C: drive files to D: drive

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I recently got a 2TB hard drive so I can transfer my 1TB of files onto it and have more space since my C: drive is almost filled up. The D: drive has no files on it. I was wondering if all I have to do is hold right click over all the files in my C: drive, Copy, than paste into my D: drive, than delete all files that are on the C: drive since all of them copyed to the D: drive? My boot up is on my C: drive as well, and files I thought were important such as StartMenu, msdia80.dll and the Windows folder are there too. Should I keep those in my C: drive?

Im also hoping this cleared up storage will make boot-up time faster on my C: drive if thats how it works.

Thanks for looking it over and hopfully trying to help me! Its very appreciated and I hope you get the gist of what Im saying. :)
 
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jimmysmitty
Boot time may or may not get faster depending on where the windows files are written on the drive. After "cleaning" it up you can defrag it and it might move them closer to the center of the platter where performance is best but I would not expect any performance gains, best to not get hopes up too much.

That said you could do what I have always done. You can point the user documents/picture etc folders to the D drive. Here is what I would do:

1. Create a folder in the root of D called Users
2. Create a user folder in that folder with your user name, this would result in D:\Users\"Username"
3. Create folders for each one you want to move to the new drive
4. Follow this guide...
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Boot time may or may not get faster depending on where the windows files are written on the drive. After "cleaning" it up you can defrag it and it might move them closer to the center of the platter where performance is best but I would not expect any performance gains, best to not get hopes up too much.

That said you could do what I have always done. You can point the user documents/picture etc folders to the D drive. Here is what I would do:

1. Create a folder in the root of D called Users
2. Create a user folder in that folder with your user name, this would result in D:\Users\"Username"
3. Create folders for each one you want to move to the new drive
4. Follow this guide:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-move-default-user-folders-new-drive-windows-10

All you do is right click the folder you want, go to "Location", click "Move" and select the corresponding folder. Click Apply and when the option comes up select Yes and it will automatically move all the files from the location on the C drive to the location on the D drive.

As for program files you will mostly have to reinstall them to the D drive. Some games you might be able to copy over, like games in Steam, but you will be best off reinstalling programs for the best results.
 
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RolandJS

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Please tell us you're going to make a full image backup of your OS and Data partition onto reliable affordable external media before embarking on this copy/move project. And, I'm glad you're not going to Move stuff from C to D, you're going to Copy stuff from C to D. That way, you can Properties-check the source set of folders and files and Properties-check the target set of folder and files -- to make sure everything went smoothly, without error.
 
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