How to move My Documents, Desktop, swap file, etc. to 2nd hard dr
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From: Jose on 25 Jun 2010 05:56 On Jun 25, 4:19 am, Abraham <Abra...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > My goal is to have my files, favorites, desktop arrangement, swap file, etc. > on my second hard drive separate from the hard drive running Windows XP. How > do I do this? If it does not compromise any personal information, can you describe what you are trying to accomplish by doing this? You will get better ideas if we know what you are trying to do and why. Maybe somebody has already done this and knows how or another/ better way to do it Are you trying to solve some issue, thinking to achieve some stability and performance or you just think things would somehow be better that way and why do you think that way? What does a desktop arrangement and etc. mean to you? Sufficiently enchanted, anything is possible.
From: Doum on 28 Jun 2010 17:33 Jose <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> �crivait news:bfc3042c-c1c4-42bf-8a54-457fd3d8dff4(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com: > On Jun 25, 4:19�am, Abraham <Abra...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> My goal is to have my files, favorites, desktop arrangement, swap >> file, e > tc. >> on my second hard drive separate from the hard drive running Windows >> XP. > How >> do I do this? > > If it does not compromise any personal information, can you describe > what you are trying to accomplish by doing this? > > You will get better ideas if we know what you are trying to do and > why. Maybe somebody has already done this and knows how or another/ > better way to do it > > Are you trying to solve some issue, thinking to achieve some stability > and performance or you just think things would somehow be better that > way and why do you think that way? > > What does a desktop arrangement and etc. mean to you? > > Sufficiently enchanted, anything is possible. Don't you think that the OP idea to have his documents on a second hard drive is a good idea? As for the other items mentionned, I agree with you: why? A COPY of the Favorites on the second drive is OK though, I guess.
From: Jose on 28 Jun 2010 21:20 On Jun 28, 5:33 pm, Doum <m...(a)domain.net> wrote: > Jose <jose_e...(a)yahoo.com> crivaitnews:bfc3042c-c1c4-42bf-8a54-457fd3d8dff4(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com: > > > > > On Jun 25, 4:19 am, Abraham <Abra...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> My goal is to have my files, favorites, desktop arrangement, swap > >> file, e > > tc. > >> on my second hard drive separate from the hard drive running Windows > >> XP. > > How > >> do I do this? > > > If it does not compromise any personal information, can you describe > > what you are trying to accomplish by doing this? > > > You will get better ideas if we know what you are trying to do and > > why. Maybe somebody has already done this and knows how or another/ > > better way to do it > > > Are you trying to solve some issue, thinking to achieve some stability > > and performance or you just think things would somehow be better that > > way and why do you think that way? > > > What does a desktop arrangement and etc. mean to you? > > > Sufficiently enchanted, anything is possible. > > Don't you think that the OP idea to have his documents on a second hard > drive is a good idea? > > As for the other items mentionned, I agree with you: why? > > A COPY of the Favorites on the second drive is OK though, I guess. The OP did not say anything about documents. The OP said: "My goal is to have my files, favorites, desktop arrangement, swap file, etc.on my second hard drive" Unless my files = my documents (or My Documents)... I just wanted to know what the OP was trying to accomplish and the environment - two separate HDD, one HDD with two partitions, is it for safety, organization, performance, just in case my my HDD crashes, security, portability... For example, if I was thinking about how to improve performance and was thinking about moving my paging file to do it (or somebody told me it will "help"), I might consider using a faster RPM HDD than my XP installation, (what the OP has in unknown) create a small partition just for the paging file on the faster drive (maybe 4GB) and format that small paging file partition FAT32 instead of NTFS. A small FAT32 partition is the best for a paging file if you don't mind not having the NTFS security on a binary paging file that only a forensic computer expert could decipher on an extraordinary day. I can probably make your paging a lot faster. I don't want to ascertain some potential performance improvement. I don't want to "might see if I notice some improvement" - I want to measure it before and after and see the performance improvement (or not). Sometimes these kinds of questions are because the OP thinks, knows or has heard about some things to increase performance or is having some other kind of problem that is better addressed some other way. First you have to define the problem then you can come up with a good solution.
From: Doum on 29 Jun 2010 05:53 Jose <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> �crivait news:455f0074-1baa-4245-ac94-d691cb53ffc1(a)u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com: <snip> >> >> Don't you think that the OP idea to have his documents on a second >> hard drive is a good idea? >> >> As for the other items mentionned, I agree with you: why? >> >> A COPY of the Favorites on the second drive is OK though, I guess. > > The OP did not say anything about documents. The OP said: > > "My goal is to have my files, favorites, desktop arrangement, swap > file, etc.on my second hard drive" > > Unless my files = my documents (or My Documents)... > <snip> I agree with your other points but I just want to mention that the title of his post is: "How to move My Documents, Desktop, swap file, etc. to 2nd hard dr"
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