[GH-ISSUE #5930] Second Disk #29460

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opened 2026-04-22 08:22:50 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jul 24, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/5930

What is the issue?

I have a second disc that have large capacity but when try the I install ollama.exe (for windows) that install models directly USERS/USERNAME/.ollama installing

but I don't have any space on my C drive. So That I need to run for a on my second disc that I can download models into second disc and download the models to the second disc

OS

Windows

GPU

Nvidia

CPU

Intel

Ollama version

latest

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jul 24, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/5930 ### What is the issue? I have a second disc that have large capacity but when try the I install ollama.exe (for windows) that install models directly USERS/USERNAME/.ollama installing but I don't have any space on my C drive. So That I need to run for a on my second disc that I can download models into second disc and download the models to the second disc ### OS Windows ### GPU Nvidia ### CPU Intel ### Ollama version latest
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2026-04-22 08:22:50 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 24, 2024):

Set OLLAMA_MODELS to the directory you want to save the models, eg D:\ollama. See here for information on how to change Windows environment variables.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2248975460 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 24, 2024): Set `OLLAMA_MODELS` to the directory you want to save the models, eg `D:\ollama`. See [here](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/faq.md#setting-environment-variables-on-windows) for information on how to change Windows environment variables.
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jul 24, 2024):

thanks

<!-- gh-comment-id:2248980158 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Jul 24, 2024): thanks
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#29460