[geeks] Quick NTFS Partition Q...

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net>
" 
" Phil Stracchino wrote:
" > On 07/25/10 18:06, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
" >> Jonathan J. M. Katz wrote:
" >>> Hey gang,
" 
" > 
" > But that won't solve the problem of the C: partition being full.  Nor
" > (since C: is full) will it allow moving the files off of D: onto C:
" > preparatory to blowing away D: and growing C:.
" > 
" 
" Clearly the growth in the filesystem is not spread evenly amongst all
" directories.  Most likely, creating a second user, moving everything
" under the first user's directories to D: then moving D: to be mounted in
" the appropriate place, will solve the issue.

there's an ms procedure for moving 'docs and settings' to another
drive/partition.  it's a little involved but in the end all user files
including desktops reside on the new fs.  there's also a way to cue
this config at install time, mentioned in the procedure.

you can't just move the files/folders and mount [though you could do
it with arbitrary subfolders]; there are registry path settings that
also have to change.

relocating docs and settings gives you the ability to easily recover
your user files if/when c: goes tango uniform even if you don't have a
backup.

dunno if the same can be done to prog files.
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