Install all programs on drive d. Changing the automatic installation location of programs in Windows. About WinNTSetup
How to install a program in another folder?
Is it possible to install a program that requires installation, not in the Program Files shared folder (on drive C), but in another place, for example, on drive D? The question is caused by the following circumstances.
1. When installing the program at the initial stages, the installation location is specified - this is C:\Program Files. As I understand it, if there is such a question during installation, then you can ask another place.
2. There are a lot of forums on the Internet devoted to how best to install a program, which programs are the least problem-free. The answer is obvious - these are portable programs. But among them it is not easy to choose what you need: 1/4 - 1/3 of all these programs are generally inoperative (my personal experience), there are a lot of unofficial ones, it is not known who made them, and in general there are very few portable programs compared to ordinary ones.
3. I found a recommendation on YouTube that the program can be installed, but not in the Program Files folder; in this case, the program works as usual, but leaves no traces in the OS, or rather, these traces are deleted during the first disk cleanup (as opposed to if the program was installed in Program Files), i.e. the program " will be similar to portable.
What is it for? When installing/uninstalling programs, the system registry inevitably grows (which is not good), cleaning the registry with well-known programs does not help, or, to put it differently, its effectiveness is low, and it can very easily cause harm. Some programs, to put it mildly, do not quite correspond to what is given in the description. And so on.
Paul03-17 | March 10, 2017, 11:29
Your information is incorrect. Regardless of where exactly you install the programs, they will write to the registry and create some temporary files. How much they interfere with the system depends on many factors, including how the program is made and how the OS is configured. Therefore, there seems to be no point in installing programs outside the default folders. The only thing is that if there is no space on the C drive, then you need to put it where it is...
Alek55sandr5 | 24 April 2015, 18:04
I answer in order:
1. By default, programs are installed in the system folder. But the program can be installed in any other folder, including one located on another local drive. For example, on local drive D.
2. The user under the nickname "Oleg" thinks correctly. Official portable programs work great. And various assemblies may work unstable or not work at all.
3. The fact that the program will not be installed in the system folder does not mean at all that it will not leave traces in the system. It will work as expected with all the consequences, regardless of which folder it is installed in.
Oleg | 13 October 2012, 04:20
I’ll add to Alex Professional’s answer - after removing it from Revo, clean it with Ccleaner (free). Portable programs, if you download them from the official developer (the same one who made the regular installation program), work perfectly. Also, some programs still work better (and more correctly) from the C drive. Transferring the installation to another drive is done (in most cases) to save space on the C drive.
Alex Professional | October 8, 2012, 18:54
Let's start with the fact that programs are created to be installed and uninstalled. Almost all programs, no matter what directory they are installed in, leave traces behind them. To completely remove programs and traces of them, use the program.
I'll start from afar. The best option for installing Windows is to initially divide it into several logical drives (most often there are 2). In one of which the system is installed, and in the others everything you need (movies, music, images, etc.). And the correct thing to do would be to “give” a maximum of 100 GB to the system, and divide the rest or leave it on another disk. The wrong ways would be: leave about 30 GB for the system and not split the hard drive, but “push” everything into one. After this, the system will need to be constantly cleaned and it will be difficult to determine what is where.
For example, on my 500 GB laptop the hard drive is divided into 100 and 400 GB, respectively, for the OS and my needs. This is approximately of course, because The structure of hard drives will not allow for even division. And even if you buy an 8 GB flash drive, you will get something like 7.5 GB. But that's another story. You get the point.
But even if your hard drive is divided correctly (at least 70GB is allocated for Windows), then sooner or later the time will come when there is not enough space and Windows will “ask” you to delete the excess. When this happens to me with a local disk where my data is, I am strangled by the toad in order to delete something from films or installer programs. You have to contrive and either delete it, or transfer it to disks, or to a portable hard drive in order to at least somehow preserve what was there (you know the habit). I don't think I'm the only one who has this problem.
But if this happens to the disk where the system is installed, then it’s even worse (at least for me). Here you feel sorry for the installed programs and you need to decide which ones to “sacrifice” in order to save space.
You can, of course, clean what you have using utilities. Clear all garbage in the form of temporary files and folders, the recycle bin, the registry and everything else you can. But sometimes this is not enough and not much space is freed up, but it is enough for the first time.
Now closer to the essence of the article.
For those who don't know, I'll explain. If you think that what you are “throwing” on the desktop, delete files and folders in the trash, save files in My Documents, Music, Downloads, etc. then nothing happens to the space on your system disk - you are deeply mistaken. The desktop is not a separate disk. This is just a “shortcut” indicating a location on your system disk. Therefore, when you load all these places, you are loading your disk on which the operating system is installed.
In this article, I will look at a couple of ways to ensure that such inconspicuous folders as Programs and Profiles are on another drive. Why is this method good? Yes, you can independently choose a folder to save your installed programs and games (moreover, 90% of them ask you to indicate the folder where they will be installed, and the remaining 10% are installed without asking), for downloading music, pictures and other things. But very often it happens that when installing, users simply click on the button Further without even thinking about what is written there (well, along the way, they put themselves other programs from the developer or toolbars in the browser or something else) and as a result everything is installed on the system disk. If someone thinks that this is what is needed - that games and programs should be installed in the Program Files folder, otherwise the computer will die and the program will not work, then I will refute these thoughts. It is no coincidence that programs ask where to install them. To put it simply - they do not care where the files will be, the main thing is that the path to them is indicated in the system files and the registry.
It’s the same with profiles - often you simply don’t think about the fact that there is a folder with movies on your desktop or download files from the Internet to the Downloads folder. Meanwhile, this loads the disk.
And after the OS writes to you that there is not enough space, you begin to delete programs and games (sometimes necessary), sacrificing them for the sake of space. Or you could just look at the desktop or folders with music, pictures, downloads and other things.
That’s why I’ll show you how to make the default installation of programs and games on another drive, as well as profiles (which, by the way, sometimes also accumulate a lot of garbage in the form of temporary files of various utilities). Having done this once, it will remain until the system is reinstalled.
How to change the default installation path for programs and games to another drive?
Then copy from C:\Users (C:\Users) Public folder in D:\Users.
Go to the Registry Editor (how to do this is described above) and go to the branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. In it you need to change the files Default, Profile Directory and Public
change the value of %SystemDrive% to D:. It should look like this:
Reboot and see if it worked.
Good afternoon, please tell mehow to transfer Windows to another hard drivewithout reinstalling the operating system. I’ll explain my situation: My Windows 8 is located on an old “badass” hard drive with a capacity of 250 GB, divided into 2 partitions. Is it possible to move the system with all installed programs to a new hard drive with a capacity of 400 GB, but unfortunately it is not empty, there is already one on it a partition with 100 GB of data and nothing should happen to it. Alexander.
Hello friends. Let's help our reader and me at the same time! I also have an old hard drive Maxstor 250 GB with Windows 8.1 installed and I have long wanted to transfer it to another hard drive Samsung (400 GB capacity), this hard drive also has files. By the way, if you transfer the operating system, it’s better to transfer it to , that’s where everything will work faster for you.
We will work with you using Acronis True Image programs and we will also need Acronis Disk Director. The operating system in our case can be any, for example Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10. The entire transfer process is described in our article step by step and I think you will succeed.
You may also find our other articles on this topic useful:
- A similar article, only the tool used is Cloning. .
- A very simple article where we do the same thing using the free AOMEI Partition Assistant program, I recommend it to all novice users -
- If you have a laptop, then perhaps these articles will be useful to you .
- If you are interested in the article, visit the special section where you can find from one storage device to another.
Disk Management window
So, we have two hard drives:
Disk 0. Samsung hard drive(volume 400 GB) with one partition. Everything is clear with this disk, there is one partition on it and there are 100 GB of data, with which nothing should happen. We will transfer the operating system to it from the Maxstor hard drive or Disk 1.
Disc 1. Maxstor hard drive 250 GB with three partitions.
The first partition is hidden and does not have a letter, it is called System Reserved, the volume is 350 MB, the main purpose of the hidden partition is to store Windows 7 or Windows 8 download files. We will move it. When transferring operating systems, this section with Windows boot files must be included in the backup.
The second partition under the letter (C:) has a capacity of 105.00 GB and has the Windows 8.1 operating system installed on it. We will also reschedule.
The third partition under the letter (D:) has a capacity of 127.00 GB with user data. We won't reschedule.
Acronis Disk Director
First of all, let's boot from a boot disk or bootable flash driveAcronis Disk Director and separate it from the hard drive Samsung (volume 400 GB) 130 GB space specifically forWindows 8.1, which we will transfer to it from Maxstor.
Select with the left mouse the space of the Samsung hard drive (volume 400 GB) and select Resize volume
We grab the delimiter with the mouse and drag it from left to right, thereby “biting off” 130 GB of space from the Samsung hard drive for the future operating system. free up unallocated space 130 GB required at the beginning volumes . At the bottom of the window we see the future state of the partitions on the hard drive. Click OK.
Program Acronis Disk Director works in deferred operation mode. For our plans to come true, we need to press a button Apply
Continue
The first task is completed. On the Samsung disk, using Acronis Disk Director, we created 130 GB of unallocated space for the future Windows 8.1.
Acronis True Image
Creating a backup
Now we are working with the Acronis True Image program. In this program, we need to create a backup of the Windows 8.1 operating system located on the Maxtor hard drive and deploy this backup to unallocated Samsung disk space.
We also boot the computer from the boot disk Acronis True Image. In the initial window of the program, select
Backup. Disks.
Window Archived sections.
In this window we need to select Disc 1 sections for archiving.
In the window that appears, we see three disks:
Disc 1. Bootable USB flash drive with Acronis True Image program.
Disc 2. Samsung hard drive 400 GB , to which we will transfer Windows 8.1.
Disc 3. Maxtor hard drive250 GB(from which we are transferring Windows 8.1). To include it in the backup, check the hidden partition System Reserved, volume 350 MB, the main purpose of the hidden partition is to store Windows 7 or Windows 8 download files. When transferring operating systems, this partition with Windows download files must be included in the backup. Acronis assigned it a drive (G:), this partition does not have a letter in the operating system itself and can only be seen in Disk Management.
We also note the section with the Windows 8.1 operating system itself, here it has the letter (C:). You may have a different letter. We focus on the volume volume. Further.
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Here we select a Samsung disk under the letter (F:) for storing the future backup with a capacity of 400 GB on the left side of the window, the files on it are displayed on the right side.
Get started
A backup of Windows 8.1 is being created on the only existing partition of the Samsung hard drive.
Turn off the computer and disconnect the old hard drive Maxstor 250 GB and leave one hard drive in the system Samsung, you definitely need to do this! After transferring the operating system, the Maxstor hard drive can be connected back.
Acronis True Image
Deploying a Windows 8.1 backup to your hard drive Samsung
Now in the system unit there is one Samsung hard drive (400 GB capacity), on this hard drive there is one partition with data and it is on this partition that there is a backup with Windows 8.1, also at the beginning of this partition an unallocated space has been created, it is to this space that we will expand backup with operating system.
Again, boot from the Acronis True Image boot disk and select Recovery. Disks. Files and folders.
We find our backup on the partition (C:) of the Samsung hard drive. Select it with the left mouse once and click OK
Click on the button New storage
Celebrating Unallocated space on our Samsung hard drive and click on the Accept button
Click on the button again New storage
Click on again Unallocated spaceAnd Accept
Selecting the target disk for MBR recovery. We mark Disk 2 Samsung (capacity 400 GB). Check the box Recover disk signature And Further. Get started Program Acronis True Image deploys a backup of the Windows 8.1 operating system to the unallocated space of the Samsung hard drive that we created in advance. Essentially, the operating system is transferred to another hard drive.
OK and reboot the computer.
Friends, if you still have hard drives connected to your system unit, you need to go to the boot menu of your computer and select the hard drive to which you transferred Windows, in my case, it is a Samsung hard drive.
After loading, go to Disk Management and see this picture.
1. A hidden partition without the letter System Reserved, volume 350 MB with Windows 8.1 download files, was transferred to the Samsung hard drive.
2. Windows 8.1 itself has also been transferred and is located under the letter (C:).
3. Nothing bad happened to the 100 GB files, only from this partition.
4. There is still an unallocated area and we will attach it to the drive (C:).
That's all
Now you can connect your old hard drive to your computer Maxstor and you will find our article useful -
One of the frequent wishes of computer and laptop owners is to create a D drive in Windows 10, 8 or Windows 7 in order to subsequently store data on it (photos, movies, music, etc.) and this is not unreasonable, especially in the case if you reinstall the system from time to time by formatting the disk (in this situation it will be possible to format only the system partition).
Everything that was described above can be done not only using the Windows Disk Management GUI, but also on the command line using the following steps:
At this point, you can close the command prompt, and the new drive D (or under another letter) will appear in Windows Explorer.
Using the free Aomei Partition Assistant Standard program
There are many free programs that allow you to split your hard drive into two (or more). As an example, I will show how to create disk D in the free program in Russian Aomei Partition Assistant Standard.
You can download the free Aomei Partition Assistant Standard from the official website http://www.disk-partition.com/free-partition-manager.html (the site is in English, but the program has a Russian interface language, which is selected during installation).
I conclude with this. The instructions are intended for cases where the system is already installed. But you can create a separate disk partition during the installation of Windows on your computer, see.
How to install a second Windows on another disk partition from a running first Windows? In order not to languish while waiting for the installation media to load while system files are copied from it to the hard drive, installing a second Windows can be simplified using the free WinNTSetup program.
1. About WinNTSetup
WinNTSetup is a small program designed for a narrow range of tasks: it allows you to install Windows in a simplified mode on other partitions and hard drives of the computer, as well as on virtual VHD disks. Additional features of the program include a small selection of tweaks for the installed system and the ability to integrate your own drivers. If in the usual case WinNTSetup only saves time on installing a second operating system, then for cases where there is neither a DVD drive nor a flash drive, it is also the optimal solution to the problem.
All that is required to install Windows on another disk partition from a running current system is a downloaded ISO image of the Windows distribution and, in fact, the WinNTSetup program itself. WinNTSetup works on this principle: certain parameters are set in its window, after which the system installation process starts in the background. At the same time, you can continue to work with the computer as if background tasks were being performed by any other minimized program. Once the process of installing Windows on the second partition of the disk is complete, all that remains to be done in normal mode, booting from the newly installed Windows, is to go through the final stages of the installation process: wait for the drivers to be installed, set the region, keyboard layout and other parameters, create a local profile or connect your Microsoft account. Let's look at all this in more detail.
First of all, of course, you need to make a backup of your current Windows. Not so much for its own sake, but for the sake of the boot sector, where, naturally, during the installation of the second system, changes will be made to another partition of the disk. Having an emergency bootable disk with a backup program is welcome.
2. Download WinNTSetup
You can download WinNTSetup from its official website. This is a portable program that does not require installation on the system. After launch, you immediately need to agree to download some data.
3. Connecting an ISO image of a Windows distribution
WinNTSetup takes installation files for the second Windows either from the installation DVD in the drive or from an ISO image downloaded from the Internet. The downloaded ISO image must be mounted into a virtual drive. In Windows 8.1 and 10 systems, this is done normally using the “Connect” option in the context menu on the ISO image.
In Windows 7, you must use third-party programs like Daemon Tools to mount ISO images.
4. Installing Windows on another disk partition
WinNTSetup will start with the installation tab active for versions of Windows starting with Vista. In the first paragraph of the program window, you need to specify the path to either the instal.wim file or install.esd as part of the Windows distribution. Depending on the build of Windows, its distribution will contain an “install” file with either one or another extension. Click the “Select” button.
And we indicate the path to the file, it is located on the installation disk in the “sources” folder.
The second item in the WinNTSetup window specifies the disk partition that will serve as the boot sector of the Windows installation. In Windows 8.1 and 10, a certain partition Z is specified by default. As partition Z, WinNTSetup defines a small technical partition (350-500 MB) of these versions of Windows called “System Reserved”.
There is no need to change anything here.
In Windows 7, this item will default to drive C, since in this version the boot sector is placed on the same partition along with the operating system itself. And in this case, too, we do not change the presets, we leave drive C.
We go down to the next point and use the “Select” button to indicate the very second partition of the hard drive where we are going to install the second Windows.
If the disk partition selected for the second Windows was not previously formatted, this can be done without leaving the WinNTSetup window. When you press the “F” button, the standard function of formatting disk partitions will start.
Basic information about the system being installed has been entered; now you can begin to start the installation process. But before you click the button at the bottom of the “Install” window, you can delve into the program settings. In the lower block of the window, the path to your drivers is indicated and tweaks are applied to the installed system.
After clicking the “Install” button, we additionally confirm the start of the Windows installation process on the second disk partition by clicking “Ok”.
After which you can minimize the program window and go about your business. WinNTSetup will notify you of the completion of the operation with the following notification.
This means that the launch of only installed Windows will begin during the preparation of the operating system for deployment. After the computer restarts, we will be greeted by a bootloader menu with a choice of operating systems to launch. We select, accordingly, the newly installed Windows. And we go through the steps of Windows deployment - specifying regional data, keyboard layout, network settings, creating an account, etc.
5. Installing Windows on another hard drive
The process of installing a second Windows on another hard drive is a little more complicated, since for Windows 8.1 and 10 systems you will have to manually create a separate partition for the bootloader. For Windows 7, you just need to make active the partition of another disk on which you plan to install the system. Launch the standard disk management utility by pressing the +R keys and enter:
If the other hard drive is unpartitioned, we create partitions on it. On the first section, call up the context menu and click “Make section active”.
We make sure that the section is active, remember its letter.
In the WinNTSetup window, specify the path to the installation file, as shown in the previous paragraph of the article. And we indicate the prepared active partition as the bootloader partition and the partition of Windows 7 itself. And we start the installation process.
For Windows 8.1 and 10, you need to prepare both the system partition and the bootloader partition - the same technical partition that is not displayed in the system explorer, but in disk space managers it is listed as a “System Reserved” partition. If the first partition of another hard drive has already been created, you need to delete it and create a new one in its place. In the context menu on the unallocated space of the remote partition, select “Create a simple volume”.
We go through the steps of the wizard, specifying at the stage of determining the partition size for the installed Windows 8.1 - 350 MB, and for Windows 10 - 500 MB.
From the remaining unallocated space we form a partition for the system.
We carefully check that the first small section is active, and remember the letters of both sections.
In the WinNTSetup window we indicate the newly prepared partitions: in the second paragraph - a small partition, in the third - a partition of the system itself. And we start the installation process.
After WinNTSetup completes its work, you need to restart your computer, enter the BIOS, set the boot priority, respectively, from another hard drive and go through the Windows deployment steps.
Have a great day!
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