moving user profiles to system, not boot partition

[Randy]

Hello -

How do I configure Windows XP to host user profiles on a
drive or drive partition other than the boot drive
partition?

I've tried setting HOMEDRIVE in the registry, but the
change doesn't stick after restart. Ditto for
using "set" command and even adding the environment
variable in system manager. Help!

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

How do I configure Windows XP to host user profiles on a
drive or drive partition other than the boot drive
partition?

This may help: "Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings
Folder" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621).

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Hello -

How do I configure Windows XP to host user profiles on a
drive or drive partition other than the boot drive
partition?

I've tried setting HOMEDRIVE in the registry, but the
change doesn't stick after restart. Ditto for
using "set" command and even adding the environment
variable in system manager. Help!
.

You can go to disk manager and mount the second disk under
the c drive or have your profile location specify a
different drive letter. You can go to user accounts and
set the profile location. You can also set the my
documents location by right clicking on my documents from
the start menu. However I've encountered trouble doing
this. See my post "different user profile location"