Relocating your user account to another drive

[swarfega]

I prefer to keep my user account on another drive so if I had to suddenly format c: for some reason I could do so knowing that my documents etc were safe.

The last time I tried relocating the account it said the account wasnt completely synced and some of the folders like favorites had disappeared from c:\users\<account>.

Whats the best way to relocate the account and is it possible to move c:\users\<account> as a whole?

 

[NosferatuX]

It is possible to relocate a whole account to a different drive but will cause complications once you format/replace your main OS as Windows security will tend to lock it up even if you're using the exact credentials.

The most recommended way of accomplishing this task is to just relocate main folders to a different drive/partition. You can do this to the following folders;
Contacts
Desktop
Downloads
Favorites
Links
My Documents
My Music
My Pictures
My Videos
Saved Games
Searches

To move these folders to a different location, just right-click>properties>location and choose a location

After completing these steps, your files are covered and is not affected by any problems your OS might encounter.

Note: To avoid windows making duplicates of relocated folders, in Folder Options (in Control Panel), enable "Show hidden files and folders". Now when you're asked to replace files and folders, select to copy and replace all. If a single file is left, expect a duplicate. You can safely remove the duplicate folders after a restart by renaming it first then delete it. Others might be able to delete this straight off.

Let me know how this turns out for yah or if you need further information

 

[swarfega]

Thanks, after several tries I managed to get it working, its a fidly process.

 

[garysgold]

Would definitely be nice if I could just move the whole 'username' folder to another drive. Sending feedback.

Gary

 

[styggy]

The ONLY way..

The ONLY way to do this properly is to move the 'Users' folder to the second drive and create a directory junction to point to it..

There is a very good article on this [URL="http://caskater4.blogspot.com/2007/09/moving-your-data-where-you-want-in.htm"]here[/URL].. I've done this on several machines with Vista and 7 and it works very well..

Obvioulsy you do this at your own risk, so back it up first!!!

Alex

 

[NosferatuX]

Thanks, after several tries I managed to get it working, its a fidly process.

Yes, its really a bit fiddly but after you're done, you can safely mess up your system without doing harm to your files No headaches

I personally do this and have all my files located on different partitions as a rule.

 

[Digger]

very good info here guys.... sticky or tut? I think this is worthy

[edit] Swarfega.... great avatar, lol.... I forget his name... just remember the act

 

[garysgold]

Going to give this a try as it is exactly what I want.

Gary

 

[swarfega]

very good info here guys.... sticky or tut? I think this is worthy

[edit] Swarfega.... great avatar, lol.... I forget his name... just remember the act

Its Achmed the Dead terrorist, look him up on youtube

 

[Digger]

Its Achmed the Dead terrorist, look him up on youtube

lol... oh yea.... I'lll keeeeeel you! lol hahahaha

 

[tylerdurden2009]

Recovering Users Files / Folders from Dos

I managed to damaged the hard drive on a Toshiba Laptop that I installed the Win 7 7100 RC on- I cant boot the drive and have been unable to recover the files when I pull the drive out and hook it up to a usb cable and connect it to another computer.

Can someone provide guidance on how to copy the everything in my user folder from the win7 recovery console DOS/ command prompt?

 

[tylerdurden2009]

It is possible to relocate a whole account to a different drive but will cause complications once you format/replace your main OS as Windows security will tend to lock it up even if you're using the exact credentials.

The most recommended way of accomplishing this task is to just relocate main folders to a different drive/partition. You can do this to the following folders;
Contacts
Desktop
Downloads
Favorites
Links
My Documents
My Music
My Pictures
My Videos
Saved Games
Searches

To move these folders to a different location, just right-click>properties>location and choose a location

After completing these steps, your files are covered and is not affected by any problems your OS might encounter.

Note: To avoid windows making duplicates of relocated folders, in Folder Options (in Control Panel), enable "Show hidden files and folders". Now when you're asked to replace files and folders, select to copy and replace all. If a single file is left, expect a duplicate. You can safely remove the duplicate folders after a restart by renaming it first then delete it. Others might be able to delete this straight off.

Let me know how this turns out for yah or if you need further information

How can I do that with only command prompt access via the recovery console?

 

[caban]

There is a very good article on this [URL="http://caskater4.blogspot.com/2007/09/moving-your-data-where-you-want-in.htm"]here[/URL]..
Alex

The article is gone!

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

There is a very good article on this [URL="http://caskater4.blogspot.com/2007/09/moving-your-data-where-you-want-in.htm"]here[/URL]..
Alex

The article is gone!

See the other post you just made.