how to download to an external hard drive

Question

Good evening,I recently bought a computer with Windows 10. The capacity of its hard drive is 32GB, which is what Windows 10 requires. So, I no longer have space for any additional downloads.I’ve looked into it and I know that it’s possible to use an external hard drive for downloads. But how? I went into Windows Update but to no avail.Thank you for your advice.Have a good evening.

pilopolo007 · Accepted Answer

You plug in the drive, then when you download something, you choose 'Save As', and then you select your external hard drive from the list on the left.

MAPI87 · Answer

Thank you for the quick response, but when I download, the download goes directly to the computer. It never asks me where to save it.

Mike-31 · Answer

Good evening,

it has been a long time since hard drive capacity has exceeded 250 GB
you probably mean 320 GB

anyway, to answer your question, in your external hard drive you create a folder, then right-click on that folder/create a shortcut and place your shortcut in documents
from that shortcut, you'll be able to create other folders or save files that will automatically be saved to your external hard drive
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Mike-31

A period of failure is a perfect time to sow the seeds of knowledge.

Mike-31 · Answer

Re,

when you unzip a download, Windows asks you where you want to install it. It's true that with experience, we don't always read the fine print; we just point to the hard drive, which requires it to be permanently connected, and for a laptop, that's not ideal because files will be installed in the program files, etc.
If the internal drive really has too little capacity, it’s better to change it.
The tip I suggested in my first post is rather meant to store user files.
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Mike-31

A period of failure is a perfect time to sow the seeds of knowledge.

MAPI87 · Answer

thank you I'll try
and it's indeed 32 GB (MMC)
it's an ACER computer that I bought at Darty and since I don't know anything about it I hadn't noticed that it didn't have any memory capacity
I'll keep you updated

MAPI87 · Answer

I just did what you advised me the download is happening but on my computer. I'm sorry, I can't do it any other way.

Ben314 · Answer

A PC with 32GB of storage?? ...
The worst part is that it actually exists ^^
>> http://www.darty.com/nav/achat/informatique/ordinateur_portable-portable/portable/acer_asp_one_ao1-431-c89v.html#dartyclic=PU_B_1_s12-mm-acer-aspire-one-zdu
32GB SSD.... incredible!!!

Anyway, you need to change the download folder path, which implies that the hard drive (or USB stick) where the folder will be located must be plugged in when Windows is running.

You might be interested in this:
>> https://lemeilleurantivirus.fr/changer-lemplacement-du-dossier-des-tlchargements-dans-le-navigateur-microsoft-edge/
Note that you will start directly at step 3...
And that you first need to create a downloads folder on the external drive...

MAPI87 · Answer

ok thanks mike

How to download to an external hard drive

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