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« Reply #25 on: April 06, 2012, 04:26:52 PM »
Quote from: crabby3 on April 06, 2012, 09:04:42 AM
      (The DATA (D:), that used to say Documents, was already highlighted... I clicked it anyway but nothing changed.)

When I clicked the Addressbar... it changed from Computer>DATA (D:)>     to D:\

Note:  As I mentioned above, I think Reply#15, my Start Menu now lists Documents as DATA (D:).    In the right pane.

Well, it seems like the whole D: partition is now "My Docs" undecided
That doesnt seem to be ideal to me.

Better would be e.g. D:\Documents - then you could also have
D:\Pictures etc. etc.

At this stage, I'd wait and see what someone more expert than me has to say about it all ;-)
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« Reply #26 on: April 06, 2012, 04:32:13 PM »
from http://answers.microsoft....5b-4502-85ba-fd49a007fd82:

The My Documents folder is part of Windows 7's new Documents Library.  A library combines multiple folders that contain similar types of files.
 
To move your documents to the D drive:
 
1. Create a new documents folder on the D drive.
 2. Right-click the new folder and click Include in Library > Documents .
 3. Click Start > Documents .
 4. Double-click My Documents to show its contents.
 5. Drag and drop the files to the new folder.
 6. Press F5 to refresh the view.
 7. Under Documents Library , click locations .
 8. Right-click the new folder and click Set as default save location .
 9. [Optional] Click My Documents and click Remove .
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« Reply #27 on: April 06, 2012, 05:30:41 PM »
Quote from: x16wda on April 06, 2012, 04:32:13 PM
To move your documents to the D drive:

I think that Crabby has already moved "Documents" to the D partition -
but instead of being in D:\Documents they are simply in D:\

(have a look at his previous post - I may well be misunderstanding it...)


PS - also note: it's Vista - I dont know if that varies much/any from Win7...
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« Reply #28 on: April 06, 2012, 05:47:01 PM »
@ crabby3, I am getting confused.
Will you please remind us what operating system you have? XP, Vista, 7, etc.
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« Reply #29 on: April 06, 2012, 11:11:32 PM »
Quote from: Curt on April 06, 2012, 05:47:01 PM
@ crabby3, I am getting confused.
Will you please remind us what operating system you have? XP, Vista, 7, etc.


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This is my current 'Signature'... which appears below all of my posts.   smiley
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« Reply #30 on: April 07, 2012, 12:21:30 AM »
Just found this post from IainB.

Maybe this download includes a solution to my issue?   tellme
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« Reply #31 on: April 07, 2012, 08:49:39 AM »
My issues are resolved!    cheesy

I just opened two windows, one with the D:\ files and one with the C:\ files.  Then carefully used drag-n-drop to move the D: files to their proper locations in the C: files.  I tested each program, as I went, making sure I didn't screw up anything... like dropping it in the wrong location.  Each one worked the way it used to.



Quote from: crabby3 on April 07, 2012, 12:21:30 AM
Just found this post from IainB.

Maybe this download includes a solution to my issue?   tellme
I tried this first but... it didn't help or change anything that I could find.    Sad



Quote from: tomos on April 06, 2012, 07:44:38 AM
Crabby, if you're not sure what you're doing, and you'd like to revert to how things were, you could consider using System Restore.
I tried this second... unfortunately this didn't help either... but I was able to learn what to expect from Vista's System Restore.   smiley   The only noticable change was... the DATA (D:) file name, on the Start Menu's right pane, reverted back to Documents... but all the files (that I had moved) were still in D:\


I still have the original issue though...  Grin  ...running out of disk space on C:    ... but I think I'm through with moving stuff around to get it.
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« Reply #32 on: April 07, 2012, 09:55:18 AM »
If nothing else, if your C and D partitions are on the same physical drive you could always reallocate the space (shrink your D and enlarge your C).  There are a number of free programs to do that for you; I have always had excellent results with Paragon software (http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-express/ is their free partition manager page).
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« Reply #33 on: April 07, 2012, 10:14:10 AM »
Quote from: crabby3 on April 07, 2012, 08:49:39 AM
Quote from: tomos on April 06, 2012, 07:44:38 AM
Crabby, if you're not sure what you're doing, and you'd like to revert to how things were, you could consider using System Restore.
I tried this second... unfortunately this didn't help either... but I was able to learn what to expect from Vista's System Restore.   smiley   The only noticable change was... the DATA (D:) file name, on the Start Menu's right pane, reverted back to Documents... but all the files (that I had moved) were still in D:\


I still have the original issue though...  Grin  ...running out of disk space on C:    ... but I think I'm through with moving stuff around to get it.

The system restore only changes what's on the C: partition.
OK, I suspect what that means is that your "My Documents" are on C: again. The files are also on D - but that is just a copy of them - if you save a file in My Docs I reckon it will be on C:

Dont get too trigger happy Crabby cheesy
please only do one thing at a time - I mean dont be doing system restores and at the same time trying out other things that will change stuff - cause you'll end up not knowing what has changed what which could make things difficult to recover from if anything goes wrong.


So to summarise:
the system restore *did* work:

  • Your My Docs are back on C:
  • You now have a copy of the files from My Docs on D:

so you're roughly back where you started ;-)


I'm bowing out here smiley
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« Reply #34 on: April 08, 2012, 03:48:24 AM »
Quote from: tomos on April 07, 2012, 10:14:10 AM
So to summarise:
the system restore *did* work:

  • Your My Docs are back on C:
  • You now have a copy of the files from My Docs on D:

so you're roughly back where you started ;-)


My posting ability still needs some a lot of work...  Grin       This is the chronological order of events.      Please excuse the confusion...    smiley


First....... I tried the Portable Fix It Troubleshooters Suite from IainB's post... but this didn't seem to make any noticable changes.

Second... I tried using System Restore (went back 5 days).  This changed the DATA (D:) file name, on the Start Menu, back to Documents.smiley  ...but nothing else.Sad   Everything I had moved to D: was still on D: only.

Third...... I opened 2 windows, one with the D:\ files and one with the C:\ files.  Then carefully used drag-n-drop to move the D: files to their proper locations in the C: files.  I tested the (error message) programs as I went and each one worked the way it used to.   cheesy


So...... the only things I left on D: are some files that weren't in a folder.  The files and folders I drag/dropped were sent to the Recycling Bin. (which can be restored if need be)
« Last Edit: April 10, 2012, 03:02:01 AM by crabby3; Reason: more accurate info » Logged
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