SSD/HDD directory assignment under Windows 7

"Generally speaking, as you have said, you won't get all that much trouble shifting user directories off your SSD to your secondary (data) drive.

In addition, you can (but I do not advise this) shift a significant portion of the Program Files hierarchy off your SSD as well. You will need to hack your Registry if you went this route (much easier with a clean, minimal install).

Anything under the Windows directory should remain on the SSD, as this is more or less the reason you have an SSD.

If you got a Raptor 10k drive, I doubt you will notice a massive slowdown from the porting of the user directories."

"I had the same scenario as you (64 GB SSD + 750 GB HDD) and I was doing a clean install.

First I moved my old data files from the previous OS drive user profile to similarly named folders on the second drive. For example, I copied C:\Users\Me\Documents to D:\Documents.

Then I used the library feature in Windows 7 to add the data folders to the appropriate libraries. This is easy to do. After booting up the Windows 7 system, I just used Windows Explorer to find the D:\Documents folder. Then I right-clicked D:\Documents and chose ""Include In Library"" > ""Documents"".

You can also configure the default save location per library so that programs which access the library will automatically save their files to the second drive. Right click on the library and choose ""Properties"". When the properties window appears you will see a list of all location included in the library. By default, Windows 7 includes the folder from your profile (C:\Users\Me\Documents) and a folder from the default profile (C:\Users\Public\Documents). You should also see the folder you just added (D:\Documents). Click on D:\Documents and then click the ""Set Save Location"" button, then click OK.

You can do the same for the ""Music"", ""Pictures"" and ""Video"" libraries. And if you want to really go nuts you can create your own libraries too. For example, I created one called ""Software"" where I save all my Setup, Installer and ISO files.

Works great for me. My files are on the other drive and they are still easy to find. Here's an article with more information: Windows 7 Feature Focus: Libraries"