Moving program files

BillyBro · 21st July 2012, 4:14 PM

Hi looking for some help.

My OS is on drive C: OS only drive
My Program Files are located on D:

I find D: drive running out of space and I'm wondering how I go about shifting my program files to another drive.

Can you simply copy D: to lets say X: then go to Disk Management then re-assign drive letters?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

broccoli · 21st July 2012, 4:49 PM

Is D: a separate physical hard drive, or a partition on the same drive as C:?

BillyBro · 21st July 2012, 5:03 PM

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Originally Posted by broccoli

Is D: a separate physical hard drive, or a partition on the same drive as C:?

It is on a separate HDD.

C: = 120gb SSD

D: = 1tb WD black partitioned 4 ways
E:
F:
G:

I was going to remove the partitions on D/E/F/G

broccoli · 21st July 2012, 5:07 PM

What's on E: F: and G:? Do you have room on those partitions? If you've got room on the disk, you could resize those to give yourself more room on D: Or you could buy a bigger disk and clone the disk containing D E F and G. Or if they just contain data, you could move E F and G to another disk.....

Davo1111 · 21st July 2012, 5:11 PM

tbh i'd uninstall the programs, then start installing on another new drive.

BillyBro · 21st July 2012, 5:16 PM

I have just bought a couple of 2tb drives which I'm currently shifting media from E: F: and G:

Once I have moved all the data, I can just simply resize the partitions/remove?

Thankyou for the assistance

BillyBro · 21st July 2012, 5:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davo1111

tbh i'd uninstall the programs, then start installing on another new drive.

Which I could do but is also a pain one way or the other it's moving...

pduthie_au · 21st July 2012, 5:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillyBro

I have just bought a couple of 2tb drives which I'm currently shifting media from E: F: and G:

Once I have moved all the data, I can just simply resize the partitions/remove?

Thankyou for the assistance

Yes you can from Disk Management - delete the other partitions and then expand the first one.

gcflora · 21st July 2012, 5:37 PM

To answer your question, yes you can copy the program files to another drive (let's call it Z

and then assign D: to some random letter and then assign Z: to D:

broccoli · 21st July 2012, 5:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillyBro

Once I have moved all the data, I can just simply resize the partitions/remove?

If it's just straight data, and you move it off, you shouldn't have any problems just deleting the partition. Is D: the first partition on the disk?

Make sure you've got backups before you start messing about deleting anything.

BillyBro · 21st July 2012, 7:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gcflora

To answer your question, yes you can copy the program files to another drive (let's call it Z

and then assign D: to some random letter and then assign Z: to D:

Yep, exactly what I was looking for. Done and all is working as it was before.

Quote:

Originally Posted by broccoli

If it's just straight data, and you move it off, you shouldn't have any problems just deleting the partition. Is D: the first partition on the disk?

Make sure you've got backups before you start messing about deleting anything.

I did manage to delete a partition then expand and it changed the disk from basic to dynamic. All is good, have got the result I was looking for. Cheers guys

Sektion8 · 24th July 2012, 7:57 PM

Partitions... A false economy, since 1876

Creekin · 24th July 2012, 8:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sektion8

Partitions... A false economy, since 1876

werd

but op looks to have done the right thing
got bigger drives
partitions were useful back when hdds where expensive and it was a good idea to keep your data sep to winblows so u could format c: on a weekly basis and not lose ur data
those days are long gone..thank god!

broccoli · 24th July 2012, 8:55 PM

I like partitions

I like having my data all separate and not in the clutches of the operating system. OS pisses me off - it is GONE, baby - GONE.

Creekin · 24th July 2012, 9:04 PM

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Originally Posted by broccoli

I like having my data all separate and not in the clutches of the operating system.

data separate from os = good
on same physical hdd = bad
buy another hdd ya cheapskate

21st July 2012, 4:14 PM	#1
BillyBro Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 4074 Posts: 68	Moving program files Hi looking for some help. My OS is on drive C: OS only drive My Program Files are located on D: I find D: drive running out of space and I'm wondering how I go about shifting my program files to another drive. Can you simply copy D: to lets say X: then go to Disk Management then re-assign drive letters? Any help would be appreciated Thanks

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21st July 2012, 5:11 PM	#5
Davo1111 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Syd Posts: 2,603	tbh i'd uninstall the programs, then start installing on another new drive.

21st July 2012, 5:16 PM	#6
BillyBro Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 4074 Posts: 68	I have just bought a couple of 2tb drives which I'm currently shifting media from E: F: and G: Once I have moved all the data, I can just simply resize the partitions/remove? Thankyou for the assistance

21st July 2012, 5:37 PM	#9
gcflora Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 590	To answer your question, yes you can copy the program files to another drive (let's call it Z and then assign D: to some random letter and then assign Z: to D: