|
I just upgraded to an SSD and I'd like to 1. rant about how loving lovely Win7 is about moving the Users directory to another drive, and 2. request you put instructions for accomplishing this in the OP. It's mostly my fault, but I can't believe how loving long it took me to set up my computer correctly. First of all, I have a lot of old lovely drives, and I can't quite afford to get rid of them. The moment prices drop after the Thai floods subside, I'll be all over it. I followed this guide: http://windows7easy.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/relocate-user-folders-during-windows-7-installation/ The guide was great, besides the fact it's saved in PDF format. The first attempt, I accidentally picked the wrong drive to put the user profile on. gently caress. Second attempt I got the XML SysPrep file correct ... but I didn't realise all my drive letter assignations would reset. gently caress gently caress. Third time I got those two parts right and it finally worked, but holy gently caress it's taken hours. Yeah I made mistakes, but no user should have to write and load a customised XML file to accomplish this task correctly. I can't believe Microsoft wouldn't take any steps to make this easier for non-nerds. Maybe SSDs weren't common at Win7's launch, but 10K RPM SATA drives were. Same loving problem.
|
#
¿
Dec 10, 2011 05:22
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 19, 2024 21:20 |
|
|
pixaal posted:You can actually also right click > properties > location > move most user folders. Really easy if you are more comfortable with a UI. fatman1683 posted:There's an easier way. Do your install as normal, let it put the Users folder where it wants. Then boot into recovery mode from the install CD, go to the command prompt, move the Users directory wherever you want it and create a hardlink in the default location that points to where you put it. This is easy and more or less foolproof.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 10, 2011 13:57
|
|
|
chizad posted:I know this is from a few days ago and you've been given a few alternatives, but this is how I handled this issue. My main user profile folder is on my SSD, so I still get the speed benefit for stuff like AppData and the like. But for Documents and Music/Movies/Pictures, I went to Properties -> Location tab and moved them to my non-SSD storage drive. I'm not convinced putting AppData on the SSD is such a great idea, at least when you can't afford a massive SSD. My computer and profile still load ultra-fast. Yeah, there are a lot of small files on AppData, but I don't think they get accessed that much. In addition, a tonne of dead or seldom-accessed data ends up there. I have four profiles on my computer, and each person accumulates a tonne of poo poo. I can't be enforcing deleting temp files all the time or removing local caches. Currently AppData gets split between Remote, Local & LocalLow which I don't really understand the point of, especially LocalLow. It seems generally temp files and large files go into Local, while main profile-associated settings stuff goes into Remote. Maybe just splitting off Local onto an HDD would be a better solution? When I did move the Documents/Music/Movies/Pictures directories on my VelociRaptor, the user profile directory was such a loving mess. Files somehow still occasionally seemed to manage to write to the wrong version of the folder after having Windows move it somehow. Just a nuisance, but moving the directories also screws up permissions in the sense that ... it doesn't transfer any. I find it stressful keeping my porn stashed away, har.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 13, 2011 19:31
|
|
|
 I tried it once before, but my drives were such a mess it was a bigger pain to set up.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 13, 2011 19:45
|
|
|
I used to just create symbolic links from console, but later tried using that app. It oddly failed more than half the time for some reason and I'd have to create them manually anyway. I've recently been just using this shell extension to drag and drop links for Steam: http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html Also strategically, this time I put Steam on my storage drive and I'm just choosing specific games to put on the SSD. So much less trouble.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 14, 2011 04:33
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 19, 2024 21:20 |
|
|
edit: I fail at pushing buttons. All I was going to say, you can move the game directories around all you want. Delete the links, move the directory, create the link, then "install" the game in Steam and it will pick up the new location. I delete games I'll never play again, and use the backup tool to save games to my external backup drive for titles I might want to reinstall later. I have total gaming ADD though and might easily pick through dozens of games at any given moment before I start knocking them off my list. teethgrinder fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Dec 14, 2011 |
|
#
¿
Dec 14, 2011 04:55
|
|