How to move User folders to 2nd drive in Windows 8?

Anonymous
2012-11-12T16:38:04+00:00

I am posting on behalf of a customer.

His C drive's a SSD & which is not big enough for all his music,photos,video and download files. Is there a way to move user files to a second drive?

Please comment with any information or suggestions.

Thank you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-01-12T17:28:54+00:00

    I have had to reinstall windows 8.1 and I just have a couple things in the folders.

    I can change the location ETC from the default drive C to drive D but for some reason I am getting the program files as well in "Documents" "Pictures" "Videos" "Music" ETC instead of having the Documents, Pictures, Videos, Music ETC.

    I am in two minds weather to just click on apply and go for it.

    This is the message I am getting but I don't have the bottle at the moment to click on apply so I just click on cancel until I get an answer lol.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-02-28T23:27:49+00:00

    The entire user profile/directory can be moved using this method - http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4275-user-profiles-relocate-another-partition-disk.html

    WHY WHY WHY

    DOESN'T MICROSOFT JUST FIX THE F-ING OS TO ALLOW FOR THE FUTURE!!!!  5 YEARS AGO.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-02-28T23:29:14+00:00

    ANYBOBY ELSE NOTICE THAT NOONE THINKS THEY FOUND THE MS ANSWERS HELPFUL

    WHY DO THEY TRACK THEIR FAILURES!!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-02-28T23:42:16+00:00

    HiYa Daren,

    I have sorted the problem out I was having with no fancy words or things like that lol

    All I wanted to do was put my photo's, video's, documents ETC in to drive D instead of drive C.

    I just managed by right clicking on the particular folder and clicking the option that says "do you want to move all of the folders" I clicked on yes and ever since then my photo's ETC get redirected to drive D

    So there you go

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