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In message , FredW
writes: [] Start Windows Explorer Go to Users\[name]\*.* Right click on My Documents. Click on Properties \ Location. Change the location to the D:\ (or any other) partition. Move folder. Done. [] You can also specify the folder name, not just the partition. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Veni, Vidi, VO5 (I came, I saw, I washed my hair) - Mik from S+AS Limited ), 1998 |
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On 11/15/15 2:21 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
When there is something in the way, it won't shrink below that. The pagefile doesn't typically sit half way out. You can use OK, not the pagefile. I can't remember what it is that the OS tends to put half way. Maybe it's_any_ file that stops Disk Management shrinking NFI to find out where your pagefile is today. [I could if I knew what it was (-:] I have no clue what NFI is either. LOL But with some 3rd party defragmenters, they indicate in the disk map some basic info about the files. Fragmented files one color, defragged another color, and so on. I'm doing a defrag right now, and the pagefile is fragmented in two parts. IIRC, after defragging, I can turn virtual memory off, which removes the pagefile. Then, turn virtual memory back on, and Windows will create a pagefile that is not fragmented. There may be a couple reboots in there, it's been so long since I did this I simply don't remember. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 36.0.4 Thunderbird 31.5 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 11/15/15 7:09 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , FredW writes: [] Start Windows Explorer Go to Users\[name]\*.* Right click on My Documents. Click on Properties \ Location. Change the location to the D:\ (or any other) partition. Move folder. Done. [] You can also specify the folder name, not just the partition. I think Fred should have noted that there are other personal folders to be moved to get your data moved to a new location. I take a different tack for getting this done. Open the Start Menu, click on the account name. A window opens and all your personal folders appear in the window. Then I walk through each folder, open Properties, change the location on the Location tab by just changing the drive or partition letter, press Enter 3 times, move to the next folder. Windows moves the folder and all the files. Do it for every folder that has a location tab. I don't try to move user profiles, etc., just keep it simple in case I run across some poorly programmed app that can't handle something other than the norm. 2 things I'd like to do, but haven't spent a lot of time researching, is a way to create the "special" folders like Contacts while in the personal folder that have a location tab so the system will put that folder and data in the new location and treat the new folder the same as the Windows default folders. The other is to have the information in the Library folders moved that are in the hidden AppData folder. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 36.0.4 Thunderbird 31.5 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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Ken Springer wrote:
On 11/15/15 2:21 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: When there is something in the way, it won't shrink below that. The pagefile doesn't typically sit half way out. You can use OK, not the pagefile. I can't remember what it is that the OS tends to put half way. Maybe it's_any_ file that stops Disk Management shrinking NFI to find out where your pagefile is today. [I could if I knew what it was (-:] I have no clue what NFI is either. LOL But with some 3rd party defragmenters, they indicate in the disk map some basic info about the files. Fragmented files one color, defragged another color, and so on. I'm doing a defrag right now, and the pagefile is fragmented in two parts. IIRC, after defragging, I can turn virtual memory off, which removes the pagefile. Then, turn virtual memory back on, and Windows will create a pagefile that is not fragmented. There may be a couple reboots in there, it's been so long since I did this I simply don't remember. If you fix the size of the Pagefile, it would probably be a bit more stable and not fragment. You can select a min and max size (same value) to make it behave itself. ******* nfi.exe is a Win2K era utility by Microsoft. It shows the LBA data cluster locations for a file, as well as give evidence of how many file names a file might have. It's a shame more effort wasn't put into maintaining this, as it's handy for experiments occasionally. nfi.exe is for NTFS partition listing only, and doesn't work on FAT32. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/253066 http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...us/oem3sr2.zip nfi.exe c: C:\users\username\downloads\nfi_for_c.txt Paul |
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On 11/15/15 8:40 AM, Paul wrote:
Ken Springer wrote: On 11/15/15 2:21 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: When there is something in the way, it won't shrink below that. The pagefile doesn't typically sit half way out. You can use OK, not the pagefile. I can't remember what it is that the OS tends to put half way. Maybe it's_any_ file that stops Disk Management shrinking NFI to find out where your pagefile is today. [I could if I knew what it was (-:] I have no clue what NFI is either. LOL But with some 3rd party defragmenters, they indicate in the disk map some basic info about the files. Fragmented files one color, defragged another color, and so on. I'm doing a defrag right now, and the pagefile is fragmented in two parts. IIRC, after defragging, I can turn virtual memory off, which removes the pagefile. Then, turn virtual memory back on, and Windows will create a pagefile that is not fragmented. There may be a couple reboots in there, it's been so long since I did this I simply don't remember. If you fix the size of the Pagefile, it would probably be a bit more stable and not fragment. You can select a min and max size (same value) to make it behave itself. Which is what I do, and I always make it larger that what the OS recommends. Do I have a plan as to how much larger? H*** no. LOL snip -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 36.0.4 Thunderbird 31.5 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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Ken Springer wrote:
On 11/15/15 8:40 AM, Paul wrote: If you fix the size of the Pagefile, it would probably be a bit more stable and not fragment. You can select a min and max size (same value) to make it behave itself. Which is what I do, and I always make it larger that what the OS recommends. Do I have a plan as to how much larger? H*** no. LOL snip Generally when I'm visiting that dialog, it's to make the thing smaller, not larger. Somewhere in the 512MB ro 1024MB range perhaps. Some versions of Windows put up a dialog, whining if you make it too small. I don't generally run with it set to zero, unless it's a short term experiment or a bar bet. ******* The largest page file setting I've ever used (and this was because I wanted a program to finish no matter what), was 128GB on a 64 bit OS. And I think the peak usage was only 20GB or so. Any attempts to use this pagefile, would take forever. It took the program a week to finish what it was doing, and I can't really be sure the developer knows it takes that long, and the operation is such a pig. But the operation would not complete, without a lot of "fertilizer and sunshine". So there will be occasions, rare ones, where you might want to bump it up for a week. Paul |
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On 11/15/15 4:52 PM, Paul wrote:
Ken Springer wrote: On 11/15/15 8:40 AM, Paul wrote: If you fix the size of the Pagefile, it would probably be a bit more stable and not fragment. You can select a min and max size (same value) to make it behave itself. Which is what I do, and I always make it larger that what the OS recommends. Do I have a plan as to how much larger? H*** no. LOL snip Generally when I'm visiting that dialog, it's to make the thing smaller, not larger. Somewhere in the 512MB ro 1024MB range perhaps. Some versions of Windows put up a dialog, whining if you make it too small. I don't generally run with it set to zero, unless it's a short term experiment or a bar bet. ******* The largest page file setting I've ever used (and this was because I wanted a program to finish no matter what), was 128GB on a 64 bit OS. And I think the peak usage was only 20GB or so. Any attempts to use this pagefile, would take forever. It took the program a week to finish what it was doing, and I can't really be sure the developer knows it takes that long, and the operation is such a pig. But the operation would not complete, without a lot of "fertilizer and sunshine". So there will be occasions, rare ones, where you might want to bump it up for a week. I'm a multitasker, been that way since I learned what it is. So I've always set mine at or larger than the recommended size. And I've always had the HD space to do it. Now that we're talking about it, I've never known how Windows determines the recommended amount, just always gone with it and got on with my life. G -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 36.0.4 Thunderbird 31.5 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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"Daniel47" wrote in message ... On 15/11/2015 2:21 AM, Big Al wrote: Daniel47 wrote on 11/14/2015 4:44 AM: snip. has separated into a 115GB C:\ (called OS) and a 370GB D:\ (called Data), and, of course, the C:\ is now almost full (104GB used) and the D:\ is almost empty (about 250MB (yes, MB) used). Could someone please tell me where I might find the re-sizing capability or further instructions to do it, so I can give her access to more of her HD?? End Game might be to copy the 250MB data from D:\ to C:\ and remove D:\ totally, so C:\ can have all the HD. Is this possible .... and simple?? TIA Daniel I find http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html Partition Wizard 9 Free a great too. You can do multiple actions, even though I suggest one at a time. It will resize, move, expand etc. I've rearranged many an OS and Data partitions etc to make room for a 3rd Linux Partition. And did I say it was free. Nice GUI too. Thanks for the recommendation, Big Al. Daniel Daniel, This has got quite convoluted. Yes, you can simply do exactly what you described. First, back everything up. Then copy the data to c:\. Then delete d: Then expand C:. You can use disk management for everything but the complete backup. Badabing. |
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On 15/11/2015 11:17 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Daniel47 writes: Snip Can I set the Win7 OS up so that it thinks "My Documents", "My Music", etc, are on the D:\, so when my niece saves a document, it will automatically go to D:\?? I'm pretty certain you can; I'm not on my 7 machine at the moment, but from memory, it's something like right-click on them, select properties, and look for "location" and "move" in one of the tabs. Hmm!! Will have to check this out!! Daniel |
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On 16/11/2015 12:56 AM, FredW wrote:
On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 21:45:18 +1100, Daniel47 wrote: Can I set the Win7 OS up so that it thinks "My Documents", "My Music", etc, are on the D:\, so when my niece saves a document, it will automatically go to D:\?? Yes, you can. I did it when I started with Win7 years ago. (I have to look up how I did it.) Start Windows Explorer Go to Users\[name]\*.* Right click on My Documents. Click on Properties \ Location. Change the location to the D:\ (or any other) partition. Move folder. Done. Repeat this for (as required): - My Favorites - My Documents - My Downloads - My Music - My Pictures - My Video See also: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-location.html Thanks, Fred. When I do this, will MS Word, etc, then automatically go to D:\ (or wherever). Right?? (i.e. Windows is not going to make a new My Favorites on the C:\ and keep saving there??) Daniel |
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On 16/11/2015 2:09 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 11/15/15 7:09 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: In message , FredW writes: [] Start Windows Explorer Go to Users\[name]\*.* Right click on My Documents. Click on Properties \ Location. Change the location to the D:\ (or any other) partition. Move folder. Done. [] You can also specify the folder name, not just the partition. I think Fred should have noted that there are other personal folders to be moved to get your data moved to a new location. I take a different tack for getting this done. Open the Start Menu, click on the account name. A window opens and all your personal folders appear in the window. Then I walk through each folder, open Properties, change the location on the Location tab by just changing the drive or partition letter, press Enter 3 times, move to the next folder. Windows moves the folder and all the files. Do it for every folder that has a location tab. I don't try to move user profiles, etc., just keep it simple in case I run across some poorly programmed app that can't handle something other than the norm. 2 things I'd like to do, but haven't spent a lot of time researching, is a way to create the "special" folders like Contacts while in the personal folder that have a location tab so the system will put that folder and data in the new location and treat the new folder the same as the Windows default folders. The other is to have the information in the Library folders moved that are in the hidden AppData folder. Thanks, Ken. Daniel |
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On 16/11/2015 2:44 PM, SPD wrote:
"Daniel47" wrote in message ... On 15/11/2015 2:21 AM, Big Al wrote: Daniel47 wrote on 11/14/2015 4:44 AM: snip. has separated into a 115GB C:\ (called OS) and a 370GB D:\ (called Data), and, of course, the C:\ is now almost full (104GB used) and the D:\ is almost empty (about 250MB (yes, MB) used). Could someone please tell me where I might find the re-sizing capability or further instructions to do it, so I can give her access to more of her HD?? End Game might be to copy the 250MB data from D:\ to C:\ and remove D:\ totally, so C:\ can have all the HD. Is this possible .... and simple?? TIA Daniel I find http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html Partition Wizard 9 Free a great too. You can do multiple actions, even though I suggest one at a time. It will resize, move, expand etc. I've rearranged many an OS and Data partitions etc to make room for a 3rd Linux Partition. And did I say it was free. Nice GUI too. Thanks for the recommendation, Big Al. Daniel Daniel, This has got quite convoluted. Yes, you can simply do exactly what you described. First, back everything up. Then copy the data to c:\. Then delete d: Then expand C:. You can use disk management for everything but the complete backup. Badabing. Thanks for your suggestion. Daniel |
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