Can you only install Reason on your C drive?

[Creativemind]

Hi All!

Can you only install Reason on your C drive?

Thanks!

[gribbly]

Previously discussed here:

viewtopic.php?t=7524313

tldr you can put the program files anywhere, but the soundbanks and REs (which take up most of the space) have to be on your system drive (usually C). However, you can use symlinks to have the files on a different drive and have Reason "see" them as on C.

[Creativemind]

Previously discussed here:

viewtopic.php?t=7524313

tldr you can put the program files anywhere, but the soundbanks and REs (which take up most of the space) have to be on your system drive (usually C). However, you can use symlinks to have the files on a different drive and have Reason "see" them as on C.

Ahh that was my thread as well. Didn't realise I'd already asked this question.

Really cheesing me off, I've deleted everything I can delete off my c drive and I'm still a couple of gb short of what I need but have (not sure off hand) but probably about 10gb of space (probably more) on my 2nd drive, D drive.

[gribbly]

Heh, I didn’t realize you were OP of that other thread.

Have you tried the symlink thing? Bit of a hassle to set up, but from my experience with symlinks it’s a one time “set and forget” kind of problem. Fiddly to get it working, but once it’s working it stays working. To be clear - I’ve never used symlinks for Reason. But I’ve used them in other contexts.

I would expect them to survive the update process too (basically the symlink means the reason updater will still think the files are on your system drive, and should work normally).

[crimsonwarlock]

I would expect them to survive the update process too (basically the symlink means the reason updater will still think the files are on your system drive, and should work normally).

It does. I have symlinked my Reason directories, and installed several updates since, including from 11 to 12.

[mcatalao]

Really cheesing me off, I've deleted everything I can delete off my c drive and I'm still a couple of gb short of what I need but have (not sure off hand) but probably about 10gb of space (probably more) on my 2nd drive, D drive.

Hey, you might have stuff lurking out of reason too.

My companion for this is tree view free!

https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free

Great tool, i install it on every machine i have.

Cheers,
MC

[Creativemind]

Really cheesing me off, I've deleted everything I can delete off my c drive and I'm still a couple of gb short of what I need but have (not sure off hand) but probably about 10gb of space (probably more) on my 2nd drive, D drive.

Hey, you might have stuff lurking out of reason too.

My companion for this is tree view free!

https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free

Great tool, i install it on every machine i have.

Cheers,
MC

I've had a quick squizz but couldn't see, what exactly does that do?

[jam-s]

I've had a quick squizz but couldn't see, what exactly does that do?

It's a tool to create graphical representation of the directory and file sizes on your drive. Personally I prefer windirstat for this.

[Creativemind]

I've had a quick squizz but couldn't see, what exactly does that do?

It's a tool to create graphical representation of the directory and file sizes on your drive. Personally I prefer windirstat for this.

[mcatalao]

It's a tool to create graphical representation of the directory and file sizes on your drive. Personally I prefer windirstat for this.

Treeview allow you to expore your hardrives while seeing each one of the folder's allocated space. It also has a visual info section but i have never explored it. What is great about it is that it gives you the info in realtime, and you can look at this while going up and down in the tree.

[fullforce]

Absolutely ridiculous that RS just decides where to put huge files for you.

[kitekrazy]

Absolutely ridiculous that RS just decides where to put huge files for you.

That's where Reason "stands out" from other DAWs.

[syncanonymous]

ugh, this will keep me from going from 10 to 12
I'll hafta look into the symlink method