I Want Windows 7 On Ssd And Program Files On Hdd--how Do I Proceed?

I'm setting up a new computer that will have a 250 GB Samsung EVO 850 SSD and two 1 TB Seagate hard drives. I want the SSD to be the boot drive and have the Windows folder with the operating system (Windows 7 Professional 64 bit). I also want to have a few programs on the SSD: browsers, email, and VLC Player. I prefer to have a lot of software programs. (That's just me. I have my reasons; don't waste your time trying to talk me out of it.) I don't want to overcrowd the SSD. I want to keep the great majority of programs and of the application data folders on one of the Seagate drives. I guess you could say I basically want a big Program Files folder on a Seagate drive and a mini-Program Files folder on the SSD.

What's the proper way to proceed? Install the whole system drive package, with Program Files and user profiles/accounts as well as the actual OS (which I assume is synonymous with or subsumed in the Windows folder) on one of the HDDs, and then migrate just the Windows folder to the heretofore blank SSD and set the SSD as boot drive in the BIOS?

Or should I install Windows 7 to the SSD and then create parallel Program Files and application data folders on the Seagate hard drive? Or maybe move Program Files to the Seagate if possible, and just have my small number of programs on the SSD in their own folders there?

 

You can install a program at any location. Point the installer to your HDD for your secondary type programs, and they will run just fine. Create a folder on that drive and call it Remote Programs or something and install them there. However, all the Appdata data from these programs will still go into appdata on your main drive. Never heard of moving just the Appdata folder before, but take a look at this for Windows 10:

https://www.dummies.com/computers/o...e-the-location-of-user-folders-in-windows-10/

This says the procedure is similar for W10 and W7:

https://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/change-location-of-user-folders-in-windows/

Just move the user folders, which contain the Appdata folders for each user...