Windows 10: Moving User folder from SSD to HDD

Hi,


I'm trying to move my User folder from the SSD to the HDD but when I open the folder properties to do it, the "location" tab isn't present.


Is there an easy fix for this?


TIA

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How to move an existing user from HDD to a SSD

I upgraded my laptop and installed a SSD (keeping my HDD installed). I made a new Windows installation on the SSD and created a new user for myself, but my brother would like to move his user account (with all his files, folders, preferences etc) from
HDD to SDD. Is this possible? I suppose just moving the C:\Users folder wouldn't be correct, right?

 

Relocation of User Profile Folders from SSD to HDD

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Most of the manufacturers install Windows Operating system on the SSD rather than HDD. As it provides boost in performance and get fast boot for the Operating system.

Hence, the preferable drive for Windows OS to save its files would be SSD. That is reason personal files and User profile folders are saved in SSD. The user profile folder gets created where the Windows OS is installed.



You can try to change the saved location for the applications at the time of installation. However, for the relocation of User profile folders from SSD to HDD is not possible. This might cause few error which may crash Windows.



You can install/save all the third party applications on HDD by changing its saved location at the time of installation. In that way, only Operating files and system files will be present in SSD and the rest you can move to HDD.



Hope it helps.



Rohit Raina

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Appdata Roaming move from SSD to HDD

Hi, recently bought a laptop with an ssd and a hdd. What i noticed was that every time i downloaded something, even though it was located in HDD, the SSD still took up space. I already moved the download, documents, etc. to the HDD.

Then i noticed that whatever i download gets into the appdata/roaming folder as well, so is it ok to move the Roaming folder from SSD to HDD?