Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

[Guest willshak]

Windows XP Home, SP3.

I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

the new drive.

My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

Can this be done?

 

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Bill

[Guest Malke]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

willshak wrote:

> Windows XP Home, SP3.

> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

> the new drive.

> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

> Can this be done?

 

You can move My Documents, which will have the bulk of the files. The

easiest way to move it IMO is to right-click on the My Documents icon on

your Desktop then left-click on Properties. You will see the Move tab. If

you don't have the My Documents icon on your Desktop, you can put it there

by using Control Panel>Display>Desktop>Customize button.

 

IIRC you can also use the free TweakUI Power Toy.

 

Malke

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[Guest Sharp-Dressed Man]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

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> willshak wrote:

>

>> Windows XP Home, SP3.

>> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

>> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

>> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

>> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

>> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

>> the new drive.

>> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

>> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

>> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

>> Can this be done?

>

> You can move My Documents, which will have the bulk of the files. The

> easiest way to move it IMO is to right-click on the My Documents icon on

> your Desktop then left-click on Properties. You will see the Move tab. If

> you don't have the My Documents icon on your Desktop, you can put it there

> by using Control Panel>Display>Desktop>Customize button.

>

> IIRC you can also use the free TweakUI Power Toy.

>

> Malke

> --

 

 

You can also store your data somewhere else-- and the folder doesn't have to

be called My Documents.

 

If you like that name, make a new directory on the D: drive called My D

Documents;-)

[Guest ju.c]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

Moving the '\Documents And Settings\' Folder to Another Drive

 

The following is based on KB236621 but revised for XP.

 

1. Open Explorer.

2. Create a new folder called 'Documents and Settings' in

your desired drive.

3. Create a new profile with administrative permission and

call it "move".

4. Logoff then logon to the "move" account.

5. Copy all the folders inside 'C:\Documents and Settings\'

(except the 'LocalService', 'NetworkService', and 'move'

folders) to the new location. (The LocalService and

NetworkService folders will be re-created automatically.)

6. Open the Registry Editor and Find & Replace all

instances of "\Documents and Settings\", including:

- '\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\'

- '%SystemRoot%\Documents and Settings\'

- '%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\'

- 'C:\Docume~1\'

7. Shutdown your computer, wait 30 seconds and turn it on.

8. Logon to the 'move' account.

9. Repeat step 6.

10. Reboot and logon to your original account.

11. Test by renaming the '\Documents and Settings\' folder

in drive C. If you can rename it then it worked!

12. If everything's OK, you can delete the 'move' account

you created before.

 

 

ju.c

 

 

"willshak" <willshak@00hvc.rr.com> wrote in message news:#Pl9xbTMJHA.468@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Windows XP Home, SP3.

> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

> the new drive.

> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

> Can this be done?

>

> --

> Bill

[Guest willshak]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

on 10/18/2008 11:43 AM Malke said the following:

> willshak wrote:

>

>> Windows XP Home, SP3.

>> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

>> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

>> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

>> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

>> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

>> the new drive.

>> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

>> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

>> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

>> Can this be done?

>

> You can move My Documents, which will have the bulk of the files. The

> easiest way to move it IMO is to right-click on the My Documents icon on

> your Desktop then left-click on Properties. You will see the Move tab. If

> you don't have the My Documents icon on your Desktop, you can put it there

> by using Control Panel>Display>Desktop>Customize button.

>

> IIRC you can also use the free TweakUI Power Toy.

>

> Malke

 

 

Thanks, but I had already moved the 'My Documents' to the D: drive some

time ago.

When I check the Properties on the desktop icon, it says it is located

on D:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents

What I'm asking about is the C:\Documents and Settings folder, which

contains the User files, Application Data, Local Settings, etc. That is

the 3.81 GB hog.

 

--

Bill

[Guest thecreator]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

Hi Bill,

 

Buy another Hard Drive or replace your current Hard Drive with a larger

Hard Drive. It will mean a lot of work that is involved, but you will gain a

lot of room for the future.

 

If you save your Downloaded E-mails, you will need to do just that.

 

 

--

thecreator

 

 

 

"willshak" <willshak@00hvc.rr.com> wrote in message

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> on 10/18/2008 11:43 AM Malke said the following:

>> willshak wrote:

>>

>>> Windows XP Home, SP3.

>>> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

>>> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

>>> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

>>> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

>>> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

>>> the new drive.

>>> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

>>> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

>>> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

>>> Can this be done?

>>

>> You can move My Documents, which will have the bulk of the files. The

>> easiest way to move it IMO is to right-click on the My Documents icon on

>> your Desktop then left-click on Properties. You will see the Move tab. If

>> you don't have the My Documents icon on your Desktop, you can put it

>> there

>> by using Control Panel>Display>Desktop>Customize button.

>>

>> IIRC you can also use the free TweakUI Power Toy.

>>

>> Malke

>

>

> Thanks, but I had already moved the 'My Documents' to the D: drive some

> time ago.

> When I check the Properties on the desktop icon, it says it is located on

> D:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents

> What I'm asking about is the C:\Documents and Settings folder, which

> contains the User files, Application Data, Local Settings, etc. That is

> the 3.81 GB hog.

>

> --

> Bill

[Guest DL]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

16gb is too small for a winxp even if My Documents are located on another

partition.

Using a registry tool to amend the pointers is fraught with danger.

Use a third party tool to reduce the size of your other partition then

increase the size of C to about 25gb

or buy a larger hd and clone your old drives to the new, at the same time

increasing the size of C, with a third party tool such as Acronis

 

"willshak" <willshak@00hvc.rr.com> wrote in message

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> on 10/18/2008 11:43 AM Malke said the following:

>> willshak wrote:

>>

>>> Windows XP Home, SP3.

>>> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

>>> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

>>> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

>>> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

>>> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

>>> the new drive.

>>> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

>>> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

>>> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

>>> Can this be done?

>>

>> You can move My Documents, which will have the bulk of the files. The

>> easiest way to move it IMO is to right-click on the My Documents icon on

>> your Desktop then left-click on Properties. You will see the Move tab. If

>> you don't have the My Documents icon on your Desktop, you can put it

>> there

>> by using Control Panel>Display>Desktop>Customize button.

>>

>> IIRC you can also use the free TweakUI Power Toy.

>>

>> Malke

>

>

> Thanks, but I had already moved the 'My Documents' to the D: drive some

> time ago.

> When I check the Properties on the desktop icon, it says it is located on

> D:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents

> What I'm asking about is the C:\Documents and Settings folder, which

> contains the User files, Application Data, Local Settings, etc. That is

> the 3.81 GB hog.

>

> --

> Bill

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

The date and time was 10/18/2008 8:33 AM, and on a whim, willshak

pounded out on the keyboard:

> Windows XP Home, SP3.

> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

> the new drive.

> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

> Can this be done?

>

> --

> Bill

 

Hi Bill,

 

While anything is possible, it may not have the outcome you desire.

Since you now have programs on C: and D:, and data on D:, you have a bit

of a mess between the two.

 

Depending on your RAM, you could change your pagefile over to D: which

would free up quite a bit on your C: drive. Mine is fixed at 750 meg

each on two drives (D: & G:), so my C: partition remains small (7 gig).

I have also always installed all my programs to a different drive,

except for those that don't offer any option.

 

I guess the other question is, do you only have one hard drive that was

partitioned or do you have two physical hard drives? A 16 gig C: sounds

like you just have one hard drive partitioned into two. If that's the

case, you could also use software like BootIT NG to resize the partitions.

 

I would suggest buying a larger drive and using the (usually) included

software to clone your data to the new drive. Because 42 gig of total

free space isn't a lot, unless you don't do a lot on your computer.

 

--

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[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

"willshak" <willshak@00hvc.rr.com> wrote in message

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> Windows XP Home, SP3.

> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D: drive

> and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to the new

> drive.

> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up those

> 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

> Can this be done?

>

> --

> Bill

 

Whether it can be done or not, the partition is too small. You should just

get a much larger drive, clone yours to it, and the problem will go away.

 

Where I am, 500-gig drives are around $70, and you can get cloning software

for free (Even just as trial versions). You'll be done inside a couple of

hours and nit have to worry about it for a couple of years.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest mhc]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

willshak wrote:

> Windows XP Home, SP3.

> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

> the new drive.

> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

> Can this be done?

>

> --

> Bill

Import the following into RegEdit and the folders will be moved.

 

********

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User

Shell Folders]

"AppData"="D:\\Documents and Settings\\Application Data"

"Local Settings"="D:\\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings"

"Local AppData"="D:\\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\\Application Data"

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User

Shell Folders]

"Common AppData"="D:\\Documents and Settings\\Application Data"

[Guest Gerard Espinas]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

On Oct 18, 11:33 pm, willshak <wills...@00hvc.rr.com> wrote:

> Windows XP Home, SP3.

> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

> the new drive.

> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

> Can this be done?

>

> --

> Bill

 

 

Hi Willshak,

 

I suggest to use ATF Cleaner for removing some unwanted files (i.e.

temp files,

cookies, temporary internent files, & others). This help to reclaim

back some memory space from

your hard drive.

 

Here is the link:

http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=1

 

Regards,

 

Gerard Espinas

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[Guest Gerard Espinas]

Re: Moving C:\Documents and Settings.

 

On Oct 18, 11:33 pm, willshak <wills...@00hvc.rr.com> wrote:

> Windows XP Home, SP3.

> I am running out of space on my 16GB C: drive. I only have 1.58 GB left.

> I have plenty of vacant space on my 58.8GB D: drive (40.6 GB free).

> Whenever possible I install new programs to the D: drive.

> I have moved a lot of old programs files from the C: drive to the D:

> drive and then used a registry checker to move the registry addresses to

> the new drive.

> My C:\Documents and Settings Folder has 3.81GB of files.

> I am hoping to move the whole D&S folder to the D: drive to free up

> those 3.81 GBs of space on C:.

> Can this be done?

>

> --

> Bill

 

 

Hi Willshak,

 

I suggest to use ATF Cleaner for removing some unwanted files (i.e.

temp files,

cookies, temporary internent files, & others). This help to reclaim

back some memory space from

your hard drive.

 

Here is the link:

http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=1

 

Regards,

 

Gerard Espinas

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