Moving Documents To Another Partition ?

[Daniel Rascoe]

I have a computer with a hard drive that has 2 partitions: C & E. I want to
have as much of my data on partition E as I can. I right clicked on "My
Documents" and changed "C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\My Documents" to

"E:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\My Documents" and then clicked on "Move".

All of the data in my documents was moved from the C partition to the E
partition. However, any files on the desktop were still stored on the C
partition in

"C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\Desktop"

I tried to copy those over to the E partition, but I erased all of the files
in My Documents, DOH! Luckily, I had a backup and have restored by original
configuration with everything on C. How do I move both My Documents and any
files on the Desktop to the E partition?



I don't care if my settings and bookmarks, etc stay on the C partition, but
if it's easy, I'll move those too. I want the data on partition E so that if
C gets messed up, my data will be safe on E and I can just reinstall the OS
and Applications on C.



Daniel

 

[Guest]

Daniel, you stated "I want the data on partition E so that if
C gets messed up, my data will be safe on E and I can just reinstall the OS
...."

If the hard drive goes south, all is lost on both partitions. Back up to an
external drive.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

I would right click My Documents and change the path to simply E:\My
Documents (omitting "Documents and Settings\Daniel" )
Create a new folder in E: and drag and drop the files from your Desktop to
it. After that save to that folder rather than your Desktop.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


| I have a computer with a hard drive that has 2 partitions: C & E. I want
to
| have as much of my data on partition E as I can. I right clicked on "My
| Documents" and changed "C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\My Documents" to
|
| "E:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\My Documents" and then clicked on
"Move".
|
| All of the data in my documents was moved from the C partition to the E
| partition. However, any files on the desktop were still stored on the C
| partition in
|
| "C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\Desktop"
|
| I tried to copy those over to the E partition, but I erased all of the
files
| in My Documents, DOH! Luckily, I had a backup and have restored by
original
| configuration with everything on C. How do I move both My Documents and
any
| files on the Desktop to the E partition?
|
|
|
| I don't care if my settings and bookmarks, etc stay on the C partition,
but
| if it's easy, I'll move those too. I want the data on partition E so that
if
| C gets messed up, my data will be safe on E and I can just reinstall the
OS
| and Applications on C.
|
|
|
| Daniel
|
|

 

[Rich Barry]

Daniel, take a look at Kelly's
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm

 

[Daniel Rascoe]

I realize that this won't help me in the event of mechanical hard drive
failure. But it will help me if the Windows/Applications partition gets
messed up and I need to reinstall the OS and Apps.

Unfortunately, I don't have an external drive for my notebook right now. But
I back up my files to CD-R and CD-RW. Thanks for pointing out the difference
though.

Daniel

 

[Daniel Rascoe]

Thanks for the replies. I decided to just move the "My Documents" folder
(Harry's suggestion) to the E partition and leave it at that. I'll just have
to remember to put all my documents in there and not leave any documents on
the desktop (which is still on the C partition). I looked at Kelly's page
(Rich's suggestion) but decided that since I've never edited the registry
and I can't afford the potential loss or more data or time, that I would
leave well enough alone. Once again, thanks for your help.

Daniel

 

[Alex Nichol]

I tried to copy those over to the E partition, but I erased all of the files
in My Documents, DOH! Luckily, I had a backup and have restored by original
configuration with everything on C. How do I move both My Documents and any
files on the Desktop to the E partition?

Having moved the My Documents, Open it in My Computer (not maximised)
and select files on the desktop to drag them straight in. (Use a right
drag, copy, then once there, delete from the desktop - this is safer).
I would advise Against keeping files other than entirely transitory ones
on the Desktop

 

[R. McCarty]

Another "Clutter-by-Design" is the saving of downloads to the desktop.
To avoid this and always know where things you've downloaded are
stored, create a new Root folder on C:\ called "Downloads". Next time
you download, direct it to that folder. Then on subsequent downloads
Windows will remember and default to that location.
Even using XP, I still encounter a large number of PC's that have 20-30
items on the Desktop.