Moving folders to a new hard drive.

[Guest]

I want to install a new hard drive on my computer.Mainly because me and my
wife take alot of pictures. I just got a 6mp camera and the files are huge.I
want to move the "My Documents", "Shared Documents" and the documents folders
for the 2 other user profiles onto the new hard drive.The new hard drive will
be for storage only.Any instructions will be appreciated.

 

[JS]

The drive manufacturer usually supplies a CD containing utilities, one of
which is used to copy files from one drive to another.

JS

 

[q_q_anonymous]

I want to install a new hard drive on my computer.Mainly because me and my
wife take alot of pictures. I just got a 6mp camera and the files are huge.I
want to move the "My Documents", "Shared Documents" and the documents folders
for the 2 other user profiles onto the new hard drive.The new hard drive will
be for storage only.Any instructions will be appreciated.

start by unplugging your current one and plugging it back in and
learning where the plugs go. power connector. What the ide cable is.
Just to learn.

Then you'll see you can put a second drive on the same cable. on the
slave connector, and set the storage hard drive as slave via the
jumpers on the back. And you may need to set the jumper on the back of
the master hard drive to "master with slave".

you'll try to start the computer, it may beep if you got it wrong, and
then it's troubleshooting. But at least get to that stage

This all assumes that you really want to install the storage hard drive
inside the computer. And that you only want the hard drive as Storage -
not for an operating system - not to take over from your current drive.

 

[peter]

If you have a Hard drive on an EIDE cable( wide ribbon cable) you usually
have room to add another HD as a slave.
Look at the back of your purchased HD and you will see jumper pins with
markings on the case for S/M/CS....Slave/Master/Cabel Select.
Move the jumper to the slave position.Install the HD in the case and connect
it to a power supply line(from the power supply and connect the EIDE
cable.Restart your system and the should automatically detect the HD.Once XP
starts navigate to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer
Management/Disc management.....the HD should be listed in there as D?? or ??
depending upon what else you have in your system...it will be the one with
unallocated space..........you need to right click it and then format the
drive before you can use it.
Once the format process is finished close all this down and go to Windows
Explorer..........the drive should now show up with a drive letter.
If you have a MotherBoard that takes a SATA drive you will need to purchase
a SATA drive as well as a SATA cable.
One drive per cable..install it into the computer connect the SATA cable to
the Mobo connection,connect the power and the rest is the same as an EIDE
drive.
You really do not need to move "My Documents"...you just need to tell the
Program that you are using for pictures to place them on the new drive where
you have created a folder for them.
peter

 

[DL]

After your slave drive is set up and formated.
On Desktop, rt click My Documents > Properties > Move and browse to
location.
You will have to do this for each users desktop.
PS where do you backup to, for when your hd fails?