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Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
Category: Computers Asked by: vaac-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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19 Jul 2005 10:35 PDT
Expires: 18 Aug 2005 10:35 PDT Question ID: 545400 |
Partition c: of my 10 Gbyte hard disk, on which windows 98 is installed, has only 382 Mbytes free of her total 2146 Mbytes.This seems to cause problems. Programs on partition c: are for instace: Adobe Acrobat, Epson printer, Visioneer, Norton Internet security, Scandisk, Visioneer scanner and similar ones. Does anybody know which, if any, of these and/or similar programs can be safely moved to other partitions which have much more free space, and still function properly? |
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Re: Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: omnivorous-ga on 19 Jul 2005 11:21 PDT |
Vaac -- Any program can be moved to another partition but you'll want to assure that all program shortcuts and links are updated to the new partition. Windows normally does a poor job of updating those links. Best regards, Omnivorous-GA |
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Re: Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: eudean-ga on 19 Jul 2005 11:57 PDT |
You're best bet would probably be to uninstall the program from the C: partition first, then re-install it on the other partition, specifying the location manually during the setup process. "Moving" it manually once it's already installed would be difficult. Another alternative would be to get some partitioning software that allows you to resize partitions, such as Partition Magic (I believe owned by Symantec now). You could then resize the C: partition to give enough space for new programs. |
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Re: Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: gobageman-ga on 20 Jul 2005 11:55 PDT |
moving the files may cause incorrect file names and than they may not work properly. I would suggest reinstalling the program in the other partition after uninstalling the programs on the first partition. |
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Re: Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: wyrd-ga on 21 Jul 2005 19:18 PDT |
I agree with eudean-ga -- uninstall some of your applications from drive C: (partition C:), then reinstall them to some other partition. Warning: make sure you have the install disks or files for those programs before you uninstall them! :-) Some programs are easier to do that with than others. Adobe Acrobat Reader (your question said "Adobe Acrobat", so I'm not sure if you're talking about the full Acrobat prog, or just the reader) is a good candidate for reinstalling to a different drive because it's easy to download from the Adobe website, and the program itself doesn't generally create a bunch of custom files after it's installed. (AFAIK) ---- The reason why simply dragging and dropping large programs is unlikely to work is mostly the Windows registry--when those programs were installed, all or nearly all of them had many keys added to the Windows registry--in general, any program that shows up in the Add/Remove Programs list from the Control Panel has entries in the Windows Registry. Any time you move a program like that to a different location on your hard drive, you can expect it to break horribly. Good luck. And if your version of Windows supports it, you might want to create a System Restore backup point before you get too involved with this. :-) |
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Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: matiasbaruch-ga on 23 Jul 2005 12:17 PDT |
Iīm not agree with omnivorous-ga because it is impossible, because you need to transfer the registry entries, and thatīs so difficult. You can ask for a software, but as I know, i donīt know nothing. |
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Re: Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: cluthavaults-ga on 26 Jul 2005 16:13 PDT |
You have a 10Gbyte hard drive. Partition C: on that hard drive is 2Gbyte. is the other 8Gbyte free space or is it used up on another partition? (like D: for example) If the other 8Gbyte is available then get Partition Magic (http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic/) and make your C: partition bigger. Make it as big as the space available on 10Gbyte hard drive. OR Buy a bigger hard drive, they are cheap these days, and image the contents of your old drive to your new drive. Unfortunately you can't just copy the information but you have to make an "image". Here are products that will do a disk to disk copy. works for Win98+: http://www.drive-image.com/ http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/ works for Win2k+: http://www.symantec.com/ghost/ghost_personal/ Partition Magic is a handy tool to have what ever you do. Google search phrase used: hard disk imaging OR image OR cloning |
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Re: Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: vaac-ga on 26 Jul 2005 17:36 PDT |
Thank you all for your suggestions to increase c: to more than 2 Gbytes. Howevwe I am used to the housekeeping used by the root directory and FAT used by older system limiting disk size to 2 Gbytes. With these systems I understand what I am doing, But with the new systems allocating the whole disk space to one partition I don't. However since the new system has many advantages I wonder if somebody could expain how it works or call my attention to a web site which explains this. |
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Re: Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: robroy43-ga on 01 Aug 2005 15:27 PDT |
I've been in the same position several times and now partition disks with 2 partitions, one C: for OS type software and the other D: for my own data and all other installed software in d:/program files/.. I have had Ultra WinCleaner One Click installed on my PC since it was supplied free on a PCPro mag. free CD. It is a fine product and has a Winsmart Mover feature that does exactly what you want to do. Under the advanced button it allows you select exactly what features you want to change, e.g. registry, autoexec, shortcuts, quick launch etc and has an undo function. I HAVE NOT USED THIS FEATURE myself as I don't have the problem but everything else I used in this program worked perfectly. Try with a program you have install disks for. Good luck. |
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Re: Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: robroy43-ga on 02 Aug 2005 07:18 PDT |
Google search 'C:drive move programs from' found this good discussion at http://help.lockergnome.com/lofiversion/index.php/t7357.html recommending TweakUI (from Microsoft ) which seems to allow you to move many special folders from the c: drive, including the Program Files folder. Some discussion about the quality of 'folder moving' programs. So today I did try Winsmart Mover and it worked fine, moving programs, reg entries, shortcuts etc. and kept the work done in a table ready for an 'UNDO'. However when I tried to UNDO after exiting from Winsmart Mover there was nothing in the UNDO list. Certainly worth a try to move a selection of program folders. Web ref: www.wincleaner.com |
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Re: Can programs be moved to partitions other than c:
From: johnathanstart-ga on 03 Aug 2005 00:19 PDT |
Sorry no Programs can do this job because the Programs of c maybe have own features. you can: 1)uninstall the progarms and install them to d: 2)do it by yourself. |
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