Moving "My Photos" and "My Music" cwturley 6/24/2007 9:15:01 PM My PC is set up with a single 230gig HD that is partitioned into 30gig for the OS and other programs and 200gig that is mainly used for editing video. I have a significant of new music and photos that I want to put on the system. With the XP Home OS on the 30gig partition, can I move the My Photos and My Music folders and content to the larger partition so that the actual music and photo files are saved there, but leave the OS on the smaller? If so, how do I do that? Thanks in advance.

Re: Moving "My Photos" and "My Music" Claymore <claymore[ at ]ontera.net> 6/24/2007 9:39:27 PM On Jun 24, 5:15 pm, cwturley <cwtur...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > My PC is set up with a single 230gig HD that is partitioned into 30gig for > the OS and other programs and 200gig that is mainly used for editing video. > I have a significant of new music and photos that I want to put on the > system. With the XP Home OS on the 30gig partition, can I move the My Photos > and My Music folders and content to the larger partition so that the actual > music and photo files are saved there, but leave the OS on the smaller? If > so, how do I do that? Thanks in advance. Hello: Download Microsoft's TweakUI here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx You want the 147 KB version on the right - scroll down. After installing, go to My Computer => Special Folders => select and move to where you want.

Re: Moving "My Photos" and "My Music" cwturley 6/24/2007 10:11:00 PM I did as you instructed. When I open My Computer, I don't see anything like "Special Folders" - just the regular ones there before. When I tried to move My Photos, I get a msg that says it is part of the OS and cannot be moved or renamed. Claymore" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Jun 24, 5:15 pm, cwturley <cwtur...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote: > > My PC is set up with a single 230gig HD that is partitioned into 30gig for > > the OS and other programs and 200gig that is mainly used for editing video. > > I have a significant of new music and photos that I want to put on the > > system. With the XP Home OS on the 30gig partition, can I move the My Photos > > and My Music folders and content to the larger partition so that the actual > > music and photo files are saved there, but leave the OS on the smaller? If > > so, how do I do that? Thanks in advance. > > Hello: > > Download Microsoft's TweakUI here: > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx > > You want the 147 KB version on the right - scroll down. > > After installing, go to My Computer => Special Folders => select and > move to where you want. >

Re: Moving "My Photos" and "My Music" Claymore <claymore[ at ]ontera.net> 6/24/2007 10:41:06 PM On Jun 24, 6:11 pm, cwturley <cwtur...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I did as you instructed. When I open My Computer, I don't see anything like > "Special Folders" - just the regular ones there before. > > When I tried to move My Photos, I get a msg that says it is part of the OS > and cannot be moved or renamed. > > > > Claymore" wrote: > > On Jun 24, 5:15 pm, cwturley <cwtur...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> > > wrote: > > > My PC is set up with a single 230gig HD that is partitioned into 30gig for > > > the OS and other programs and 200gig that is mainly used for editing video. > > > I have a significant of new music and photos that I want to put on the > > > system. With the XP Home OS on the 30gig partition, can I move the My Photos > > > and My Music folders and content to the larger partition so that the actual > > > music and photo files are saved there, but leave the OS on the smaller? If > > > so, how do I do that? Thanks in advance. > > > Hello: > > > Download Microsoft's TweakUI here: > > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx > > > You want the 147 KB version on the right - scroll down. > > > After installing, go to My Computer => Special Folders => select and > > move to where you want.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Hello agian, When I say "My Computer" I'm referring to "My Computer" in TweakUI, not on your desktop.

Re: Moving "My Photos" and "My Music" "Harry Ohrn" <harry---[ at ]webtree.ca> 6/25/2007 1:55:37 PM Just move the entire My Documents Folder. Right click the My Documents icon and select Properties. Change the location to the drive letter of your other partition i.e E\My Documents and click the Move button. Answer yes to any other questions. This will store everything in the My Documents folder including the My Music and My Photos ect. in the new location. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "cwturley" <cwturley[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E098C145-06F4-414D-967B-6B5E19FE502F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > My PC is set up with a single 230gig HD that is partitioned into 30gig for > the OS and other programs and 200gig that is mainly used for editing > video. > I have a significant of new music and photos that I want to put on the > system. With the XP Home OS on the 30gig partition, can I move the My > Photos > and My Music folders and content to the larger partition so that the > actual > music and photo files are saved there, but leave the OS on the smaller? > If > so, how do I do that? Thanks in advance.