How to Move Mozilla Firefox Cache Folder

Procedure
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1. Open Your Mozilla Firefox Browser
2. Go to the URL box and type in about:config
3. Accept the warnings
4. Right Click
5. Select new, and select string

Enter the preference name: browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

browser.cache.disk.parent_directory: type in directory

6. Close the Mozilla Firefox Browser.
7. Open Firefox Browser and browse around the internet, so the cache folder gets populated.
8. Go to your new cache file folder and see if there are changes.
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Moving the internet browser cache folder is a good way to increase the life of your SSD drive. The internet browser is usually in the c drive, and most SSDs are in c drive, because that is where the operating system is installed on. Nand memory does not wear out when you read it, the wear and tear results from writing and deleting. Cache memory is regularly written and cleared. When you use your internet browser, cache is written to your hard drive, so when you go to the same site it loads faster.

The internet browser is one of those things you will use a lot, so at the end of the month you could have written and deleted as much as 100 gigabytes per month or more. A typical SSD drive is about 500 gbs to 1 tb, and it can be written and deleted about 1000 times. Depending on how much time you spend on your computer, the more cache you will have.

The advantages of moving your internet browser cache folder to your mechanical drive is that, the mechanical drive is larger than your SSD drive. It is also cheaper to replace, and it doesn't have your operating system on it. As a result, you can use it to store your cache. I don't think mechanical hard drives will go away anytime soon, it has a very good price to storage ratio.

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