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April 7th, 2007 11:00
Adding an external hard-drive:
Hello:
I have the Dell Inspiron 1705 with a 100GB hard-drive.
Unfortunately after upgrading to Vista and many downloads
the disk is almost 90% 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 one one?
Thanks in advance:
Michael Yanowitz
[Email addresses removed]
Message Edited by speb on 04-07-2007 09:29 AM
I have the Dell Inspiron 1705 with a 100GB hard-drive.
Unfortunately after upgrading to Vista and many downloads
the disk is almost 90% 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 one one?
Thanks in advance:
Michael Yanowitz
[Email addresses removed]
Message Edited by speb on 04-07-2007 09:29 AM
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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?