# SSD & HDD set up

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 29, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679 "2018-09-29T23:34:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![NickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NickM](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NickM)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679/1 "2018-09-29T23:34:44Z")

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I am installing Julia on a new computer with an SSD drive for rapid access and an HDD for slower access.  
Given the package size, I’d like to put Julia on the ssd and .julia on the HDD, but do not know how to point Julia to look there for packages and to evaluate for updates.  
Any tips would be welcome.  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![JeffreySarnoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jeffreysarnoff/32/1980_2.png) [@JeffreySarnoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JeffreySarnoff)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679/2 "2018-09-30T07:01:58Z")

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I don’t have your answer. You should add the Operating System to your question.

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**Author:** ![NickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NickM](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NickM)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679/3 "2018-09-30T14:47:35Z")

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The OS is Win 10, which places the user folders on the same drive as the OS by default. I’ve manually created an alternate user file location on the HDD, but do not know how to coax Julia to use it during installation, so  
Base.Pkg.dir is a folder on the C:, aka the SSD drive.

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**Author:** ![JeffreySarnoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jeffreysarnoff/32/1980_2.png) [@JeffreySarnoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JeffreySarnoff)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679/4 "2018-09-30T15:02:56Z")

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What is the HDD path where you want the subdirectory `.julia` (which is where the packages go, not where the binary and the Julia system files go)?

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**Author:** ![NickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NickM](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NickM)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679/5 "2018-09-30T15:56:15Z")

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I’d like .julia to go to D:\Users\user\_nm.julia, instead of C:\Users\user\_nm.julia

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**Author:** ![stillyslalom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stillyslalom/32/45687_2.png) [@stillyslalom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stillyslalom)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679/6 "2018-09-30T16:34:23Z")

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Just copy the .julia folder over and add a [soft symlink](https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/) from `C:\...` to `D:\...`

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**Author:** ![NickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NickM](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NickM)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679/7 "2018-09-30T17:07:08Z")

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Thanks.  
This seems easy enough to implement and will not require separately setting up the environment for each Julia version.

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**Author:** ![barche](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/barche/32/79_2.png) [@barche](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/barche)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ssd-hdd-set-up/15679/8 "2018-09-30T18:24:15Z")

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It is also possible to set the JULIA\_DEPOT\_PATH environment variable.