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Help transfering Documents and Settings

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treggmo

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Hello,
I have done a clean install of XP Pro and set up the drive with five partitions including a 2GB Data partition. I scoured the web for info on moving the Documents and Settings folder to a Data partition only to find many cant's, dont's and shouldn'ts. When I found birdpup's excellent "Resource" sticky I was very thankful. The problem for me is that I'm not sure enough if the "copy C:\Documents and Settings\* D:WinXP\" statement is done from the command prompt or in Explorer. I'm a beginner at the command prompt so I'm being cautious. I've searched these forums for a step by step but no luck. Any help on this would be mucho appreciated.
Also, if I reinstall in the future, do I use the same procedure in Environment Variables to re-associate the files?
And...what are your opinions on moving these files?
XP-17GB, Apps-10GB, Data-2GB, Games-15GB, Backup-20GB Unallocated-10GB
Thanks, treggmo
#16 in ths link:
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In XO Pro, it isn't a problem, boot into safe mode and copy the tree to the destination location, then using the computer management snap-in from Administrative Tools, change the drive letter to a mounted directory "Documents and Settings"

Windows XP Pro has the ability to mount disk partitions as directories (ala *NIX) and a drive letter is not required.
 
TonyRic,
Thanks for the reply. This sounds good but I still have questions. The disk management help file says:[Click Mount in the following empty NTFS folder, type the path to an empty folder on an NTFS volume, or click browse to locate it.] This is using the Change Drive Letter and Paths wizard and then clicking Add. "Empty NTFS folder" are the key words here. This is what is confusing me. Using your method sounds better because it leaves the original files in the default location and changes the path to the copy when the partition is mounted. But the folder is not empty. I think I am missing something that is right in front of my nose!
Also, if I use the command prompt and type;
"copy C:\Documents and Settings\* E:\Documents and Settings\" to an existing folder on the unmounted E: partition, will it work?
Thanks again,
treggmo
 
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