After my C drive space was whittled down to 500MB, I had a serious choice to make. I really don't have the resources to upgrade to Windows 7, and I found the culprit was my "Documents and Settings" folder bloated with over 7GB of Obaba's indiscretions and whatnots.
The truth is, I hate my C drive. It's like a dishrag that is so very useful, but is full of everything it has ever come in contact with. Most of the usefulness I've extracted to my other drives, by moving the "My Documents", "My Music","Program Files" "My Images" to other more creatively named folders.
The C Drive is a holdout for Windows only.
After considering the offender, I simply imagined there was a way to move it, like I had done for the rest of my folders.
As it turns out, this isn't a simple C&P. Most of the files will deny access if you try too, with good reason. 10 minutes of googled research later and I found
a solution. There are some naysayers, but this does work:
Moving the '\Documents And Settings\' Folder to Another DriveThe following is based on KB236621 but revised for XP.
1. Open Explorer.
2. Create a new folder called 'Documents and Settings' in
your desired drive.
3. Create a new profile with administrative permission and
call it "move".
4. Logoff then logon to the "move" account.
5. Copy all the folders inside 'C:\Documents and Settings\'
(except the 'LocalService', 'NetworkService', and 'move'
folders) to the new location. (The LocalService and
NetworkService folders will be re-created automatically.)
6.
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Registry Edits are serious business! An error could make your computer INOPERABLE!
Back up the Registry before you make ANY changes. You will thank yourself for it!!
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Open the Registry Editor and use Find & Replace all
instances of "C:\Documents and Settings\", including:
• '\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\'
• '%SystemRoot%\Documents and Settings\'
• %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\'
• 'C:\Docume~1\'
Change them all to "*X:\Documents and Setting", where "*X:" is the drive letter you moved it too.
If you have something in a different place, "*X:" is the entire file path to the "Documents and Setting" folder.
(Personally, if there was a "C:\" I just changed it to "X:\")
7. Shutdown your computer, wait 30 seconds and turn it on.
8. Logon to the 'move' account.
9. Repeat step 6 until you get no results. That means you got them all
10. Reboot and logon to your original account.
11. Test by renaming the '\Documents and Settings\' folder
in drive C. If you can rename it then it worked!
12. If everything's OK, you can delete the 'move' account
you created before.
I now enjoy some performance improvement after defrag. I did have a few program issues, like some settings were lost or confused.
We had pizza and snuggled down in a comfy robe.
Current Mood:
FLAWLESS VICTOLY!Currently Listening to:
More (東方Project) I recognized most of the songs, which is kinda scary at this point.