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IMO 20GB is lots for XP to operate in. My O/S partition never gets over
10GB.
Moving your My Documents folder over to the D: partition is a good idea if
it is large and will free up space in C:. Also, games and other programs
can be installed in D: as well.
Read the following info:
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Effects of Image Restoration
Looking ahead to image restoration .. restoring an image can have "adverse"
effects. This concerns your personal data which gets "rolled back" to the
state your system was in when the image was created. To avoid this you can
move four folders off your system partition:
- My Documents
- Favorites
- Address Book
- E-mail storage location
This is not necessary, but minimises the adverse effects of restoring an
image. Moving these folders is easy:
My Documents is moved by [in Windows Explorer] creating a new My Documents
folder on a different drive. Right-click the desktop icon, choose
"Properties" and then "Move". Point to the desired location. You will be
asked if you want all sub-folders and contents to be moved also. The
original
folder can be deleted, but it can also be left as is. The registry is
automatically edited to reflect the change.
To enter Windows Explorer: Start, Run, Explorer, OK.
The Favorites folder is moved [in Windows
Explorer] from C:\Documents and Settings\"User name"\ by right-clicking and
dragging-n-dropping to the new drive, and choosing "Move Here". The
registry is automatically edited to reflect the change.
The Address book is moved by [in Windows Explorer] creating a new Address
Book folder on a different drive. From:
C:\Documents and Settings\"User name"\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
Book\
Right-click and drag-n-drop "User name".wab and "User name".wa~ to the new
folder and choose "Move Here".
You have to manually edit the registry. Click Start / Run and type "Regedit"
in the run-dialog box and hit the <enter> key. Find the registry key:
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name" and change the
path to the new location. Close regedit and restart the
computer. If you don't, it will create a new "User name".wab and default
back to the original location.
E-mail storage location is moved by [in Windows Explorer] creating a new
E-mail folder on a different drive. [I use the folder name "Mail".] From
within
Outlook Express, click Tools / Options / Maintenance and the "Store Folder"
button. Click "Change" and point to the new location. If this new location
already contains an address book [from a different operating system, perhaps
you are multi-booting] it will ask if you want to use the one already there,
or the new one you are moving there. Take a moment to think and choose
correctly .. or you will loose all your messages. Using this method, you can
configure multiple operating systems to use the same email directory.
Restart Outlook Express for changes to take effect. The registry is
automatically
edited to reflect the change. These steps are valid in Windows XP Pro. Other
operating systems may vary. It is still necessary to backup the data in
these folders.
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My appologies to the original author of the above as I do not remember who
it was.
r.
"Pat" <Pat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2EC65D61-E982-4BAA-B457-16215FDE1175@microsoft.com...
>I have a 80GB harddrive that I initally partitioned C:=20GB and D:=60GB...I
> find that I need to repartition so there is more memory in C:,,,can I do
> this
> without reformatting the whole thing?
> --
> Pat
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