Installation of multiple drives

i only have 15 gb of free space on my internal hard drive even after archiving and transferring to CDs some of my files. On the logic studio box it says 7gb for apps and another 37 gb for everything else so i was wondering if i could install it over two or three drives, one internal and one external or would this mess up the applications? thanks in advance for any answers.

The Installer will show you what can be installed on external drives (like all the Jam Packs which are around 37 Gigs) and of course you can distribute it over several drives although it's surely not the best way to do this.
Keep in mind that you should always have at least 15-20% free space on your system drive - otherwise things will slow down and you'll put a lot of strain on your System drive.
The best would be to have one drive for your Audio - one for your samples and keep the system drive for the apps.

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It's ok my friend, I just hope I will be able to help.
Now to the problem. The thing that worries me the most and the reason I asked you to contact a Lenovo Repair Center, is the blue screens with the Intel Usb 3.0 installation. If the driver is correct this should not happen and most of the times it signifies a pure hardware problem, not a software one. Really, it just should not happen, period!
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Hey guys I have a client who is required to partition their Windows 8.1 installation in three different partitions:
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I Already know that I should not use multiple drives for OSD but this is the requirement I have been given...
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Step 1 - PC
If your PC already is connected to the Internet, hold down the Windows button on
your keyboard and simultanously press R. Into the opening window enter "cmd" (without
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