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December 27th, 2009 06:00
How can I move my Users folder from the almost full C: to the empty D: drive?
Greetings Everyone,
I hope someone can help me. I just bought my wife a Dell 1470 laptop, Intel duo core 2, Windows 7.(from best buy,no DellTeck support)
My problem is that there are two drives, a C: with 58GB (containing program files,drivers etc. and USERS-Brian, which has all my personal programs,files,videos,pix etc),
and a D: with 229 GB that is empty.
When I transfer all my personal programs,files,videos,pix etc from my desktop to the laptop,to where the computer says to store it,the C: drive,there isn't enough storage space in C: I would like to transfer my USERS-Brian to the D:drive.I think its possible,but I don't want to mess anything up.
Can someone advise me step by step...or what ever you have patients for,may be a link to a teck page?
Thank You
Brian
mombodog
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December 27th, 2009 09:00
Users folder cannot be moved, but the file contents like movies and pictures can be moved to the D drive, just make some folders on the D drive and cut and paste the files to the new folders you made.
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RChris
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December 29th, 2009 12:00
...or, you CAN relocate the user subfolders (e.g., Music, Pictures, Downloads, etc.) by right-clicking on the folder you want to move, select Properties, and then the Location tab. On the Location tab, change the address. For example, change C:\Users\Tom\Downloads to D:\Users\Tom\Downloads. Windows 7 will even ask if you want to move all of the files in that folder from the old to the new location (yes, you do, of course).
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December 29th, 2009 12:00
RChris has the right idea. One of the first things I used to do upon installing any new Windows OS was immediately change the location of my My Documents folder to my D drive. I practically live out of the My Documents folder and dread losing its contents. Having moved it to the D drive, In the event of a total system failure I could always blow away the C drive and reinstall Windows on the C drive, and none of my personal files would be affected.
So, to expand on RChris's idea, you might consider moving the entire user folder rather than individual folders, depending on how dire your circumstances.