Windows 10: how do I move my user files from the C drive to a new internal drive in windows 10?

I have over 30,000 pictures in numerous folders. How can I place them all in the new internal drive. I want to clear the storage in my C drive for photoshop and lightroom.

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

recovering files and transferring them to another internal hard drive

Hi,

To help resolve your concern, kindly follow the steps below:

• Install the 1 TB hard drive.
• Install Windows 10 operating system to the 1 TB hard drive which you added.
• Change the BIOS settings and set first boot option to the newly installed hard drive with working Windows 10 operating system (BIOS settings would differ per manufacturer. Contact your PC manufacturer for assistance on how to do this.)
• Boot to Windows 10 of newly installed hard drive. Windows 10 should see the other drive.
• Copy and paste the important files from other drive to the new one.
• Format the other drive (as needed).

You may check those files you wanted to moved under C:/Users/username.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Windows 6.1 Files in C Drive

Hi Terry,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

Sorry to know that you are facing this issue.

To free up your computer’s hard drive disk space, Microsoft Windows 10 has a maintenance utility which is termed as Disk Cleanup. This utility will inspect your computer’s hard drive to remove unwanted files (which are no longer used) and eliminate
those particular files. Disk Cleanup blanks the Recycle Bin, removes temporary files moreover system files along with the ones that are not being in use by users.

Follow these steps:

• 
  Press Windows key + R to get the run window.
  
• 
  Type “cleanmgr” on the text field and click Ok.
  

If you have many drive partitions on your computer then select Windows C drive or the drive that you wish to clean using the drop down menu of the Disk Cleanup Drive Selection. Follow the on-screen directions to complete the process. Once this
is done restart the computer.

Keep us informed to help you further.