This is a pretty standard install. Vista is on C, which is 69Gb. D is
same size and available for data. (There is a 10Gb hidden recovery
partition but that is quite separate from C and D.)
David M
On 18 Nov, 20:42, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@xxxxxx>
wrote:
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> You say it is a brand new computer. I have to assume Vista pre-installed as
> you don't say which way it is installed.
> You don't give the G size of the Partitions.
>
> "D" could be the Vista Recovery Partition installed by the computer
> manufacturer, in the event of an OS failure.
>
> If that is the case, don't touch it.
>
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> "dmart" wrote: Quote:
> > My brand new laptop has its large single disk partitioned into C and D
> > with the operating system and user folders on C. I want some of the
> > user folders (eg. documents, pictures, music) to point to D and store
> > the data there. I've seen plenty of posts on ways to do this in VISTA
> > - including Ed Bott's - but all have failed on my system.
> Quote:
> > My attempts result in one or more problems:
> > - end up with two folders with the same name under user folders in C
> > - no connection to data in D
> > - worst of all, "Local Disk D" ends up as a user folder under C!
> Quote:
> > I even installed Tweak VI and used that - but it failed too.
> Quote:
> > I've seen a few other posts with the same problem, but no solution.
> > Any new ideas?- Hide quoted text -
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