elsiegee40 Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 I am doing this by remote control as the laptop is not in the same room as me, so please bare with me. We have a brand new Win 10 laptop with the OS installed on the SSD C: drive. There is a separate, much larger, D: drive on HDD In a perfect world, personal folders with Users (My Documents, etc) would be on the D: drive. Is it possible to move these? If so how? Are there any pitfalls we need to be aware of?
Arreks Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 Right click the folders (Documents etc) and go to Location, then change to the D: drive. Shouldn't be really any pitfalls, I've done it fine.. though don't take my word for it!! 1
elsiegee40 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Posted November 16, 2015 @Arreks or someone! Help! Son moved to My Documents to D: and it has renamed the whole of D: to My documents. He can't undo it and can't move it back (it says access denied)
Arreks Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 Ah yeah the location will need to be something like D:\Documents\ rather than just D:\ Can he right click the D: drive and set location like before? as for access denied, right click the D: drive > security > edit button and make sure there's full control for his user account. 1
elsiegee40 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Posted November 16, 2015 not sure what's going on with the permissions. They all look fine, but he does appear to have managed to sort it out. Fingers crossed!
elsiegee40 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Posted November 16, 2015 I hate doing this sort of thing on a personal machine. It feels far worse when things don't go to plan! Especially if I am not in the room with the machine. Sometimes, you just need someone to listen as your panic subsides. Thanks @Arreks! 1
Arreks Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) Awful anecdote time. Before I was with my OH, I was 'seeing' a girl and one of the very first times I actually went to her house was because she had problems with her laptop.. (you can see where this is going, and no it's not like one of those dodgy movies where the plumber shows up!). Anyway, fixed the original issues without any problems (managed to look intelligent which was the main priority) and was just finishing the process of uninstalling Norton antivirus/internet security when all hell broke loose - blue screen, corrupt boot, then no connectivity once I managed to log in.. In the end I managed to system restore using a repair disc but it was really nerve-wracking! I have never felt like that when actually working, only when working on the devices of people I care about Edited November 16, 2015 by Arreks 1
LeMarchand Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 I've used SaveMe for this in the past. 1
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