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I tried to defrag my C drive and XP Pro reports that I have 4% free space and
it will not work properly. I have gone through the drive and deleted
everything I can think of and I still only have 4% free.

Can I move components of Documents and Settings to another partition or
drive? I am thinking about My Documents and My Pictures, the two largest
folders.

Other than training my programs to find the new locations would I have any
problems?

Thanks in advance.
 
John said:
I tried to defrag my C drive and XP Pro reports that I have
4% free space and it will not work properly. I have gone
through the drive and deleted everything I can think of and
I still only have 4% free.

Can I move components of Documents and Settings to another
partition or drive? I am thinking about My Documents and My
Pictures, the two largest folders.

Other than training my programs to find the new locations
would I have any problems?

Thanks in advance.
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How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147/EN-US/

Any programs on your computer that store data in the My
Documents folder will now look in the new location.

Nepatsfan
 
Hi John,
Can I move components of Documents and Settings to another partition or
drive? I am thinking about My Documents and My Pictures, the two largest
folders.
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You can do this, just right click the "My Documents" folder and choose
properties. There will be a button to move them or you will find it in the
common tasks pane. Best done by opening Windows Explorer to the actual
folder at C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
John said:
I tried to defrag my C drive and XP Pro reports that I have 4% free
space and
it will not work properly. I have gone through the drive and deleted
everything I can think of and I still only have 4% free.

Can I move components of Documents and Settings to another partition
or
drive? I am thinking about My Documents and My Pictures, the two
largest
folders.

Other than training my programs to find the new locations would I have
any
problems?

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...

Hi John,

Have you emptied the recycle bin after deleting stuff? It would be
ideal if u havent already to run a disk cleanup and get rid of your
temporary files, recycle bin files and older restore points when
deleted can give you more space. You could also burn your snaps and
music files etc on to CDs to make up room. Herez a link on clean up
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2007p162id97442.htm

Run chkdsk before you defragment. Also i guess there are some third
party tools which defrag with less than 15% space on the drive ( the
built in needs a minimum of 15%)
 
xy2z said:
Hi John,

Have you emptied the recycle bin after deleting stuff? It would be
ideal if u havent already to run a disk cleanup and get rid of your
temporary files, recycle bin files and older restore points when
deleted can give you more space. You could also burn your snaps and
music files etc on to CDs to make up room. Herez a link on clean up
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2007p162id97442.htm

Run chkdsk before you defragment. Also i guess there are some third
party tools which defrag with less than 15% space on the drive ( the
built in needs a minimum of 15%)
Click to expand...

I forgot to mention - if you have Norton Protected, that could be
taking up space.
 
John said:
I tried to defrag my C drive and XP Pro reports that I have 4% free
space and it will not work properly. I have gone through the drive
and deleted everything I can think of and I still only have 4% free.
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Since deleting files normally moves them to the recycle bin, doing so
doesn't free up any space unless you also empty the recycle bin.

Can I move components of Documents and Settings to another partition
or drive? I am thinking about My Documents and My Pictures, the two
largest folders.
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Yes, but note that you just have to move My Documents. My Pictures is part
of it. Use TweakUI--go to the My Computer | Special Folders area. You can
get TweakUI at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
 
You might also try to reduce the allocated Recycle Bin size (RB properties),
minimize the page file (2MB, for ex), reduce Temp Internet space (10MB or
so); clean up older Sys Restore files and reduce the size of SR files
kept.... Function of your hdd size, you might get the 15% -20% required by
Defrag.
Michael
 
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