Windows 10: Move user profile folders to another drive

Discus and support Move user profile folders to another drive in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I've seen some stuff on here about how to move folders IN a user profile to another drive. I need the entire profile to be on another drive. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Chaim Simcha, Dec 2, 2020.

  1. Move user profile folders to another drive


    I've seen some stuff on here about how to move folders IN a user profile to another drive. I need the entire profile to be on another drive.

    I bought an OEM Dell machine that came with a 256GB system drive and a 1TB data drive. Great. As far as it goes. Moving just Desktop, Documents, etc does nothing to alleviate the space issue as most of the space being used by this particular profile is the Outlook data folder nearly 4GB.

    I just want the entire Users folder on the D: drive. If that's not possible, then I want the entire user profile folder C:\Users\UserName to be on D:\Users\UserName.

    :)
     
    Chaim Simcha, Dec 2, 2020
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  2. Kari Win User

    Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10  


    If not the best way to do that but at least the way I recommend:

    • "Empty" your user profile folders as much as you can, copying documents, pics, videos, music and all other personal data from all user profiles to external HDD. As following steps require you to relocate Users folder two times, the less data is left in user profile folders, the faster the relocation process. Important: Leave system folder AppData for each profile intact, do not empty / move its content!
    • Reverse the relocating, doing exactly as told in tutorial Method Two but this time relocating Users folder back to C: drive
    • Shut down the PC, replace the disk where you had Users relocated
    • Mount the new disk, boot to Windows, assign new disk the same drive ID letter than the old one had
    • Again, do as told in Method Two, now relocating Users to new disk
    • Restore the backed up personal user data from external drive to respective folders under each user profile
     
    Kari, Dec 2, 2020
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  3. How to move the user profile folder to an external hard drive


    *Confused I found a Windows 10 Forums article online about how to move the Users profile folder to an external drive, but it was not something easily understood by a not-too-techie user.

    If there are some easy to follow step-by-step instructions on how to do this for a recently upgraded Windows 10 (not Windows Professional or Windows Enterprise) OS, I would be happy to get them.
     
    wondermuse, Dec 2, 2020
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  4. Rose Cal Win User

    Move user profile folders to another drive

    User Profile Service failed

    To resolve your concern, we suggest that you follow these steps:

    • Copy the Default folder (in C:\Users) from another windows 10 computer.
    • Rename the Default folder to something like DefaultOLD (just to keep it for safety reasons).
    • Paste it in your Users folder.
    • To make sure that you won't have problems with permissions of the "implant" folder, just transfer it via a FAT/FAT32 formatted USB stick (those filesystems don't have permissions).

    This will provide solution to the error User Profile Service failed.

    Let us know if you need more assistance.
     
    Rose Cal, Dec 2, 2020
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