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  1. #1
    Robert McMillan Guest

    Move Users directory to another drive.

    I want to move my C:\Users directory to a non-system drive D:\ so that it is
    seperate for operating system images and reinstalls. I have read that it
    needs to be done as a fresh install using Windows Automated Instalation Kit
    (AIK) and the unattended.xml file it generates. I have downloaded Windows
    AIK but am not sure what to do at this point. If anyone has done this and
    could provide some answers it would be appreciated.
    Thanks for any help.
    Robert


  2. #2
    Synapse Syndrome Guest

    Re: Move Users directory to another drive.

    I tried doing this when I started using Vista RC2, using junction points,
    but I never got it to work. I ended up just moving the user shell folders
    and pointing to the new locations with junction points in the original
    locations. Some of those folders (the larger ones) would be on different
    drives for me anyway, and can even be network locations with Vista's
    symbolic links. The problem is that apart from the hidden AppData folder,
    the user folder also contains the user hive of the registry (HKCU).

    Anyway, this guy seems to have done it, but I really do not think it is
    worth the hassle of moving the whole user folder, unless you have many
    users. And if you do, you might as well be using active directory and
    roaming user profiles. I think it is worth moving the TV recording from the
    Public folder on the boot drive to another one though, to save wear on my
    Raptor drives, and make things neater.

    http://joshmouch.wordpress.com/2007/...tion-in-vista/

    ss.

  3. #3
    Spikey Guest

    Re: Move Users directory to another drive.

    ????

    Assuming you already have the drive, cant you just use the location tab in
    the user files properties??

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