chg Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Hi, I am new to this board. My old hard drive died recently I purchased a new sata WD6400aaks drive two weeks ago and installed it on my pc. Only one partition C: but I decided to not take any chances and purchased another WD6400aaks drive to store my audio, video, text, paging file etc. I installed my second hard drive today and split it into three partitions G: 512 GB for my audio video etc, F: 12 gb for my Windows paging file I read it is a good idea to keep it on a diffrent hard drive, E: 59 gb for backup files and 12.56 gb unallocated space. Here is my problem I cannot move my documents folder to the G: partition on my second hard drive. I have tried the right click, properties etc. I did a google search and thought I found a possible registry solution but my pc did not have DisablePersonalDirChange value in the registry. When I right click on the my documents folder I can only see two options at the top general & sharing. I am not given any options to move the folder or change the target location. This is my pc I have computer administrator rights, Windows XP Service Pack 3 my documents folder is currently 37.2 gb. Please help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chg Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 I figured out the solution. I right clicked plus properties on the My Documents on the left side of the my computer screen under the Other Places menu and the move option was there. I have successfully moved my files to my G: partition. :D Is there a way to make my downloads go directly to my G: partition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 1 I advise you to check this carefully as you might find the old My Documents folder is still on the C: drive (just do a computer search on My Documents). My Documents is by default on the same drive as the Windows operating system and can only be moved (if at all) by specialised techniques. I think the Microsoft utility TweakUI might include a way to do it. You can get into an aweful tangle with 2 My Documents folders - as I know from personal experience!2 If you're downloading with IE, it will simply download to the last folder to which you downloaded - which can be very annoying if you don't change it. So next time you download use Browse to choose a convenient folder. Some people find it useful to create a general folder called "Downloads", then later move the file to the location where you want to store it.If you are using a download manager, they often allow you to set a regular download location - you will have to check the settings in the download manager.I think Firefox creates a folder called "Downloads" but then doesn't tell you where it is! You have to search for it.You have to experiment yourself with all this stuff to find the best way to handle it for your own convenience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I just checked TweakUI, but I don't see any feature to change the "My Documents" location.But this article may give some info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chg Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Thank you for the replies. I did check the location of My Documents folder and it is partition G: on my second hard drive. I also set Mozilla Firefox to send my downloads to my G: partition. I have not yet moved my paging file to my 12 GB F: partition. I read it is a good idea to do so but I am a little bit confused and want to play it safe. My pc has 4 GB ram installed. I read it is a good idea to leave a bit of the paging file on drive C: how much should I leave on drive c: after I move the paging file to partition F: on my second hard drive?Is it a good idea to move some of my Program files over to partition G: on my second hard drive? Mozilla, PC Wizard, AVG, Comodo firewall, printer etc. files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 In my experience it's always best to do a bit of research before acting on what you've read or been told. At this location you can read about what Microsoft say about optimizing the Paging File: PAGING FILE. You could also do a search to see what others say, remembering to look for evidence that opinions are backed up by results. If that convinces you that it's worth moving the location of the Paging File, Microsoft explain how to do it HERE.Personally I keep all the programs that I regularly use (anti-virus, browsers, printer software, etc) on the same partition & drive as the operating system. But you could experiment with this to see what works best with your set up. If you do, I suggest you experiment with one utility at a time, so you can assess the results more accurately and unscramble things if they go wrong. Don't forget to make a restore point before making any changes.Please feed back your results to this forum as that helps others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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