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    Moving 'User' folder from C: to D: in Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Nocturnal310, Oct 22, 2007.

  1. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    'User' folder in C: contains folder (like my documents in xp) which contains music, pictures, documents, videos etc.

    I want to move it to D: as D: is not the system drive and safer to keep data.

    How to move 'User' folder or my documents folder to D: in a neat way?
     
    Nocturnal310, Oct 22, 2007
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  2. Arla

    Arla Notebook Deity

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    Can you not just do (as in XP) and right click your "user" settings folder and change the location? (not used Vista, but this seems simple and logical so... yeah probably not...)
     
    Arla, Oct 22, 2007
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    dicecca112 Notebook Consultant

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    nope that only moves the documents folder
     
    dicecca112, Oct 22, 2007
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    You simply drag and drop to drive D:\, like copying files, and it'll be retain a copy on drive D:\. I don't think you can move the entire folder itself as that's the default location, and it needs to reside on the same hard drive or partition as Windows was installed to.
     
    Thaoster, Oct 22, 2007
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    Waeggles, Oct 22, 2007
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