Do users home directories have to be on the C drive under XP?

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I have a Sony VAIO desktop system with 2 200GB hard drives. XP Media
Center was pre-installed at the factory, and Sony does not provide the
XP CDs to the buyer under an agreement with Microsoft.
For whatever reason, Sony partitioned the first disk accordingly:

C: - 14GB - System + user directories
D: - 180GB - Extra user storage
? - 6GB - Mystery partition (perhaps encrypted XP software on the
drive instead of giving the user the CDs?)

Right now C: is using 10+GB of storage and the users haven't even begun
storing things in their directories. Wasn't it a bad choice for Sony
to give the C: partition only 14GB out of a possible 200?

To help the storage situation, I've shifted user folders like "My
Documents" over to the D: drive, with a shortcut link on C: now
pointing to it. However, some directories like "My Pictures"
keep getting recreated on C: by some applications even though I have
moved the original "My Pictures" to D: and replaced it with a link.

Is there a way under XP for me to determine where I want the users home
directory to be (D: for example) instead of the default location (C:)?
Thanks!
 
I have a Sony VAIO desktop system with 2 200GB hard drives. XP Media
Center was pre-installed at the factory, and Sony does not provide the
XP CDs to the buyer under an agreement with Microsoft.
For whatever reason, Sony partitioned the first disk accordingly:

C: - 14GB - System + user directories
D: - 180GB - Extra user storage
? - 6GB - Mystery partition (perhaps encrypted XP software on the
drive instead of giving the user the CDs?)

Right now C: is using 10+GB of storage and the users haven't even begun
storing things in their directories. Wasn't it a bad choice for Sony
to give the C: partition only 14GB out of a possible 200?
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The 6GB is files needed to do a restore of the system to ex factory
state. Leave that strictly alone

You should move user file space into either the 180 or the other 200.
Make a folder there for each user, then logging in as each in turn, open
his folder and open
C:\Documents and Settings\username\ to show My Documents, Local
Settings and *right* drag them across, taking *Move* here


The 14 GB seems a bit thin on such a size drive, but should be enough
for system and programs. You could adjust - but it means a third party
Partition Manager like Partition Magic 8, or BootIT NG, from
http://www.BootitNG.com ($35 shareware - 30 day full functional trial)
so I'd do the move suggested and see how it goes for a bit
 
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