How should I set up the user folder so its on the spindle drive? Is it as simple as dragging it? Any optimizations I should consider? I'm going to use the SSD for boot and all my programs except for my Steam installation and games. The user folder will also have to sit off SSD too, its too large at about 75 GB.
Moving the user folder is a tricky process (sort of). This is how I did it on my laptop:
1) Create dummy account w/ administrative permissions
2) Reboot computer
3) Log in as dummy admin account
4) Move your real account's User folder to the drive you want it to reside on
5) Create a junction point from the old location to the new one
6) Make sure ownership and permissions are correct on the new location
7) Reboot (for good measure) and log in as your real account
8) Once you've verified that everything is working, you can remove the dummy admin account.
For all that trouble, I might just create custom music and picture folders and direct my favorite programs to import and save from those, and just keep a default nearly empty user folder.
I moved the My documents folder by just renaming the path to the My documents folder.
10 seconds and done.
He's asking about moving the entire user folder though (from how I read it anyway), not just My Documents.
It's really not that big of a hassle Cliff, it took me maybe 30 minutes to complete on my lappy (I still have no idea why MSI decided to partition this drive into two partitions, but meh, they did). Since then, everything has worked fine. Plus, now if I ever have to reinstall Windows, I'll just need to re-create the junction point and my whole profile will be preserved.
After all of that hard work you kind gentlemen did, I will probably opt for Ryder's solution just moving the documents folder.
I can't wait to unlock my hardwares I/O potential. Wish I could RAID 0 a few of these, but the budget dictates just a boot and program drive for today.
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So, anyway, I'm new to the world of SSD. I'm going to set up as a boot drive with programs except for Steam, and my user folder.
Any suggestions on set up? I know there is a kind of a SSD for dummies thread somewhere on Icrontic, but I can't seem to place my finger on it?
1. Install Windows
2. ...
3. Profit!
1) Create dummy account w/ administrative permissions
2) Reboot computer
3) Log in as dummy admin account
4) Move your real account's User folder to the drive you want it to reside on
5) Create a junction point from the old location to the new one
6) Make sure ownership and permissions are correct on the new location
7) Reboot (for good measure) and log in as your real account
8) Once you've verified that everything is working, you can remove the dummy admin account.
10 seconds and done.
He's asking about moving the entire user folder though (from how I read it anyway), not just My Documents.
It's really not that big of a hassle Cliff, it took me maybe 30 minutes to complete on my lappy (I still have no idea why MSI decided to partition this drive into two partitions, but meh, they did). Since then, everything has worked fine. Plus, now if I ever have to reinstall Windows, I'll just need to re-create the junction point and my whole profile will be preserved.
This is essentially the same thing I told him to do.
I can't wait to unlock my hardwares I/O potential. Wish I could RAID 0 a few of these, but the budget dictates just a boot and program drive for today.