Re: how do i move progam files on disk c: into another disk

Hi,

As many of us have told you, simply moving them is a *bad* idea, even with
the help of a utility like COA32. The only safe way to do this is by
uninstalling and reinstalling, and most every application now will allow a
custom install to another location (and those that don't are likely to be
programs that you should question as to why they don't). In addition, you
cannot "move" the Program Files folder per se, you can create a new one on
the other drive and install the programs to it. The one on C: is a system
folder and cannot be moved even if you install the programs elsewhere, this
folder must remain in place.

Also, moving them to another drive will free up space and may provide a
marginal increase in performance (provided this is another physical drive
and not another volume on the same physical drive - that would actually
lower performance), but for true increases (and noticeable ones), I would
concentrate more on increasing the system memory (more ram equals less drive
swapping) and limiting background processes to only those necessary.
Basically you could go through all the steps of properly moving the program
folders and see no increase in system performance.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"sa" <sa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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awnser all my question, please.
i don't want to uninstall all the programs and then reinstall them.and
there
are many softwares do not allow me to choose place to install.
i also don't want insall any software into my computer. because i trust my
friend and microsoft, they told me that easy to move files, folder in
window
xp. i thing i read this message when install window, on produce, on
internet...


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