Thanks for the suggestion. I removed my email address.
Still hoping for answers to my original post:
I have the Dell Inspiron 1705 with a 100GB hard-drive.
Unfortunately after upgrading to Vista and many downloads the disk is almost full.
I did get a 250GB external USB drive. I would like to move many files and folders
from C: to the new drive. However, I realize that I can't just cut and paste folders
from one partition to another. Is there some tool (hopefully included in Vista, but
will purchase if reasonable price) to migrate files from one drive to another?
Can I safely move "Documents and Settings" and Windows.old? I won't
move any Program Files now, but may like to in the future? Is there anything besides
C:\Windows that has to be on the C:\drive? I suppose it still is not possible to boot off of an external drive, so I can't put everything on one?
@speb wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I removed my email address.
Still hoping for answers to my original post:
I have the Dell Inspiron 1705 with a 100GB hard-drive.
Unfortunately after upgrading to Vista and many downloads the disk is almost full.
I did get a 250GB external USB drive. I would like to move many files and folders
from C: to the new drive. However, I realize that I can't just cut and paste folders
from one partition to another. Is there some tool (hopefully included in Vista, but
will purchase if reasonable price) to migrate files from one drive to another?
Can I safely move "Documents and Settings" and Windows.old? I won't
move any Program Files now, but may like to in the future? Is there anything besides
C:\Windows that has to be on the C:\drive? I suppose it still is not possible to boot off of an external drive, so I can't put everything on one?
Message Edited by speb on 04-10-2007 03:41 AM
Some External USB hard drive manufacturers provide transfer software with the hard drive on the installation CD. Did you explore the CD to investigate the possibility?
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April 10th, 2007 07:00
Still hoping for answers to my original post:
I have the Dell Inspiron 1705 with a 100GB hard-drive.
Unfortunately after upgrading to Vista and many downloads the disk is almost full.
I did get a 250GB external USB drive. I would like to move many files and folders
from C: to the new drive. However, I realize that I can't just cut and paste folders
from one partition to another. Is there some tool (hopefully included in Vista, but
will purchase if reasonable price) to migrate files from one drive to another?
Can I safely move "Documents and Settings" and Windows.old? I won't
move any Program Files now, but may like to in the future? Is there anything besides
C:\Windows that has to be on the C:\drive? I suppose it still is not possible to boot off of an external drive, so I can't put everything on one?
Message Edited by speb on 04-10-2007 03:41 AM
MRF4700
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April 10th, 2007 12:00
Some External USB hard drive manufacturers provide transfer software with the hard drive on the installation CD. Did you explore the CD to investigate the possibility?