Magician Install Process

[TexasCJ]

This isn't so much a question as it is a gripe.

I had a rather tiny SSD as my boot device and it was running so low on space that Windows updates just stopped installing.  The only thing on the boot drive is the OS, or so I thought at the time.  Turns out that even when you move the user profiles to another drive the AppData directory for the user(s) remains on the C: drive.

Anyway, started an AI chat to see what was compatible w/ my system and ran across a Samsung SSD.  "Wunderbar! I thought."  And it comes w/ something called Magician to clone the drive...even better.

Then I downloaded it...and guess where it wants to install?  The C: Drive...no choice...NONE...no command switches available...just a dumb assumption of where I want to put it.  I'm a Software Engineer by trade, this isn't rocket science.  It is not that hard to have the little Windows app call up the File Manager so you can browse to an install location.

[meself]

Just my 2 cents you can get a portable storage and or back up drive or add memory to the device

[Mogay]

i always let my C Drive has 20% or higher empty space left, that's my rule

[realaud]

I believe that Magician needs to be installed on the drive with the operating system. As a supposed software engineer, why would you use a tiny drive as a boot device, as you *know* Windows keeps fattening the operating system and also needs working space to swap files during the updates.  Any software engineer worth their salt knows to keep at least 20% drive space free at all times, which would necessitate a drive at least 30% larger than the operating system, and to also keep it defragmented.