SSD as C:

I'm thinking of installing an SSD as drive C: on my Win 8.1 desktop as a
replacement for the 1TB regular HD that's there now.

I have 800GB free on that drive so a 240GB SSD would seem to be
adequate, but I'm thinking I'd like to move the C:\users\cy\documents to
a second internal drive.

Is there a way to mount that new directory (say it's called
E:\documents) to c:\users\cy\documents so that clicking on documents in
Win Explorer (looking at This PC OS (C Users Cy) will take me to
E:\documents?

Thanks.

"Cy Burnot" escreveu na mensagem ...

«I'm thinking of installing an SSD as drive C: on my Win 8.1 desktop as a
replacement for the 1TB regular HD that's there now.

I have 800GB free on that drive so a 240GB SSD would seem to be
adequate, but I'm thinking I'd like to move the C:\users\cy\documents to
a second internal drive.

Is there a way to mount that new directory (say it's called
E:\documents) to c:\users\cy\documents so that clicking on documents in
Win Explorer (looking at This PC OS (C Users Cy) will take me to
E:\documents?

Thanks.»

You can change documents location right-clicking on documents folder and
choosing location tab.

On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 17:05:56 Cy Burnot wrote:

I'm thinking of installing an SSD as drive C: on my Win 8.1 desktop as a
replacement for the 1TB regular HD that's there now.

I have 800GB free on that drive so a 240GB SSD would seem to be
adequate, but I'm thinking I'd like to move the C:\users\cy\documents to
a second internal drive.

Is there a way to mount that new directory (say it's called
E:\documents) to c:\users\cy\documents so that clicking on documents in
Win Explorer (looking at This PC OS (C Users Cy) will take me to
E:\documents?

What I did was to include (in my case) D:\documents in the documents
library and then arrange for it to list that first.

David

--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:05:56 -0500, Cy Burnot wrote:

I'm thinking of installing an SSD as drive C: on my Win 8.1 desktop as a
replacement for the 1TB regular HD that's there now.

I have 800GB free on that drive so a 240GB SSD would seem to be
adequate, but I'm thinking I'd like to move the C:\users\cy\documents to
a second internal drive.

Is there a way to mount that new directory (say it's called
E:\documents) to c:\users\cy\documents so that clicking on documents in
Win Explorer (looking at This PC OS (C Users Cy) will take me to
E:\documents?

Yes, from Disk Management you can mount the entire E drive into an empty
NTFS folder on your C drive if you want everything to be transparent, or you
could use a Junction Point to mostly do the same thing.

Others have already provided other solutions.

Cy Burnot wrote:

Is there a way to mount that new directory (say it's called
E:\documents) to c:\users\cy\documents

Yes, within Disk Management you can add or remove more mount points,
normally these are drive letters and normally each disk only has one,
but you can do a folder mount instead (or as well).

Nixon wrote on 1/2/2015 5:25 PM:
"Cy Burnot" escreveu na mensagem ...

«I'm thinking of installing an SSD as drive C: on my Win 8.1 desktop as a
replacement for the 1TB regular HD that's there now.

I have 800GB free on that drive so a 240GB SSD would seem to be
adequate, but I'm thinking I'd like to move the C:\users\cy\documents to
a second internal drive.

Is there a way to mount that new directory (say it's called
E:\documents) to c:\users\cy\documents so that clicking on documents in
Win Explorer (looking at This PC OS (C Users Cy) will take me to
E:\documents?

Thanks.»

You can change documents location right-clicking on documents folder and
choosing location tab.

But then how do I mount it back to the original position?

Char Jackson wrote on 1/2/2015 9:22 PM:
On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:05:56 -0500, Cy Burnot wrote:

I'm thinking of installing an SSD as drive C: on my Win 8.1 desktop as a
replacement for the 1TB regular HD that's there now.

I have 800GB free on that drive so a 240GB SSD would seem to be
adequate, but I'm thinking I'd like to move the C:\users\cy\documents to
a second internal drive.

Is there a way to mount that new directory (say it's called
E:\documents) to c:\users\cy\documents so that clicking on documents in
Win Explorer (looking at This PC OS (C Users Cy) will take me to
E:\documents?

Yes, from Disk Management you can mount the entire E drive into an empty
NTFS folder on your C drive if you want everything to be transparent,

Not immediately obvious. How does one do that?

or you could use a Junction Point to mostly do the same thing.

Mostly?

Cy Burnot wrote:
Nixon wrote on 1/2/2015 5:25 PM:
"Cy Burnot" escreveu na mensagem ...

«I'm thinking of installing an SSD as drive C: on my Win 8.1 desktop as a
replacement for the 1TB regular HD that's there now.

I have 800GB free on that drive so a 240GB SSD would seem to be
adequate, but I'm thinking I'd like to move the C:\users\cy\documents to
a second internal drive.

Is there a way to mount that new directory (say it's called
E:\documents) to c:\users\cy\documents so that clicking on documents in
Win Explorer (looking at This PC OS (C Users Cy) will take me to
E:\documents?

Thanks.»

You can change documents location right-clicking on documents folder and
choosing location tab.

But then how do I mount it back to the original position?


Look at the options on Location tab...it has a 'Restore to default' button.

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

Cy Burnot wrote:

Not immediately obvious. How does one do that?

Between Char's post and my own, you've been given the correct terms to
search for, although it's straightforward, you *do* want to make sure
you understand what you're doing before going ahead ...

"Disk Management"
"Change Drive Letters and Paths"
"Folder Mount"

Andy Burns wrote on 1/3/2015 4:50 PM:
Cy Burnot wrote:

Not immediately obvious. How does one do that?

Between Char's post and my own, you've been given the correct terms to
search for, although it's straightforward, you *do* want to make sure
you understand what you're doing before going ahead ...

That's why I asked for help.

If I thought I could suss out what to do with the results of such
searches, I probably wouldn't have asked for help here.

"Disk Management"

Too general.

"Change Drive Letters and Paths"

Not ware that that was what I was trying to do!

"Folder Mount"

Hmmmm...

This looks promising!
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx

On 1/2/15 3:05 PM, Cy Burnot wrote:
I'm thinking of installing an SSD as drive C: on my Win 8.1 desktop as a
replacement for the 1TB regular HD that's there now.

I have 800GB free on that drive so a 240GB SSD would seem to be
adequate, but I'm thinking I'd like to move the C:\users\cy\documents to
a second internal drive.

Is there a way to mount that new directory (say it's called
E:\documents) to c:\users\cy\documents so that clicking on documents in
Win Explorer (looking at This PC OS (C Users Cy) will take me to
E:\documents?

It sounds like you want to do what I did. :-)

I built a new unit with an SSD solely as the drive for the operating
system, and ALL data except for the library files (the indexes if you
will) are on a 2nd mechanical drive. The only reason I didn't move the
library files is I've yet to find a way to tell Windows to store those
files elsewhere. And if you don't use libraries, it won't matter since
the content of these files will always be same as when the OS was installed.

I have a 120 GB SSD, with 3 partitions. One partition is Win 7, one
partition is Win 8, and the third is as yet unused. I put virtual
memory on the 2nd drive also, but if I never use that 3rd partition of
the SSD, I may move virtual memory to the unused partition of the SSD.
Since the boot partitions contain only OS files, size is essentially
stable. And so far, no problems with just a 120 GB SSD.

I have never, ever, stored my data on the C:\ partition, even on single
drive systems I create a "D" drive for data. MS has even admitted that
having the data and the OS files on the same partition/drive may not be
the best idea for everyone.

I've never used the My Documents system, it doesn't match how I want my
data on the hard drive sorted. And it feels like an extra and
unnecessary step to me. It may not be, I've never really looked into it.

Nixon's suggestion as to how to move your data is certainly the easiest,
from my point of view. I haven't relocated my files for Win 8 as of
yet, but I suspect there are more folders that can be relocated that is
shown in Windows Explorer. I'm 99.9% sure there are more folders in Win
7 you can move, but I didn't go take a look before writing this reply.
And if Win 8 works the same as Win 7, changing the location from C:\ to
?:/ will give you the option of having Windows move all your data for you.


--
Ken
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Thunderbird 31.0
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and it's gone!"