re: Transfering Files From Master to Slave Drive
Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 5:41 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ken
(23 messages posted)
Thanks for the help. So you would suggest simply using the slave drive for downloads,
music, pics etc, and leaving all the real "Program Files" on the C: drive?
On Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 5:24 am, Richard Harris wrote:
>User files, like DOC, XLS, JPG, AVI, etc can be moved via a simple cut&paste.
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>Programs files, like EXE, DLL, etc can not be moved without "breaking" the program.
> The reason is that the windows registry contains thousands of entries that point
>to the current drive location. If the files move, then these links will point to
>nothing.
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>The only safe way to "move" programs is to un-install/re-install. Most programs
>tell you the path into which they are going to install, and most allow you to change
>that path.
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>By the way, I would leave certain important or near-system-level programs on C:.
> Thes einclude anti-virus, firewall, utilities like Norton, etc.
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>A few files can be moved by using options, or preferrences, or settings within the
>controlling program. For example, the XP pagefile can be moved from within XP.
>The location of OUTLOOK emails can be moved from within OUTLOOK. The default place
>to save WORD files can be changed from within WORD. Etc.
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