Someone sent me a copy of that document and it was missing a lot of things,
so I will tell you everyting that needs to be done.
You need to follow the directions at
<
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314843>. You may
find it helpful to start you computer in safe-mode command prompt mode (hit
F8 I think at boot) and log in to the generic Administrator account, copy the
folders with
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\" "D:\Documents and Settings\" /c/h/e/k/r/v
(add /y if you want to ignore overwrites). The /c switch makes the program
ignore errors, so you will have to go back in with a different
administrator-level account and run
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\" "D:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\" /c/h/e/k/r/y/v
in order to copy the missing files. This is better than copying with the
GUI because /v makes it verify all writes, which I am not sure that the GUI
does.
On step 11, you use regedit or some third-party Windows Registry editor
(most safely done in safe-mode command prompt again) and you need to search
for flat out "Documents and Settings" (no quotes). You will come up with
entries that look like foo -> and need to be changed to bar
%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings -> D:\Documents and Settings (change
these two first)
%systemroot%\Documents -> D:\Documents and Settings (change these two first)
C:\Documents and Settings -> D:\Documents and Settings
C?\Documents and Settings -> D?\Documents and Setings
In one registry key HOMEPATH data just has \Documents and Settings (you
don`t need to put D: for that one) you need to go up one key to HOMEDRIVE and
change the HOMEDRIVE key data from C:\ to D:\ .
I'm not sure how to handle the "HardDiskVolume1" keys but they seem to fix
themselves.
When you are done with that you need search for what the Microsoft Knowledge
base article leaves out: DOCUME~1 (or whatever the 8-character name for your
Documents and Settings folder is, you find that by right-clicking on the
folder and choosing properties). Again,
C:\DOCUME~1 -> D:\DOCUME~1
C?\DOCUME~1 -> D?\DOCUME~1
You might find another HOMEPATH key such as above, the same rule applies.
Some keys might go blank, and others might change themselves back. If you
have changed the %systemdrive%\Doc... and %systemroot%\Doc... keys, the ones
that keep switching should fix themselves after you reboot.
On to step 12, reboot, go back to safe-mode command prompt and log in to a
different administrator-level account than the one that you did the registry
changes with, and your command prompt should come up at D:\Documents and
Settings\username\. If not then you have screwed up. In either case run
regedit again and verify that everything is at D where it should be.
Reboot again into normal mode, and run a file search (Start, Search...).
Search for text within the files for "Documents and Settings" and "Docume~N,"
(no obviously omittable punctuation, N is the number in the eight-character
name of the old directory) looking in all files and folders including system
and hidden files. Both searches will take a long time, but this is necessary
because some programs keep settings outside of the registry. Edit their
configuration files using notepad substituting C for D. You might want to
reboot again for fun, but you should be good to go after this.
And of course, delete the old Documents and Settings folder.
Let me know if you need any further assistance.
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