free up space on C

C drive is almost full. D has lots of free space. What sorts files/folders
can I safely move from C to D without having any future access
difficulties?
Bill

I have no idea since I do not see your C:\ drive and the Crystal Ball is out of
commission

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"Bill" <> wrote in message
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>C drive is almost full. D has lots of free space. What sorts files/folders can I
>safely move from C to D without having any future access difficulties?
> Bill

Bill wrote:
> C drive is almost full. D has lots of free space. What sorts
> files/folders can I safely move from C to D without having any future
> access difficulties?
> Bill

You can move data. You can uninstall programs and reinstall them to D
but you can't "move" them with a cut and paste. Another alternative is
to clone your hard drive to a larger drive.

Alias

Bill wrote:
> C drive is almost full. D has lots of free space. What sorts
> files/folders can I safely move from C to D without having any future
> access difficulties?
> Bill

Information is power, with your post I am powerless. What is the size of
your C:\ drive? What is stored on there? What is the size of your D:\
drive? Is D:\ just an unused partition? Is it actually your recovery
partition? To start with, if it IS your recovery partition, don't use
it. Leave it alone and get an external drive like My Book or similar.
Delete stored files you know you won't need, uninstall programs you
don't need, or will never use to create more space on C:\ drive.

If you have lots of music, and/or movies, text files, downloaded
programs you want to save and the like, feel free to create folders on
D:\ to move them to. In the case of Itunes and tons of purchased music,
you can move the folders etc to D:\, but you will need to dl a nifty
program that forces Itunes to recsan for music. (A pain in the butt
which makes Apple no better than...?)

What you DON'T want to do is move files for programs that place them in
specific places and rely on that placement, UNLESS there is an option
within that program to change file locations.

Alrighty then, just some BASIC info. It's up to you to give more/better
info for proper advisement.

G'day

Bill wrote:
> C drive is almost full. D has lots of free space. What sorts
> files/folders can I safely move from C to D without having any future
> access difficulties?

Hi Bill,

In simple terms, you cannot move these directories:

C:\Boot
C:\Program Files
C:\Users
C:\Windows

.... or any of the subdirectories under these directories. Windows
regards these directories as special. They are referenced extensively in
the registry, and if you move them it will cause many things to break.

If you have created your own directories off the C:\ root directory, you
can probably move them over to D:\.

You can also move your Profile directories, such as Desktop, Documents,
Music, Pictures and Downloads. You need to do this the right way - don't
just drag-n-drop! In Explorer, highlight the directory you'd like to
move and then right-click, and select Properties. Then select the
"Location" tab in the Properties panel. Then specify a path on the D:
drive, such as "D:\Users\Bill\Documents", etc. Explorer will make all
the necessary adjustments in the Registry and in the junction points, to
the new location. If you move your Profile directories using any other
method, no such adjustments are made to Windows' internal config.

Alternatively, you can mount the D: drive as a directory under the C:\
file system. Just because it's a different physical disk, doesn't mean
it *has* to be a separate drive ... that's thinking like an old-time DOS
user :-) Create a Directory on C:\ drive called "Data" (or any name you
like" then run Administrative Tools, Computer Management, and select
Disk Management. Use the Disk Manager MMC snap-in, to mount the second
hard disk as C:\Data (or whatever name you chose), instead of it being a
separate D: drive. In DOS, Windows 95 etc every physical disk had to be
a separate drive device; but, like Unix, Windows NT (including XP and
Vista) suffer no such limitation. You can coalesce as many disks into a
single drive as you like (I think there may be some theoretical limit -
256?). The main limitation is that each disk must be a unique directory,
and the directory must be empty of the physical C: drive.

Hope this helps,

Andrew

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Peter Foldes wrote:
>
> I have no idea since I do not see your C:\ drive and the Crystal Ball is
> out of commission
>
WOW, so helpful and everything. How smug of you. Elitist? Or just
dumb, and have to put someone else down to feel superior? Either way,
how sad for you, as you are a small, small parson in reality. (Thus
insults to make you feel bigger)

G'day

Andrew McLaren wrote:
>
> Bill wrote:
>> C drive is almost full. D has lots of free space. What sorts
>> files/folders can I safely move from C to D without having any future
>> access difficulties?
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> In simple terms, you cannot move these directories:
>
> C:\Boot
> C:\Program Files
> C:\Users
> C:\Windows
>
> ... or any of the subdirectories under these directories. Windows
> regards these directories as special. They are referenced extensively in
> the registry, and if you move them it will cause many things to break.
>
> If you have created your own directories off the C:\ root directory, you
> can probably move them over to D:\.
>
> You can also move your Profile directories, such as Desktop, Documents,
> Music, Pictures and Downloads. You need to do this the right way - don't
> just drag-n-drop! In Explorer, highlight the directory you'd like to
> move and then right-click, and select Properties. Then select the
> "Location" tab in the Properties panel. Then specify a path on the D:
> drive, such as "D:\Users\Bill\Documents", etc. Explorer will make all
> the necessary adjustments in the Registry and in the junction points, to
> the new location. If you move your Profile directories using any other
> method, no such adjustments are made to Windows' internal config.
>
> Alternatively, you can mount the D: drive as a directory under the C:\
> file system. Just because it's a different physical disk, doesn't mean
> it *has* to be a separate drive ... that's thinking like an old-time DOS
> user :-) Create a Directory on C:\ drive called "Data" (or any name you
> like" then run Administrative Tools, Computer Management, and select
> Disk Management. Use the Disk Manager MMC snap-in, to mount the second
> hard disk as C:\Data (or whatever name you chose), instead of it being a
> separate D: drive. In DOS, Windows 95 etc every physical disk had to be
> a separate drive device; but, like Unix, Windows NT (including XP and
> Vista) suffer no such limitation. You can coalesce as many disks into a
> single drive as you like (I think there may be some theoretical limit -
> 256?). The main limitation is that each disk must be a unique directory,
> and the directory must be empty of the physical C: drive.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Andrew
>

Nice Andrew. Your response was not only informative, but unbiased to
ignorance, lack of info, etc. A lesson learned...

G'day

Muad'Dib wrote:

> Nice Andrew. Your response was not only informative, but unbiased to
> ignorance, lack of info, etc. A lesson learned...


Thanks! I hope it is useful; I usually only post when I have something
worthwhile to add.

Ah, "Muad'dib" ... the "little hopping one" of Arrakis! Or so Stilgar
told me :-) I found out, many years after reading the book, that
"muad'dib" is a genuine Arabic word, meaning "teacher".

Cheers
Andrew

Andrew McLaren wrote:
> In simple terms, you cannot move these directories:
>
> C:\Boot
> C:\Program Files
> C:\Users
> C:\Windows

Oh, I forgot to add, C:\ProgramData is also sacrosanct. This directory
is normally hidden, but in case you have "Show hidden directories"
turned ON, do not (under any circumstances) attempt to relocate this
directory.

Another way to free up disk space is to go to Start Menu, Accessories,
System Tools, Disk Cleanup. The Disk Cleanup utility will look for crud
in hard-to-reach places in your file system and let you choose to delete it.

Cheers
Andrew

"Bill" <> wrote in message
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>
>C drive is almost full. D has lots of free space. What sorts
>files/folders can I safely move from C to D without having any
>future access difficulties?
> Bill

Another thing to look for is a file named procmon.pmb in C:\Windows.
It's a boot logging file that is created and added to if you have boot
logging enabled. It can be safely deleted. This monster was hogging
200 GB on my drive before I figured it out and deleted it!