specifically, you do with the apps, how often you use them, or what volume of images/videos you're working with, but again, most folks willing to spend what the full version of photoshop costs would probably be working with a fairly high volume of images, taking up a LOT of space. But again, it's the IMAGES (or the videos in the case of Premiere) that are (likely) taking up the space, not the application. If you're not consciously saving those files to the D: drive (or another logical drive), then that's almost certainly what's taking up your space. By moving the folders I suggested, you should be changing the default locations so you don't have to consciously remember to save them elsewhere.
But again, look at app sizes like you posted are not even close to identifying what's taking up your space. You need to use a utility like TreeSize or WinDirStat (there are others) to get this information. Here's a shot of WinDirStat showing you how it illustrates the usage of your drive:
Image above is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinDirStat
WinDirStat is free - https://windirstat.net/
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Ostensibly it looks like your C: drive is small at 128 GB (probably a (relatively) old SSD. Your D: drive is probably a different physical disk and PROBABLY an "old" and slow spindle based disk. If that is the case, then you cannot add space directly from the D: drive to the C: drive. There are tricks you can use to mount the entire disk or part of it to a location on C:, but that's largely unnecessary and tends to complicate setups - I've done it, but I don't really recommend it, especially if you don't have experience doing it.
Have you run Disk Cleanup? (search your computer for Disk Cleanup - and note the option to "Clean up system files"
The WinDirStat link is below the image - here it is again: WinDirStat is free - https://windirstat.net/
If you keep all your data on another disk, then 128 GB should still be enough, in my opinion.
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Yes, it's a download and you do have to install it, but it's a tiny program.
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128 GB can be a tight disk. WinDirStat should show you what's using your space. Do you use Outlook for email? That could have a large cache of email on your computer in your user profile.
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You really should get an idea WHAT is using the space. Installed apps is not going to give you a really good idea.
You can try to clone your existing setup to a new disk, but you'll probably have to do it by making a full disk backup first and restoring that to the new drive.
While I would definitely recommend a larger drive - they are relatively cheap these days and though I can't be sure the rumors I've heard had any truth to them, there is a rumor that SSD prices are going to drop around the holidays so a large 1TB drive may be as little as $50-75.
If you're having trouble with installing WinDirStat, I would be cautious about recommending YOU try cloning the drive to a newer, larger disk. You might be better off just pulling the drive out and installing it in an external enclosure and then reload your computer cleanly so as to have a fresh install and the opportunity to only re-load the programs you need/use. Otherwise, since there's a physical component and the risk of data loss if you do it wrong, I would suggest you ask a local person for assistance in cloning if that's what you prefer doing.
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I do have over 20k of music since I dj on an online game but I have all the music on my 8TB drive
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I need to run but def get on here tomorrow. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!
Drill down in the C:\Users folder. Windows is taking what windows should be taking, but your user folder is where the Documents, Pictures, Videos, and Downloads are stored and those are OFTEN your largest folders. Your other folders are not particularly or unusually large and likely not prone to significant growth. Again, relocating those folders will likely ease your storage issues (though expanding users and beyond will likely identify what your culprit is).
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As for which Adobe I have, Acrobat (x64)
Acrobat Reader
Creative Cloud
Digital Editions 4.5
Genuine Service
Photoshop 2022
Photoshop Elements 2018
Photoshop Express
Photoshop Express
Premiere Elements 2018
Premiere Rush
Shockwave Player 12.3
Adobe XD