HELP! How do I move a program to a new location?

G

Guest

My C drive is full, but I have 3 other empty drives. How do I move programs
(like Mozilla Firefox etc) to a new drive to try and free up space on my C
drive? When I drag and drop the program folder to a new drive, then delete
the folder from the C drive the program refuses to work. HELP!
 
J

JS

You need to uninstall the program first, then reinstall the program to
another drive. Since you moved the folder to a new location and deleted the
folder from the C drive you may need to copy that folder back to the C drive
before you try to uninstall it.

During the install process most applications have a 'Custom' option as part
of the procedure, which should allow you to specify the install location to
the drive of your choice.

JS
 
M

Mac G

Tracy said:
My C drive is full, but I have 3 other empty drives. How do I move programs
(like Mozilla Firefox etc) to a new drive to try and free up space on my C
drive? When I drag and drop the program folder to a new drive, then delete
the folder from the C drive the program refuses to work. HELP!
Click to expand...

You need the MacOS to do it that way.
 
G

Gerry

Tracy

Do you mean drives or partitions on a single drive?

How large is each and how much free space on each?

To increase you free space on your XP partition select Start, All
Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options,
System Restore and remove all but the latest System Restore points?
Restore points can be quite large.

I can make a number of other suggestions but knowing the extent of the
problem first would help.

Moving programmes is one option. You should uninstall through Add /
Remove Programmes.You need to look for a Browse option when reinstalling
so that you select your drive / partition. Some programmes are easier to
relocate than others.

If you have partitions on a single drive it would helpful to know what
utility was used to create the partitions?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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G

Guest

Thanks so much for this reply. That makes sense.

But what about things like "desktop"? Whenever I want to download stuff
(eg. Game demos) from the net, it downloads the exe folder directly to the
desktop (it doesnt give me a choice) and the desktop is in my C drive. Can I
move my desktop to another drive that has more space?
Cheers
Tracy
 
G

Guest

I have to admit I'm not a real whizz when it comes to my computer, but I'm
pretty sure I mean "drives". I've got 4 "Local Disks" = drive C, drive D,
drive E & drive F.
Drive C has only about 10GB capacity, D & E have around 20GB and F has about
25GB. C is full and so is D.

Someone else suggested I should uninstall then reinstall the programs, which
I'm going to try, but I'm wondering how I can move things like my desktop,
which is currently located on my C drive. I would like to move the whole
desktop to another drive which is less full up.

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. Hope you can help.

Cheers
Tracy
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

I have to admit I'm not a real whizz when it comes to my computer, but I'm
pretty sure I mean "drives".
Click to expand...


Almost certainly these are partitions, not physical drives.

I've got 4 "Local Disks" = drive C, drive D,
drive E & drive F.
Drive C has only about 10GB capacity, D & E have around 20GB and F has about
25GB. C is full and so is D.
Click to expand...


Although some people have as many as four physical drives, most people
have one, a few have two, and *very* few have more than two. Moreover
almost anybody who had four drives would be a hobbyist who either
built his own computer, or had it custom built for him and specified
four drives.

Also, note that if those were four physical drives, they would all be
*tiny* by today's standards. I don't think a drive smaller than 40GB
is even made any more, and most drives are 60-80GB or more.

Almost certainly, you have one 80GB physical drive, divided into four
partitions.
 
G

Gerry

Tracy

Four internal hard drives would be unusual.

Select Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management,
Disk Management.

The upper part of the Windows lists volume (or partitions).

Below you will find Disk 0 with any partitions listed on the same line.
Then Disk 1 with any partitions listed on the same line.
etc

If you have all your "drives" on a single line against Disk 0 you have
four partitions on a single drive.

Under Disk 0 it should say Basic meaning it is an internal hard drive.

If you have other disks make a note as to whether it says Basic,
Removable or DVD under the Disk Designation and report these details in
your next post.

It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore
on your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700
mb. Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System
Restore. Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this
time find the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and
exit. When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and
exit.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
J

JS

Tracy:
Do you mean the 'Desktop' folder (located in C:\Document and
Settings\YourUserName\Desktop) and the files contained in this folder?
Normally this folder just contains shortcuts unless you have chosen to store
other files such as downloads. Shortcut files are small (1KB) size and
should not take up all that much disk space.

JS
 
G

Gerry

JS

Right click on your Desktop and select New, Folder. You can put files of
any size in. I did this a long time ago but gave the practice up.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
J

JS

But that does not move the Desktop folder and any new folders created under
it to a different drive which I think is what Tracy wants to do. Waiting for
Tracy's reply to my earlier post.

JS
 
J

Jim Cladingboel

Tracy said:
My C drive is full, but I have 3 other empty drives. How do I move
programs
(like Mozilla Firefox etc) to a new drive to try and free up space on my C
drive? When I drag and drop the program folder to a new drive, then delete
the folder from the C drive the program refuses to work. HELP!
Click to expand...

Tracy, the two biggest files in C Drive are Hiberfil.sys and Pagefile.sys.
Have a look at :
http://www.cknow.com/faqs/What/HIBERFIL.SYSandPAGEFIL.SY.html

If you just turn off Hibernate and use Standby instead, you will save a heap
of space.
However, your real need is for a second hard disk, to which you can direct
Pagefile.sys. and some of your other programs.
My Drive C is just under 10 GB. It is currently using 4.18 GB with 5.58
free.

Jim.
 
G

Gerry

JS

I was responding to this coment by you to point out that it ain't
necessarily so.

"Normally this folder just contains shortcuts unless you have chosen to
store other files such as downloads. Shortcut files are small (1KB) size
and should not take up all that much disk space."

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Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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