Solved how do i choose which hard drive i download to

Hello,ive got a 64 bit system with hard drives c: and D: each with 125gig of ram. Vista is installed on C: but how do i access the 125gig free space on D:, When ever i download it always goes to C: without giving me the option to download to D: Sorry if this is a noob question :huh:

case998 said:

Hello,ive got a 64 bit system with hard drives c: and D: each with 125gig of ram. Vista is installed on C: but how do i access the 125gig free space on D:, When ever i download it always goes to C: without giving me the option to download to D: Sorry if this is a noob question :huh:

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I'm guessing from your post, you automatically want to have files saved to D: when you save them, or download from the internet, right?

You can re-direct your personal user folders to folders on your D:

Just follow instructions of "Method One" in this tutorial: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/107990-personal-user-shell-folders-move-location.html?ltr=P

From there, whenever you save a new document, picture or download, it should automatically go to your D:, or to wherever you re-directed your user folders.

Hi case998,

I actually recommend that you download to the Downloads folder and then copy/move the file to where you want. This makes malware scanning of downloads easy - you just need to scan that folder. Of course, if you do want to download to a different folder/drive you can do - see the following Tutorial for details on relocating your personal folders: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/107990-personal-user-shell-folders-move-location.html This will work for permanent relocation, but you can still choose the location on a download by download basis should you wish. The default location, however, will be the last location that you downloaded a file to - one of the reasons why I prefer to stick with the default folder.

Thanks for the replies thats exactly what i wanted to do,have all my downloads go to D: again thanks for the help sorted now i would have never thought to click my username theres so much i need to learn about vista:D

case998 said:

Thanks for the replies thats exactly what i wanted to do,have all my downloads go to D: again thanks for the help sorted now i would have never thought to click my username theres so much i need to learn about vista:D

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Glad it worked out for you, case998.

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