hardrive allocation

hi , my son uses my laptop to download music files ,video files and album
artwork .This can take up a lot of disc space and i was wondering if it is
possible to allocate a specific amount of storage space to his account if it
is ,it would force him to transfer these files to a backup disc and then
delete them instead of cluttering up my laptop with files that are finished
with any help appreciated thanks
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martyb

"marty" <> wrote in message
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> hi , my son uses my laptop to download music files ,video files and album
> artwork .This can take up a lot of disc space and i was wondering if it is
> possible to allocate a specific amount of storage space to his account if
> it
> is ,it would force him to transfer these files to a backup disc and then
> delete them instead of cluttering up my laptop with files that are
> finished
> with any help appreciated thanks


Ultimate edition has Disk Quotas. I am not sure if the home versions have
it as well.

http://techcx.blogspot.com/2007/06/s...ace-quota.html

An alternative would be to make a small partition for your son's use and
transfer his User Shell Folders there.

ss.

thanks for the idea i hadn,t thought of that
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martyb


"Synapse Syndrome" wrote:

> "marty" <> wrote in message
> news:90E5BF2B-CA66-408A-834C-...
> > hi , my son uses my laptop to download music files ,video files and album
> > artwork .This can take up a lot of disc space and i was wondering if it is
> > possible to allocate a specific amount of storage space to his account if
> > it
> > is ,it would force him to transfer these files to a backup disc and then
> > delete them instead of cluttering up my laptop with files that are
> > finished
> > with any help appreciated thanks
>
>
> Ultimate edition has Disk Quotas. I am not sure if the home versions have
> it as well.
>
> http://techcx.blogspot.com/2007/06/s...ace-quota.html
>
> An alternative would be to make a small partition for your son's use and
> transfer his User Shell Folders there.
>
> ss.
>
>
>