Which drive to install Autocad and Revit to?

[pw8154]

I have a new HP Z440 pc which has a 250Gb hard drive and a 1Tb SSD.

Windows has been installed on C drive, and MS office is on there too. All my docs are on there too at the moment, but it's not far off full now.

I want to install Autocad and Revit -  I assume these would be best installed on the SSD, but I'm not sure if it's a problem with Windows being on the other drive.

Oddly there is also an Autocad 2018  folder in C drive, although I've only downloaded the program and not run it yet, so I'm not quite sure how that got there.

Any advice on how best to proceed would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

do I understand it correct that you have a slow C: with 250GB and a fast 😧 with 1TB and your operating system (and programs) are installed on the slow C:`?

Or is your 250GB drive also a SSD ?

- alfred -

[pw8154]

Thanks for querying. I'm wrong. The 250Gb drive is the SSD which has windows, ms office and all my docs. And some installation files/folders for Autocad 2018.

The 1Tb drive is currently empty.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

well, in that case I would have configured the 1TB drive as C: and installed all in C: (and use 😧 as temp or so).

It is always the better choice to install applications on the system drive, everything else can result in troubles (not so often with the current applications, but sometime it happens).

To save the C: free place in your situation every download of Autodesk applications asks you for a drive you want to extract the installation files .. then you should change C:\Autodesk to D:\Autodesk.

Good luck, - alfred -

[pw8154]

Thanks Alfred, but I'm not sure what you're suggesting.

However, when I said the SSD (C) was almost full, if I move all "my docs" to the 1Tb drive (E), I'll have about 90Gb free on the SSD which should be more than enough for Autocad and Revit so they'll be on the same drive as Windows.

Would that be the best plan?

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi.

>> enough for Autocad and Revit so they'll be on the same drive as Windows.

>> Would that be the best plan?

YES

And for your next setup on that system make your 1TB drive to your system drive ... 😉

- alfred -