data transfer from C: to D: how do i do???

teddyrick · 07-25-2008, 09:48 AM

i need to trnsfr data from my C: to my D: how do i do this....my C: is completely full...im not to computer savvy....

**manic** · 07-25-2008, 11:54 AM

Just cut and paste, I would copy first make sure everything is good,
then delete the folders on the c drive. If you are trying to transfer
working programs, you cant. They already have a registry entry from
the install of the program.
If you have music, I would go to d drive create a folder, call it music.
Then transfer over.
Same thing with pictures, create a folder called picutures, transfer over.
But say you have a game running on your c drive, you cant just move
that whole thing over,wont work, registry entries as mentioned before.
Does xp see the new hdd? You may have to go into disk management
and format/allocate the drive before it is useable....

**simpswr** · 07-25-2008, 12:49 PM

If you want to move everything in your My Documents folder . . Right click on the My Documents icon and select Properties . . click the Move in the next panel and browse to the location you want to move it to . .

when it asks if you want to transfer the data, click yes . . it will do it for you and from then on, everything that naturally goes to My Documents, will go there, and programs that look to My Documents for data, will look there

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teddyrick Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: windows vista	data transfer from C: to D: how do i do??? i need to trnsfr data from my C: to my D: how do i do this....my C: is completely full...im not to computer savvy....

07-25-2008, 11:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 3,230 OS: xp	Re: data transfer from C: to D: how do i do??? Just cut and paste, I would copy first make sure everything is good, then delete the folders on the c drive. If you are trying to transfer working programs, you cant. They already have a registry entry from the install of the program. If you have music, I would go to d drive create a folder, call it music. Then transfer over. Same thing with pictures, create a folder called picutures, transfer over. But say you have a game running on your c drive, you cant just move that whole thing over,wont work, registry entries as mentioned before. Does xp see the new hdd? You may have to go into disk management and format/allocate the drive before it is useable.... __________________

07-25-2008, 12:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
simpswr Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 4,414 OS: XP, Vista	Re: data transfer from C: to D: how do i do??? If you want to move everything in your My Documents folder . . Right click on the *My Documents* icon and select *Properties* . . click the Move in the next panel and browse to the location you want to move it to . . when it asks if you want to transfer the data, click *yes* . . it will do it for you and from then on, everything that naturally goes to My Documents, will go there, and programs that look to My Documents for data, will look there __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Spyware Cleaning \| How to Post a Screen shot \| PC running slow] Last edited by simpswr : 07-25-2008 at 12:51 PM.