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How to install a program in D: drive?

I have a sony vaio laptop. Purchased it recently. Every programs I install, get installed in C: drive. As a result C: is going to fill up. So if I install new program it gives a Low Space error. The programs I install do not ask me the location to install them. I have windows 7 64bit.

So how do I install programs in D: drive?

My hard disk details and partitions:

     1. Recovery Partition (Healthy, 15.12GB)

     2. System Reserved (350 MB NTFS) (Healthy, System, Active, Primary Partition)

     3. C: (99.99 GB NTFS) (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)

     4. D: (182.63 GB NTFS) (Logical Drive)

 

I want that every time I install a program, the program should ask me the location to install it. 

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Unless you use custom install when installing they will all default to C

Have you made your Sony recovery disks as per Sony instructions, if not do so NOW.

Is there anything installed to D?

If there is uninstall it, then in Disk Management delete the D partition, then expand C to utalise all the free space.

If you are unable to do this using the inbuilt Disk Management utilities use this free tool

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

*NB* Do NOT do this untill you have created the Sony recovery disk set, and have backed up any data to external media

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