So, I have 100GB C drive with a few GB of memory left. I also have a D drive which is 400GB and just third full.
When making partitions, I had idea in my mind where I keep C drive as small and empty as possible and throw all programs and files in the D drive. I wanted (and still want) to keep stuff separated.
It worked fine for a year, but while using my PC many files accumulated in C drive. I wasn't using the dedicated Photos folder and moved Downloads and Documents to the D drive. Helped a little but not much. I keep my Bin empty and get rid of not used files.
I got next idea. While it's obviously impossible to just shrink D drive and give some memory to C, I want to:
- Make backup copy of D drive;
- Delete D partition;
- Give 50GB more to the C drive;
- Create D partition with 350GB left;
- Put a backup on.
I see a huge problem with this.
I'm worried if this will work. Sure, files like pictures will be fine, but what about programs? I have like 30+ large and small programs set up in the D drive with various path configured (external data libraries to feed programs etc), I REALLY don't want to configure them again. Will they work fine if I just smack the backup on the smaller size partition?
Tell me what you think about it. Also, if you know any good (and possibly free) tool for the job, let me know. Now I think of just making one giant RAR out of 106GB of D drive data.
I have Win10, all partitions are on one SSD. For storing backup I want to use external drive of 1TB.