Simple SSD folder relocate trick for Multi-Drive Setups

Hi guys, not sure if it's already been posted (probably) but I found this to be the easiest and most effective way of moving highly modified folders without hassle.

Assuming, like me, you use an SSD and a HDD and want to move some folders onto the HDD to avoid excess writes. I found this tool : HardlinkShellExt which provides access to NTFS's HARDLINK function.

Basically you can move a folder from the SSD to the HDD then use the shell extension to Hardlink it back to the original location. In this way the system see's the folder/file in the place it used to be but when accessing it's seamlessly diverted to the other drive.



I used it to move several important folders onto the HDD (such as Media Centre ehome and even the windows search function). I moved the folder then dropped it back using the Junction function. Probably you could move your entire programdata and users folders onto your hdd without the OS noticing or caring.

The program works in any NTFS setup and the homepage (and extensive documentation) is at http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/HardLinkShellExt_win32.exe
http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/HardLinkShellExt_X64.exe
http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/HardLinkShellExt_Itanium.exe

 

Pretty cool! Thanks.

 

Yep. But be careful not to delete junctions from explorer, it will corrupt your partition.