File transfer from C drive to D drive
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Hello,
For the past few days, I've noticed that I have a little problem: my C drive is full... really full (200 MB free out of 279 GB to start with).
Of course, since I put everything on it.
Fortunately, I have a second hard drive "D" with 380 GB free.
So I thought, it’s simple! Let’s copy all my documents from C to D!
I went on Google, learned a few things about it (notably that I shouldn't move programs, just documents), and I got to work.
Inspired, I thought I could just take everything on my desktop and transfer it... And while we're at it, what about the "User" folder, right?
So I did that, and bam bam boom... Patatram. No more wallpaper, some apps that don’t work anymore, no more tiles on the start menu, no more bookmarks on Chrome, etc...
So I did the reverse, and now, everything is roughly back to normal.
My question: If we can't transfer the entire "User" folder, what should we transfer?
I've seen on some forums that they advised transferring only "My Documents," but I don't use that...
I have my big folders on the desktop, with lots of subfolders and thousands of files.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Louis
Configuration: Windows 8
For the past few days, I've noticed that I have a little problem: my C drive is full... really full (200 MB free out of 279 GB to start with).
Of course, since I put everything on it.
Fortunately, I have a second hard drive "D" with 380 GB free.
So I thought, it’s simple! Let’s copy all my documents from C to D!
I went on Google, learned a few things about it (notably that I shouldn't move programs, just documents), and I got to work.
Inspired, I thought I could just take everything on my desktop and transfer it... And while we're at it, what about the "User" folder, right?
So I did that, and bam bam boom... Patatram. No more wallpaper, some apps that don’t work anymore, no more tiles on the start menu, no more bookmarks on Chrome, etc...
So I did the reverse, and now, everything is roughly back to normal.
My question: If we can't transfer the entire "User" folder, what should we transfer?
I've seen on some forums that they advised transferring only "My Documents," but I don't use that...
I have my big folders on the desktop, with lots of subfolders and thousands of files.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Louis
Configuration: Windows 8
5 réponses
You can use Easeus to shrink D:/ first and then expand C:/.
You can shrink D:/ by 250 or 300 GB as you wish and give space to your C:/.
By doing this, you will have unallocated space between C:/ and D:/ to expand C:/.
There is a tutorial on the download page.
Whoever likes instruction! find knowledge that comes from reflection!
PS. Create a restore point often! It solves quite a few problems.
You can shrink D:/ by 250 or 300 GB as you wish and give space to your C:/.
By doing this, you will have unallocated space between C:/ and D:/ to expand C:/.
There is a tutorial on the download page.
Whoever likes instruction! find knowledge that comes from reflection!
PS. Create a restore point often! It solves quite a few problems.
Well, you should know if you have two hard drives on your PC.
What kind of PC do you have, a desktop or a laptop?
Give me the brand and model so I can look up the specifications.
If it’s one hard drive with two partitions, there is a way to resize the partitions.
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P.S. Frequently create a restore point! It solves quite a few problems.
What kind of PC do you have, a desktop or a laptop?
Give me the brand and model so I can look up the specifications.
If it’s one hard drive with two partitions, there is a way to resize the partitions.
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Who loves learning! Find the knowledge that comes from reflection!
P.S. Frequently create a restore point! It solves quite a few problems.
Hello,
Actually, I only have one hard drive.
If you're still interested, my computer is an Asus R500VJ-SX054H laptop.
What I can do is reduce Drive D, but not give that free space to Drive C, which is my concern.
I saw on the site that I could delete Drive D to give everything to C...
I still have 20GB of data on Drive D, so I'm not sure if that's the right solution.
But if there are by default two main partitions on the hard drive, there must be a reason, right?
I'm open to having only one partition, but then what is Drive D supposed to be used for?
Knowing that initially, my idea was more to transfer data from Drive C to Drive D. But well, we do what we can =)
Thank you
Sky.
Actually, I only have one hard drive.
If you're still interested, my computer is an Asus R500VJ-SX054H laptop.
What I can do is reduce Drive D, but not give that free space to Drive C, which is my concern.
I saw on the site that I could delete Drive D to give everything to C...
I still have 20GB of data on Drive D, so I'm not sure if that's the right solution.
But if there are by default two main partitions on the hard drive, there must be a reason, right?
I'm open to having only one partition, but then what is Drive D supposed to be used for?
Knowing that initially, my idea was more to transfer data from Drive C to Drive D. But well, we do what we can =)
Thank you
Sky.
Hello
Are these two DDur drives independent or are they two partitions on a single disk?
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Who loves learning! finds the knowledge that comes from reflection!
PS. Frequently create a restore point! it solves quite a few problems.
Are these two DDur drives independent or are they two partitions on a single disk?
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Who loves learning! finds the knowledge that comes from reflection!
PS. Frequently create a restore point! it solves quite a few problems.
Hello tribun,
Before wanting to transfer the files, I tried to repartition everything to give more space to drive C, while waiting for another solution.
But I couldn't. I wasn't able to allocate the space freed up from D to C.
I think I am dealing with two independent hard drives.
Can I check this somewhere?
Thank you for your help
Sky
Before wanting to transfer the files, I tried to repartition everything to give more space to drive C, while waiting for another solution.
But I couldn't. I wasn't able to allocate the space freed up from D to C.
I think I am dealing with two independent hard drives.
Can I check this somewhere?
Thank you for your help
Sky
Hello,
Why manipulate partitions when it’s so easy to copy/paste those large folders from the desktop to partition D:\?
Once you’re sure they’ve been copied correctly, you delete them from the desktop and empty the recycle bin.
If you still want to have them handy on the desktop, go to D:\, right-click on your folder, Send to, Desktop, create a shortcut.
Then, you get into the habit of saving them directly in your partition D:\.
Why manipulate partitions when it’s so easy to copy/paste those large folders from the desktop to partition D:\?
Once you’re sure they’ve been copied correctly, you delete them from the desktop and empty the recycle bin.
If you still want to have them handy on the desktop, go to D:\, right-click on your folder, Send to, Desktop, create a shortcut.
Then, you get into the habit of saving them directly in your partition D:\.
RE
No, it doesn't work with the Users folder, since it's a system file that's related to almost everything on the PC; there are quite a few registry keys associated with it, and it would be quite difficult to modify all of that.
In any case, if you don't use the Documents, Pictures, Videos, and Music folders, it shouldn't be very large, especially if you only have one session.
The D:\ partition is a storage space for personal data; in case of a system crash, it won't be affected if you have to reinstall your system on C:\.
No, it doesn't work with the Users folder, since it's a system file that's related to almost everything on the PC; there are quite a few registry keys associated with it, and it would be quite difficult to modify all of that.
In any case, if you don't use the Documents, Pictures, Videos, and Music folders, it shouldn't be very large, especially if you only have one session.
The D:\ partition is a storage space for personal data; in case of a system crash, it won't be affected if you have to reinstall your system on C:\.
The User folder is heavy because there are all my folders filled with movies on the desktop.
With Windows 8, I no longer use my documents.
Thank you very much for your help. The first folder (100 GB) is currently being copied. Another 20 minutes.
So yeah, it might be better not to partition the hard drive.
If I get a virus by downloading some software and it bypasses the anti-virus (Big Defender included with Windows, is that enough???), could it still potentially cause damage to the D:/ hard drive?
Thank you very much for your help.
Sky
With Windows 8, I no longer use my documents.
Thank you very much for your help. The first folder (100 GB) is currently being copied. Another 20 minutes.
So yeah, it might be better not to partition the hard drive.
If I get a virus by downloading some software and it bypasses the anti-virus (Big Defender included with Windows, is that enough???), could it still potentially cause damage to the D:/ hard drive?
Thank you very much for your help.
Sky
Thank you very much for the software.
What is the point of having a C:/ drive and a D:/ drive on a computer?
If in the end, they are on the same hard drive, what are the partitions for?
Because if it really doesn't change anything, why not just have a single main partition?
Furthermore, it is also important to have your important personal data stored on at least two different disks, so you do not lose them if one of them fails.