Should Visual Studio 2019 be installed on the C: drive, or is it okay to install it somewhere else?

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So, I study at a university, and have obtained Visual Studio 2019, which I have not yet installed. I am not exactly sure what version it covers (perhaps even Enterprise?), but our university usually has had more than just basic and free installation available for students. I know that full Visual Studio installation is very, very large, and my C: drive is an SSD drive, small one, as SSD drives are expensive. Can I install VS to some other drive, regular non-SSD HD, which has plenty of space? Or does it cause problems, and slowdowns? I use my SSD drive as Win10 boot drive, and with some smaller programs, but most of my programs are elsewhere, as they don't require the speed SSD offers. So is it feasible to install VS to other drive than my fast C: drive? Or does it even work if I do that?

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