SSD Boost Manager Moves Files And Programs Between Hard Drives

Windows: If you’ve installed Windows on a solid state drive, you know how frustrating its space constraints can be. SSD Boost Manager lets you easily move programs and data between your SSD and regular hard drive with the click of a button.Say you have a small SSD, and don’t have room for all your favourite programs. Or, you have quite a few games, and can’t fit them all on the SSD at once. SSD Boost Manager will let you move a file on or off the SSD with just the click of a button, so you can get all the speed benefits of that program when you use it, but stash it away when you don’t need it. It does this by moving the folder and just creating junction links to its new location – so Windows still thinks the file is in the same place, while it’s actually sitting on your slower drive.

The program is fairly simple to use, even though its English translation isn’t the best. After you install, you’ll need to start the “junction” program listed in your start menu before you launch SSD Boost Manager, since it needs administrative permissions to run the processes. Once you’ve launched “junction” once, start up SSD Boost Manager and hit the EN button in the upper right hand corner to translate the program into English (it’s in French by default).

Hit “Add” to move a new program. Give it a name, and in the “Directory” line, browse to its current location, whether that’s on the SSD or off it. Then, under “Dir SSD”, browse to the location you want to move it – again, whether that’s off the SSD or on it. The rest of the options should stay at the default. You can create as many of these profiles as you want for programs you want to move, and then when you want to move them back and forth, you can just double-click on their entry in SSD Boost Manager’s main window – it’ll copy the files, create the junction, and you’ll have enough space on your SSD while keeping the freedom to move your files back and forth. It isn’t something you couldn’t do on your own, but it’s nice to have a program that lets you do it in one click.

SSD Boost Manager is a free download for Windows only.

SSD Boost Manager [(English Translated Page) via GHacks]