How To Move Folders From C To D Drive? - MG-Rover.org Forums

MARTIN1973 · 05-10-2006, 09:28

Hi

Ive just given my Dad an old PC and updated it with windows xp, got him off crappy AOL dial up onto broadband with nildram (fantastic service no call centres on the other side of the globe, have maybe only had to contact them 4 times in 18 months and one of those was to arrange a house move, the other to upgrade to the faster service)

Anyway the hard drive is a 40gb partitioned 4gb is for the C drive and the rest for the D drive.

When i put all the software, work folders and documents i put it all in the C drive forgetting it was partitioned, so now he is getting a very slow pc with messages saying the C drive if full.

How can i safely and simply move all his work stuff into the D drive just leaving program files, operating system etc in C drive?

Or another option can you safely alter the partition to give it a 50/50 split without reloading windows or the folders etc?

Go gentle with me im no techno wizard so please reply as if you were trying to explain it to a red neck numpty

Cirian75 · 05-10-2006, 09:39

just move it to D and replace the desktop shortcut

AndBurG · 05-10-2006, 09:46

xp on a 4gb partition *cripes*

you can move files accross but not installed programs, they will need to be uninstalled and reinstalled onto d:

Cirian75 · 05-10-2006, 09:48

As a rule I leave 15gig for a C drive.

dynamis_dk · 05-10-2006, 11:02

As above, I'd be tempted to start from scratch but this time make it a 15/25 split as cirian75 says. You need the additional space for programs and virtual memory at the very least...

if you can get hold of a program called 'partition magic' it'll allow you to resize the partition sizes easily without having to format

MARTIN1973 · 05-10-2006, 11:34

cheers for the advice, i guess a better option in the long run would be a new hard drive and remove the partition on the existing drive.

No idea how it got the 4gb drive as seems small to me aswell, am sure i had 10 30 split when it was windows 98, prehaps the relative who helped me put in the strange sizes.

MARTIN1973 · 07-10-2006, 17:57

downloaded partition magic 8 from norton site for £39.99 and what a doddle it is to use, took the risk of not making back up disks and within less than 5 minutes have increased the C drive to 19gb and D drive to 18gb, cracking bit of software, am sure local PC shop would have charged my Dad that kind of money and would have been without the PC for a day or so.

Mike12345 · 08-10-2006, 16:46

I think it was Partition Magic i used in the past when i made a similar mistake!
Very painless in the end.

05-10-2006, 09:28	#1
MARTIN1973 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Car: MGZT cdti+ 160 upsolute chip & TU3B Posts: 1,092	How To Move Folders From C To D Drive? Hi Ive just given my Dad an old PC and updated it with windows xp, got him off crappy AOL dial up onto broadband with nildram (fantastic service no call centres on the other side of the globe, have maybe only had to contact them 4 times in 18 months and one of those was to arrange a house move, the other to upgrade to the faster service) Anyway the hard drive is a 40gb partitioned 4gb is for the C drive and the rest for the D drive. When i put all the software, work folders and documents i put it all in the C drive forgetting it was partitioned, so now he is getting a very slow pc with messages saying the C drive if full. How can i safely and simply move all his work stuff into the D drive just leaving program files, operating system etc in C drive? Or another option can you safely alter the partition to give it a 50/50 split without reloading windows or the folders etc? Go gentle with me im no techno wizard so please reply as if you were trying to explain it to a red neck numpty

05-10-2006, 09:39	#2
Cirian75 "Me GrimLock no bozo!" Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Warrington, Cheshire. Car: "Iggy" the Gun metal Gray Suzuki Ignis 1.3 vvt estate Posts: 11,725 Blog Entries: 4	just move it to D and replace the desktop shortcut __________________ Clicky>>>>>Need MG-R parts???<<<<<Clicky Got a private non council/non police parking ticket through the post, you can prob ignore it.

05-10-2006, 09:48	#4
Cirian75 "Me GrimLock no bozo!" Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Warrington, Cheshire. Car: "Iggy" the Gun metal Gray Suzuki Ignis 1.3 vvt estate Posts: 11,725 Blog Entries: 4	As a rule I leave 15gig for a C drive. __________________ Clicky>>>>>Need MG-R parts???<<<<<Clicky Got a private non council/non police parking ticket through the post, you can prob ignore it.

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05-10-2006, 09:46	#3
AndBurG Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Rotherham Car: S60 D5 Posts: 15,944	xp on a 4gb partition cripes you can move files accross but not installed programs, they will need to be uninstalled and reinstalled onto d:

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dynamis_dk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Barnsley, UK Car: 2001 Rover 25, Silver Posts: 843	As above, I'd be tempted to start from scratch but this time make it a 15/25 split as cirian75 says. You need the additional space for programs and virtual memory at the very least... if you can get hold of a program called 'partition magic' it'll allow you to resize the partition sizes easily without having to format

05-10-2006, 11:34	#6
MARTIN1973 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Car: MGZT cdti+ 160 upsolute chip & TU3B Posts: 1,092	cheers for the advice, i guess a better option in the long run would be a new hard drive and remove the partition on the existing drive. No idea how it got the 4gb drive as seems small to me aswell, am sure i had 10 30 split when it was windows 98, prehaps the relative who helped me put in the strange sizes.

07-10-2006, 17:57	#7
MARTIN1973 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Car: MGZT cdti+ 160 upsolute chip & TU3B Posts: 1,092	downloaded partition magic 8 from norton site for £39.99 and what a doddle it is to use, took the risk of not making back up disks and within less than 5 minutes have increased the C drive to 19gb and D drive to 18gb, cracking bit of software, am sure local PC shop would have charged my Dad that kind of money and would have been without the PC for a day or so.

08-10-2006, 16:46	#8
Mike12345 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Car: Other Manufacturer Posts: 14,761	I think it was Partition Magic i used in the past when i made a similar mistake! Very painless in the end.

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