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Old 05-21-2008   #1 (permalink)
Strato


 
 

Moving my User folders to a portable drive

Hi,
I'm going to send my laptop to HP for repair. So I thought I should remove
all my documents and other data before that. I did a Ctrl-X on all the
folders under User (such as Documents, Pictures, etc) and a Ctrl-V on my
portable harddrive. I suppose that was a mistake for now, Vista always looks
for that drive. How do I undo my stupid mistake? Thanks.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 05-21-2008   #2 (permalink)
Chirag


 
 

Re: Moving my User folders to a portable drive

Try the following:
1. Right-click on the "Documents" folder and select "Properties" menu item.
2. Select the "Location" tab.
3. If it mentions the portable drive as the location, select "Move..."
button to move the folder to your local machine.
4. Repeat the above steps for other folders like "Pictures", etc.

- Chirag

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"Strato" <Strato@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hi,
> I'm going to send my laptop to HP for repair. So I thought I should
> remove
> all my documents and other data before that. I did a Ctrl-X on all the
> folders under User (such as Documents, Pictures, etc) and a Ctrl-V on my
> portable harddrive. I suppose that was a mistake for now, Vista always
> looks
> for that drive. How do I undo my stupid mistake? Thanks.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 05-21-2008   #3 (permalink)
Rich


 
 

Re: Moving my User folders to a portable drive

Remove the harddrive and send it in. Unless the hard drive is the problem
that is!

Rich


"Strato" <Strato@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:76213C7C-E0D5-483E-8E23-6910E57E547E@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Hi,
> I'm going to send my laptop to HP for repair. So I thought I should
> remove
> all my documents and other data before that. I did a Ctrl-X on all the
> folders under User (such as Documents, Pictures, etc) and a Ctrl-V on my
> portable harddrive. I suppose that was a mistake for now, Vista always
> looks
> for that drive. How do I undo my stupid mistake? Thanks.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 05-21-2008   #4 (permalink)
Mick Murphy


 
 

RE: Moving my User folders to a portable drive

Ctrl + C is the copy; Ctrl + V is Paste; NOT X
Use above to send to External, or:
Whatever you want to send to External Drive; select it>right-click it> Send
To> to External
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Strato" wrote:
Quote:

> Hi,
> I'm going to send my laptop to HP for repair. So I thought I should remove
> all my documents and other data before that. I did a Ctrl-X on all the
> folders under User (such as Documents, Pictures, etc) and a Ctrl-V on my
> portable harddrive. I suppose that was a mistake for now, Vista always looks
> for that drive. How do I undo my stupid mistake? Thanks.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 05-21-2008   #5 (permalink)
Synapse Syndrome


 
 

Re: Moving my User folders to a portable drive

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
Quote:

>> I'm going to send my laptop to HP for repair. So I thought I should
>> remove
>> all my documents and other data before that.
>
> Ctrl + C is the copy; Ctrl + V is Paste; NOT X
He said he wanted to remove them from the drive before sending it in, so
Ctrl+X is what he wanted to use, for Cut.

ss.


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Old 05-21-2008   #6 (permalink)
Strato


 
 

Re: Moving my User folders to a portable drive

Chirag,

Thanks a lot. That was what I was looking for.

"Chirag" wrote:
Quote:

> Try the following:
> 1. Right-click on the "Documents" folder and select "Properties" menu item.
> 2. Select the "Location" tab.
> 3. If it mentions the portable drive as the location, select "Move..."
> button to move the folder to your local machine.
> 4. Repeat the above steps for other folders like "Pictures", etc.
>
> - Chirag
>
> PowerShow - View multiple PowerPoint slide shows simultaneously
> http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html
>
> "Strato" <Strato@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:76213C7C-E0D5-483E-8E23-6910E57E547E@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > Hi,
> > I'm going to send my laptop to HP for repair. So I thought I should
> > remove
> > all my documents and other data before that. I did a Ctrl-X on all the
> > folders under User (such as Documents, Pictures, etc) and a Ctrl-V on my
> > portable harddrive. I suppose that was a mistake for now, Vista always
> > looks
> > for that drive. How do I undo my stupid mistake? Thanks.
>
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