"Hello, do you know how to move installed programs or software from the C drive to another partition or a new hard drive? By default, Windows tends to install downloaded software, programs, and even some apps on the C drive. However, over time, this drive can get filled up with more and more software and programs. I'm wondering if it's possible to move these programs or applications that are installed on the C drive to a new hard drive on my Windows PC? How would I go about doing that? Incidentally, I'm using Windows 10."
When you get the “C drive full” or “low disk space” error, Windows slows down and your computer's performance is affected. The best way to fix this without a reinstall is to move installed programs or apps from the C drive to a second hard drive. How do you do it?
If you have the same issue on your Windows 10/8/7 PC, you can follow the methods provided by a third-party tool to move programs from C drive to the second hard drive without reinstalling Windows 10/8/7.
To simplify the process of moving programs, applications, and software from the C drive to elsewhere on your computer, we recommend using professional Windows file transfer software following these two steps:
Tools
File Transfer Software - Todo PCTrans can help you easily move Windows installed apps and programs to another drive.
It fully supports all editions of Windows OS on any brands of desktop and laptop computer. Feel free to download and install this tool here, and then move program from C drive to the second hard drive right now:
Now, let's see how you can move installed programs, apps, or software to another drive without reinstalling them to free up space on the C drive:
Step 1: Launch Todo PCTrans and Choose Transfer Mode
On the main interface of Todo PCTrans, go to the “App Migration” section and click “Start” to proceed.
Step 2: Choose the app and other drives to move
1. Select the source disk and check the apps, programs, and software you wish to migrate (labeled as "Yes").
2. Click the triangle icon, select another drive or disk as the target device, and then click “Migrate” to start the migration.
Step 3: Complete the migration process
When the transfer is done, click “Finish.”
You can now restart your computer to keep all the changes, and you should be able to run your migrated app from the other drive.
After that, you just need to restart your computer and the transferred software, programs will work on your Windows 10/8/7 PC without any problem.