I just bought a new computer that came partitioned with C being only 26GB (this is infuriating, I'm just trying to find a way around it). After much research I finally discovered you cannot change the install location of Adobe Creative CloudOnce I finally got Creative Cloud installed, I immediately changed the App Installation drive to my other partition (D) so that it didn't use the small (C) drive. But the apps still won't install because they say there is not enough space on the drive (C is now nearly empty due to the size of Creative Cloud, but apparently it has to install in the Cache of C before it moves it to D)How do I work around this? I have literally uninstalled EVERYTHING from C, but Creative Cloud and the App Temp files take so much space, it can't actually get anything installed on the D drive.

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Apps can't install on other drive because C is too full?

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June 24, 2019
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I just bought a new computer that came partitioned with C being only 26GB (this is infuriating, I'm just trying to find a way around it).

After much research I finally discovered you cannot change the install location of Adobe Creative Cloud
Once I finally got Creative Cloud installed, I immediately changed the App Installation drive to my other partition (D) so that it didn't use the small (C) drive. But the apps still won't install because they say there is not enough space on the drive (C is now nearly empty due to the size of Creative Cloud, but apparently it has to install in the Cache of C before it moves it to D)

How do I work around this? I have literally uninstalled EVERYTHING from C, but Creative Cloud and the App Temp files take so much space, it can't actually get anything installed on the D drive.

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Nancy OShea

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A 26 GB primary drive is ridiculous. Re-partition it. Use Disk Management utilities to delete or shrink the D volume and extend the C volume. Or take the computer back to the store and get a refund.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

AkeblayAuthor

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I agree. I'm at my wits end wanting to throw this new computer against the wall.
The problem is my partitions are set up as DISKS:

The C drive doesn't even have enough space to download a Windows Image to my USB Pin drive so I can reformat. I don't know what to do except take this thing back and eat the multiple hours I waisted pulling my hair out.

AkeblayAuthor

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You odn't need to reformat. You need to re-partition.

Are you on Windows 10?

This describes how to shirnk one disk and extend another.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-partition-a-hard-drive-in-windows/

Unfortunately, as I said and the image above shows: the partitions are set up as separate disks (though it is one drive), and the only way I know to re-partition a drive separated into two disks is to completely reformat.
The instructions you sent would be helpful if I wanted to only separate one disk into two partitions, but this drive has been set into two disks with multiple partitions.
Unless there's something I'm missing, I think the only way to do that is to completely reformat. And in trying to do that I discovered the C drive doesn't even have enough space to create a Windows image

John T Smith

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Find a program to change your partition size

You MAY be able to do that within Windows

Search bar at the top of http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx to search on

change primary partition size

or other likely search terms

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