Windows 10 Updates location

[✪Rich&Nuts]

So I recently made my SSD the main drive so I can have faster boot up speeds. If Windows 10 has updates should it be sent to the SSD or the HDD? If I want it to update through the HDD where would I transfer the update?
Samsung evo 860 250gb

[✪Rich&Nuts]

bump

[Magma Dragoon]

What do you mean "bump"? This was already at the top of the first page. Why haven't you formatted the HDD yet? That was the answer to your last thread wasn't it?

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

windows will update files on the system drive (typically drive C on single boot system). you cannot make a custom update location for system files.
third party softwares may be installed to other drives other than drive C.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Win Updates as stated go on the OS drive, you cant or shouldnt direct them else where.

If you are low on space, do a disk clean up and disable hibernation and set a min/max of 8192mb's for the page file

[✪Rich&Nuts]

Magma Dragoon님이 먼저 게시:

What do you mean "bump"? This was already at the top of the first page. Why haven't you formatted the HDD yet? That was the answer to your last thread wasn't it?

I already formatted both drives and completely wiped it so I can start new. The boot partition is on the SSD, but I forgotten to ask the community if future updates of the OS should be moved the the HDD. I heard sometimes the updates eat up space on the SSD.

[Midnight Fawn]

chiefputsilao✖️ping님이 먼저 게시:

windows will update files on the system drive (typically drive C on single boot system). you cannot make a custom update location for system files.
third party softwares may be installed to other drives other than drive C.

☥ - CJ - 8/6/19 - Meja 8/30/19님이 먼저 게시:

Win Updates as stated go on the OS drive, you cant or shouldnt direct them else where.

These are actually untrue, I have numerous system that I have created junctions (symbolic links) for, and more importantly the SoftwareDistribution folder which holds windows updates now resides on a "stand-alone" drive which frees up space on my C: drives.

I used the windows built in mklink command from an elevated command prompt, and not once have I or anyone else I know who does the same had any issues with windows.

Here is a batch file i have created to do everything:

net stop wuauserv
net stop UsoSvc
net stop BITS
net stop DoSvc
robocopy C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution D:\SoftwareDistribution\ /copyall /e
rmdir /S /Q C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
mklink /J C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution D:\SoftwareDistribution
net start wuauserv
net start UsoSvc
net start BITS
net start DoSvc

pause

I have put the pause at the end so you can see what has happened during the process and if there are any errors..

I use RoboCopy to copy all permissions and file attributes as per the original folder.

Make sure that the destination drive is formatted NTFS.

Run the batch file as Administrator

Job Done.. :)

[Spec_Ops_Ape]

Midnight Fawn님이 먼저 게시:

chiefputsilao✖️ping님이 먼저 게시:

windows will update files on the system drive (typically drive C on single boot system). you cannot make a custom update location for system files.
third party softwares may be installed to other drives other than drive C.

☥ - CJ - 8/6/19 - Meja 8/30/19님이 먼저 게시:

Win Updates as stated go on the OS drive, you cant or shouldnt direct them else where.

These are actually untrue, I have numerous system that I have created junctions (symbolic links) for, and more importantly the SoftwareDistribution folder which holds windows updates now resides on a "stand-alone" drive which frees up space on my C: drives.

I used the windows built in mklink command from an elevated command prompt, and not once have I or anyone else I know who does the same had any issues with windows.

Here is a batch file i have created to do everything:

net stop wuauserv
net stop UsoSvc
net stop BITS
net stop DoSvc
robocopy C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution D:\SoftwareDistribution\ /copyall /e
rmdir /S /Q C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
mklink /J C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution D:\SoftwareDistribution
net start wuauserv
net start UsoSvc
net start BITS
net start DoSvc

pause

I have put the pause at the end so you can see what has happened during the process and if there are any errors..

I use RoboCopy to copy all permissions and file attributes as per the original folder.

Make sure that the destination drive is formatted NTFS.

Run the batch file as Administrator

Job Done.. :)

I'm surprised nobody used Google,
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-windows-10-updates-download-location

[Midnight Fawn]

Spec_Ops_Ape님이 먼저 게시:

Midnight Fawn님이 먼저 게시:

I'm surprised nobody used Google,
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-windows-10-updates-download-location

Usual for these groups..

[[☥] - CJ -]

I was talking about where its installed to, not where its DOWNLOADED to
If you have enough space for it to be installed on the OS drive it isnt necessary for them to be downloaded to a different drive.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yea, who cares that it downloads to the os drive, you clean all that junk up after updating successfully is all completed fully, using disk cleanup ran via the run as admin option.