| Windows 7: Redirecting Folders in 7 |
29 Jul 2010
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium G'ville FL |
Redirecting Folders in 7 I want to move some of my program folders off of my system disk onto a raid 0 disk, for performance's sake. This was easier to do in past Windows OSs, not so much now. Any clues? I am using Windows 7 HP, and the installs do not offer a choice of directory. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 Motherboard Intel DP45SG Memory 8GB SDRAM DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 8500 Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays HDTV Screen Resolution 1080p Case Thermaltake Spedo Hard Drives WD 500GB
2x Seagate 500GB 7200.11 |
29 Jul 2010
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#2 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
29 Jul 2010
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium G'ville FL |
Thanks whs. I was hoping for something a bit less involved. Always have to wonder why Windows drops options from updated OS.
Hope the Schwarzwald is treating you well. It's hotter than blazes here in FLA. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 Motherboard Intel DP45SG Memory 8GB SDRAM DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 8500 Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays HDTV Screen Resolution 1080p Case Thermaltake Spedo Hard Drives WD 500GB
2x Seagate 500GB 7200.11 |
29 Jul 2010
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#4 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |

Quote: Originally Posted by Hogtowner Thanks whs. I was hoping for something a bit less involved. Always have to wonder why Windows drops options from updated OS.
Hope the Schwarzwald is treating you well. It's hotter than blazes here in FLA. Less involved would be to copy your files back and forth (to an extra partition or an external device). That is, of course, the easiest. Just make sure you disconnect your HDD during the SSD install. Else you get into this double boot scenario which will make it difficult to get rid of the old OS (because of the shared MBR).
Here it is winter - at least the last 2 days. Between 50 and 60F. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
29 Jul 2010
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Copy files to fast drive..now open a command prompt and type:
MKLINK /J "Old Location PATH" "New Location PATH..." | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware Aurora ALX R4 OS Windows 7 x64 (SP1) CPU Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz, Turbo 4GHz) Motherboard Alienware Aurora-R4 x79 Memory 4x Samsung 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (16GB 1600MHz) Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 690 (Stock) Sound Card RealTek Integrated Audio Monitor(s) Displays Dell UltraSharp U3011 Screen Resolution 2560x1600 PSU 875W Some Dell PSU <.< Hard Drives Samsung P830 256 GB, WD Raptor 150GB, 2x 1TB HDDs Other Info Dell Inspiron Mini 10v (Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz; 1GB; Windows 7 Ultimate) |
30 Jul 2010
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Premium G'ville FL |
Thanks logicearth, I'll give it a try. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 Motherboard Intel DP45SG Memory 8GB SDRAM DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 8500 Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays HDTV Screen Resolution 1080p Case Thermaltake Spedo Hard Drives WD 500GB
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