Step 5

💾 What to do after you add the D: drive

By default, Ollama installs models on your C: drive, but you can change that.

✅ Step 1: Create a folder on D:

Example:

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✅ Step 2: Set Ollama to use D: instead

1. Press Start
2. Search: Environment Variables
3. Click “Edit the system environment variables”
4. Click Environment Variables

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✅ Step 3: Add new variable

Under User variables, click New:

• Variable name:

• Variable value:

Click OK → OK → OK

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✅ Step 4: Restart your PC

This is important so the change applies.

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✅ Step 5: Install & run again

After restart:

Now it will download models to D: instead of C: 🎉

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⚠️ Important tip

Do this before downloading any models—otherwise they’ll already be stuck on C:.

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👍 Optional (recommended)

Once it’s working, I can help you:

• Install a ChatGPT-style interface (much nicer than command line)
• Pick lighter models if your PC isn’t powerful
• Speed things up