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11-18-2007
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| | Moving data to separate drive 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. 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! I even installed Tweak VI and used that - but it failed too. I've seen a few other posts with the same problem, but no solution. Any new ideas? |
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11-18-2007
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Moving data to separate drive  Quote: Originally Posted by dmart  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. 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! I even installed Tweak VI and used that - but it failed too. I've seen a few other posts with the same problem, but no solution. Any new ideas? Having the personal user folders point to another location has always been temperamental. I always just created a folder in the new location and placed a shortcut to it in the personal user folder. That way everything is stored in the new location with access to it from the personal user folder to. It's not the same, but it works a lot better. Hope this helps, Shawn |
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11-18-2007
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| | Re: Moving data to separate drive When you select to move any one of the USER folders to another area, you will be prompted to MOVE or not. The box will contain warning that if you choose not to MOVE, you will end up with two entries. -- Pavel "dmart" <dmart7@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:c6577170-a2e3-46a6-a882-86513bd2f9f3@xxxxxx 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. > > 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! > > I even installed Tweak VI and used that - but it failed too. > > I've seen a few other posts with the same problem, but no solution. > Any new ideas? > > |
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11-18-2007
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| | Re: Moving data to separate drive Pavel Yes, I understood that. But even if when avoided the double copy, I ended up with "Local Disk D" inside my personal folder on C! Thanks anyway David M On 18 Nov, 17:45, "Pavel" <Ati...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > When you select to move any one of the USER folders to another area, you > will be prompted to MOVE or not. The box will contain warning that if you > choose not to MOVE, you will end up with two entries. > > -- > Pavel > > "dmart" <dma...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:c6577170-a2e3-46a6-a882-86513bd2f9f3@xxxxxx > > > 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 - > - Show quoted text - |
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11-18-2007
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| | RE: Moving data to separate drive 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. "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. > > 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! > > I even installed Tweak VI and used that - but it failed too. > > I've seen a few other posts with the same problem, but no solution. > Any new ideas? > > > |
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11-18-2007
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| | Re: Moving data to separate drive 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: Quote: > 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. > > > > "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 - > - Show quoted text - |
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11-18-2007
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| | Re: Moving data to separate drive Use MKLINK to create directory junction points. C:\Users\andy>dir Volume in drive C is Vista x32 Volume Serial Number is B09E-7BCA Directory of C:\Users\andy 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> . 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> .. 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Contacts 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Desktop 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Documents 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Downloads 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Favorites 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Links 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Music 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Pictures 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Saved Games 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Searches 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Videos 0 File(s) 0 bytes 13 Dir(s) 24,099,205,120 bytes free After moving Videos to G: C:\Users\andy>dir Volume in drive C is Vista x32 Volume Serial Number is B09E-7BCA Directory of C:\Users\andy 11/18/2007 04:39 PM <DIR> . 11/18/2007 04:39 PM <DIR> .. 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Contacts 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Desktop 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Documents 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Downloads 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Favorites 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Links 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Music 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Pictures 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Saved Games 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Searches 0 File(s) 0 bytes 12 Dir(s) 23,779,938,304 bytes free C:\Users\andy>dir g: Volume in drive G is Data Volume Serial Number is DA72-BF06 Directory of G:\ 11/18/2007 04:38 PM <DIR> Videos 0 File(s) 0 bytes 1 Dir(s) 41,847,848,960 bytes free C:\Users\andy>mklink /j Videos g:\Videos Junction created for Videos <<===>> g:\Videos C:\Users\andy>dir Volume in drive C is Vista x32 Volume Serial Number is B09E-7BCA Directory of C:\Users\andy 11/18/2007 04:44 PM <DIR> . 11/18/2007 04:44 PM <DIR> .. 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Contacts 11/18/2007 04:40 PM <DIR> Desktop 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Documents 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Downloads 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Favorites 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Links 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Music 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Pictures 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Saved Games 11/14/2007 12:46 AM <DIR> Searches 11/18/2007 04:44 PM <JUNCTION> Videos [g:\Videos] 0 File(s) 0 bytes 13 Dir(s) 23,779,102,720 bytes free C:\Users\andy> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:05:00 -0800 (PST), dmart <dmart7@xxxxxx> 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. > >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! > >I even installed Tweak VI and used that - but it failed too. > >I've seen a few other posts with the same problem, but no solution. >Any new ideas? > |
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