Moving files

hammerjeff · 03-04-2009, 03:36 AM

Hi. I have the users folder on a 2003 server on a disk (D drive) that is nearly full. Need to move to an external HDD that is on network (G drive) to free up some space. What would be the best way of doing this? Should I just move the oldest files?? There are around 40 users involved.

Obviously I have to do this as transparently as possible so users are not affected.

Any ideas?

**djaburg** · 03-04-2009, 10:12 AM

Is it a disk that's connected to the server, or is it a NAS device?

hammerjeff · 03-05-2009, 03:15 AM

Yes. Both attached to server.

**lorjack** · 03-06-2009, 09:55 PM

Well you'll just have to move the files over to the new drive. Now if the users have there folders like mapped or directed there you can either change those settings to point to the new location or you could just switch the drive letters so that the new drive is D:, as long as doing that won't seriously screw up anything else that is stored on it.

03-04-2009, 03:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
hammerjeff Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 5 OS: XP SP3	Moving files Hi. I have the users folder on a 2003 server on a disk (D drive) that is nearly full. Need to move to an external HDD that is on network (G drive) to free up some space. What would be the best way of doing this? Should I just move the oldest files?? There are around 40 users involved. Obviously I have to do this as transparently as possible so users are not affected. Any ideas?

03-04-2009, 10:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,321 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Moving files Is it a disk that's connected to the server, or is it a NAS device? __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

03-05-2009, 03:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
hammerjeff Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 5 OS: XP SP3	Re: Moving files Yes. Both attached to server.

03-06-2009, 09:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: Moving files Well you'll just have to move the files over to the new drive. Now if the users have there folders like mapped or directed there you can either change those settings to point to the new location or you could just switch the drive letters so that the new drive is D:, as long as doing that won't seriously screw up anything else that is stored on it.