Can I move the Installer folder?

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Bob

I just want to move it temporarily to clear some space on my OS
partition, which only has 2 GB space. Because the partition table is
damaged, I am not able to enlarge the partition. So, I am in a fix. I
need to constantly be freeing up space on the drive.

I want to know if I can temporarily move the Installer folder over to
another partition. I will move it back whenever I need it. I assume I
may need it when I am installing or uninstalling any program, correct?
Do I need it at any other times? It gives me 70 MB free if I do that.
 
Bob said:
I just want to move it temporarily to clear some space on my OS
partition, which only has 2 GB space. Because the partition table is
damaged, I am not able to enlarge the partition. So, I am in a fix. I
need to constantly be freeing up space on the drive.

I want to know if I can temporarily move the Installer folder over to
another partition. I will move it back whenever I need it. I assume I
may need it when I am installing or uninstalling any program, correct?
Do I need it at any other times? It gives me 70 MB free if I do that.
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If you want to temporarily move some stuff to create room, have you
considered the uninstall files in the Windows installation directory?
they usually take up scads of room.
 
Bob said:
I just want to move it temporarily to clear some space on my OS
partition, which only has 2 GB space. Because the partition table is
damaged, I am not able to enlarge the partition. So, I am in a fix. I
need to constantly be freeing up space on the drive.

I want to know if I can temporarily move the Installer folder over to
another partition. I will move it back whenever I need it. I assume I
may need it when I am installing or uninstalling any program, correct?
Do I need it at any other times? It gives me 70 MB free if I do that.
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No problems so far. Why has no one responded to this post? Doesn't
anyone have any feedback for me on this issue? This forum is usually so
good about responding.
 
Bob said:
No problems so far. Why has no one responded to this post? Doesn't
anyone have any feedback for me on this issue? This forum is usually so
good about responding.
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Probably the feed back wasn't the one you wanted to hear. But now that
I took the time to answer I would say fix the problem instead of
applying a band-aid solution and "constantly be freeing up space on the
drive". Rebuild your drive and partitions.

John
 
John said:
Probably the feed back wasn't the one you wanted to hear. But now that
I took the time to answer I would say fix the problem instead of
applying a band-aid solution and "constantly be freeing up space on the
drive". Rebuild your drive and partitions.
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I know, but I can't do that without a second drive to copy the data over
to. So for now, I am stuck. I need a second hard drive to copy the data
over to (keeping data together with partitions - for instance, all C:
partition will go into a folder called C:), then I apparently need to
delete all the partitions in the damaged table, and I guess remake the
partitions (or recreate them on the new drive) and copy all the data
back to the proper partitions.

Right?
 
Bob said:
I know, but I can't do that without a second drive to copy the data over
to. So for now, I am stuck. I need a second hard drive to copy the data
over to (keeping data together with partitions - for instance, all C:
partition will go into a folder called C:), then I apparently need to
delete all the partitions in the damaged table, and I guess remake the
partitions (or recreate them on the new drive) and copy all the data
back to the proper partitions.

Right?
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Yes, if the partition table is damaged and unless you can manually
rebuild it, you will have to remove all the partitions then recreate
them. You will have to clone the installation back on to the new drive
and partitions. How old is the drive? Do you know what caused the
damage to the Partition Table? Sector 0 of the disk is also known as
the MBR or Master Boot Record, it's the partition sector, the single
most importan part of the disk!. I would run a drive diagnostic test on
the drive and see what it says. Damage it this sector is not common and
the reliability of the drive might be questionable. I wouldn't wait too
long to repair this, the next time you turn your computer on you might
be left staring at a black screen with a blinking cursor. Then, if you
have no proper backup, it might be bye-bye data...

John
 
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