Jim, I'm doing what you suggest, with success. I installed BIAB on the SSD boot drive, but the RealTracks and RealDrums are on a fast internal hard drive.

Note that there is quite a bit of BIAB on the SSD. It's a lot more than "the executables". There are not just all the songs and styles that come with BIAB, but also the relatively large .ST2 and .XT2 files, and some .PDFs.

The installer gives you four options. One of them will install everything except the RealTracks and RealDrums on one drive (which should be your SSD) and then put the large RealTracks and RealDrums on a different drive.

For me it works quite well.


BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.