storage configuration

Move Installed Apps to Another Drive (Settings + Storage) in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes Running low on space on your C: drive is one of the most common Windows headaches—especially with large Store games, creative apps, and “modern” apps that quietly grow...

Windows 11 doesn’t offer a single “flip this switch and everything lives on D:” setting — changing your default drive is a collection of supported moves, per-app settings and a few careful installation choices. The operating system uses the C: partition by default for the OS, system data and...

Windows 11 hides surprisingly effective storage-management tools inside Settings that can reclaim gigabytes without buying new hardware — and three of them alone will resolve most everyday low‑disk warnings: Storage Sense, changing Where new content is saved, and the Cleanup recommendations...

For users considering a migration to Windows 11, or questioning the long-term impact of the new operating system on available storage, understanding the true space requirements is fundamental. Not only does this inform decisions about upgrades and device selection, but it also shapes...

Fundamental question on best practice to allocate space for multiple shares (RAID6 array with 72 TB usable): 1) Initialize as one large volume and set up separate folder shares on this large volume? 2) Chop the 72 TB into smaller volumes - possibly aligning shares with volumes. I initially...

Accessing Disk Management in Windows 11 is a breeze once you know a few quick methods. This built-in utility keeps you in control of your storage devices—whether you're resizing partitions, formatting drives, or simply checking disk health. Let’s dive into a detailed guide that explores multiple...

Managing your Windows device’s storage may not be the most glamorous task, but it’s crucial to keeping your system running efficiently—avoiding those "Your PC is low on storage" warnings and ensuring your device doesn't crawl to a halt. Lucky for all of us, Microsoft has packed Windows 10 and 11...

I would like to install on disk 1. Disk 1 is emtpy, disk 0 has 3TB ExFat partition, disk 3 is the Windows installer. If I try to install Windows, it has error 0x80300024. BIOS boot order has Disk 1 on top. I have rebuilt the partition table of both disks. If I have disk 0 be empty, the it...

In windows default temp folder location is C:\Windows\Temp and its setup in environment variable but for one of user its not using this folder and its goes to user default temp folder like C:\User\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp. How I can make user its not use user leave temp folder and always...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20246 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Starting with today’s build, Windows Insiders will notice that the name of the branch we are releasing builds from has changed to FE_RELEASE. Just like we did back in May...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19603 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here, including a list of all the new features and updates released in builds so far. Not seeing any of the...

Hi there, 1 questioner got a Win 10 to install on another stick. "0x80042405-0xA001B" And in fact, I have noticed that brings presented by the MS-user "8GB" is not enough version of the 1903 for this needs at least (HOME) 12gt drive / 16GB (PRO)! When that bug report came up here in the Fin...

Hello, Summary of problem: After re-installing Windows 10 on my SSD, I have to have my 2nd HDD unplugged to get it to boot to windows. As a test step, I did configure the HDD SATA port for hot swap mode. This does allow me to boot the computer with only the SSD plugged in and once it boots, I...

I got myself a Silicon Image 3114 SATA Controller which is capable of RAIDing two discs. I have two SSD sporting approx. 230 GB each. I wanted to enable RAID 0 (striping) to have one "virtual" drive of 450 GB. I followed the steps below: Installed the 3114 PCI card on my board. Connected the...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17074 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. Please note that the same block for AMD processors as explained here is also in place for this flight. What’s new in...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15014 for PC and Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. We have fixed a TON of issues that you all filed in the Feedback Hub from the past two flights, so thank you for helping make this product...

Hey, couple of quick questions here. So, I have my Windows installed on C drive, as well as a few other things, and I don't install other things there because it is quite full, only half a gig space left. I was recently using WMM and it gave me messages that C drive was almost out of space, and...

Hi everyone, Today we are releasing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10586 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. This build for mobile has a lots of good bug fixes and general improvements for you to check out. Overall this is a really great build, and we’re excited to get it out there...

Hi everyone, We’re rolling out Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10572 today to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring. As you know, build 10549.4 had a bug that prevented upgrade to it from prior builds, so Insiders who wanted to try it out needed to flash back to 8.1. We have fixed this...

This information seems to be useful in 10074 on the Settings/Network and Internet page.. It shows what on your system is actually using network data. But it may not last long when Microsoft realizes it shows Data usage by such things as the Free Sudoku game. They may not want the bandwidth...