Windows 10: Moving Windows 10 Libraries to 2nd HD w/Win 7 on it

Discus and support Moving Windows 10 Libraries to 2nd HD w/Win 7 on it in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I have Windows 10 on my SSD & Windows 7 on a WD 1TB hard drive. I have not added anything to the hard drive since installing Windows 7. I want to move... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Moolah, Aug 7, 2016.

  1. Moolah Win User

    Moving Windows 10 Libraries to 2nd HD w/Win 7 on it


    I have Windows 10 on my SSD & Windows 7 on a WD 1TB hard drive. I have not added anything to the hard drive since installing Windows 7. I want to move the Libraries on Windows 10 to the hard drive. Do I need to partition the drive to do this? If so, what size do I need? What other steps are required?

    :)
     
    Moolah, Aug 7, 2016
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  2. Andrew E. Win User

    Windows 10 Reactivation

    How was Win 10 installed with new pc hardware,or was the HD simply moved from old pc to

    new pc configuration...Either wat,the default way would be to boot pc to Win 10 cd (set in BIOS

    cd w/Win 10 installed as 1st boot priority/HD second),at cd boot menu/delete partition/create one/

    format/Win 10 installs auto...However if its a simple product key,R.click my computer/properties/

    in new window,go to bottom, select "Change settings" change with proper key...Also,to chk,in

    run type: WinVer
     
    Andrew E., Aug 7, 2016
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  3. How to: Dual Boot Windows 7 or Windows 8 with Windows 10 Installed First

    I agree you & J W Stuart ought be friends, not competitors.

    But his removal of Win 7 was better...

    (a) Boot to Win 10.

    (b) In MSConfig, Boot tab, select & set the Win 10 OS to be the default, if necessary.

    (c) In MSConfig, Boot tab, select & delete the Win 7 boot entry.

    [Not sure, possibly this also would accomplish (b).]

    (d) In Disk Management, delete the Win 7 partition.

    (e) In Disk Management, extend Win 10 into the newly unallocated space.

    Pretty neat how easy it is to undo a dual boot when the OS to remove was the 2nd one to be installed. The 2nd one has its recovery environment with it, instead of it being a separate partition.

    If it were Win 10 to be removed, the above would do it (switching Win 10 with Win 7 in the instructions). However, you're left with Win 10's useless recovery partition. I'd want to delete that, put Win 7's recovery tools into that space, & use ReagentC to
    point Win 7 to it.
     
    PCR Just PCR, Aug 7, 2016
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  4. AndreTen Win User

    Moving Windows 10 Libraries to 2nd HD w/Win 7 on it

    Hi Moolah!
    You can move specific user files separately (Downloads, Music, Photos...) or all together (all User files).
    For specific files, right click on that folder in Explorer and select tab named Location. There you have option "Move". It is the same as in Windows 7...

    Size depends of your files. I suggest you to install free program, that will list the size of all folders: Treesize free. It will give idea about size needed. Below is picture for Documents location.

    About separate partition. 1st you have to have enough empty place on disk. In disk management you right click on disk (hdd) and select shrink. In empty space create new simple partition...

    Second option is for advance users. You can move all Users files. Here are tutorials by Kari:
    Users Folder - Move Location in Windows 10
     
    AndreTen, Aug 7, 2016
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  5. Moolah Win User
    Just to be sure I understand.....I do have to partition my 1 TB hard drive & put the Windows 10 folders on it, right?
     
    Moolah, Aug 7, 2016
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  6. essenbe Win User
    Here is one way explained by @AndreTen

    [youtube]kM1vedqMHew[/youtube]
     
    essenbe, Aug 7, 2016
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  7. AndreTen Win User
    It is not mandatory to use separate partition for user files, bit it is wise (in my opinion). I am used to make separate partition for system & application and separate one for data (user files, downloads etc.)

    Regarding to size of that partitions: it is up to you - how many applications you use. Since you have separate SSD for your system and only Windows 7 on your hard drive, I would left approximately 100 - 120 GB for Windows 7 (more, if you have a lot of used space) and make the rest as separate partition.

    If you have user files under Windows 7 system, move that files first to the new partition - look at the video tutorial above. (kindly provided by @essenbe).
    After that repeat the process for Windows 10 system and you will have dual boot system with only one set of User files in separate partition.

    Word of caution: this will work for separate user libraries, am not sure about appdata folders - because those could be system specific.

    Here is disk management picture of my system with 240 GB SSD and 1 TB hard disk, dual booting Windows 10 (SSD) and Windows 8.1 (on hard disk) with user libraries on hard disk separate partition. This organization is just one of many possibilities *Smile
     
    AndreTen, Aug 7, 2016
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  8. essenbe Win User

    Moving Windows 10 Libraries to 2nd HD w/Win 7 on it

    Moving folders using the method in the video does not move the AppData folder. If you use this method, it will.
     
    essenbe, Apr 4, 2018
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