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Swap Hard Drives

Mar 4, 2005 5:25AM PST

My C Drive is too full and I need to move things to the D drive. How do I do it?

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Depends on what you want to move
Mar 4, 2005 10:54PM PST

You can move entire data folders or individual data files using cut/paste. If you want to move programs, you need to delete and reinstall them. Most will allow you to change the target installation drive. This will not prevent some of the files from being installed in Windows folders. There will be some downsides to configuring your PC this way.

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Is there not a utility to help with this?
Mar 6, 2005 6:53AM PST

I too need to move data from my full C drive to a new D drive. Is there some kind of utility or freeware/shareware to assist with this sort of activity? I am using Win XP Home.
Thanks.