Need help with SSD and seting up JUNCTION link for TEMP folders

[disneytoy]

Hello!

I'm a bit confused, and could use some help. I have a new Agility 60GB SSD w/ Windows 7 64 bit. About 30GB installed on the drive. I want to move a few directories to a separate drive.

C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Temp

C:\Windows\temp

Downloads

Music

Pictures

Videos

I've read :

"You can minimize the amount of “relocation confusion” that might occur by using something like “Junction” to hard-link the directories to a different device rather than messing about with registry entries."

I downloaded Junction, but can't figure out how to set this properly. I also read I can use MkLink. I don't know how to use that.

If anyone can explain this, or offer another utility to accomplish this I'd appreciate it.

Secondly:

Question? How would this process effect my back-up using True Image? I'd only want to Back-up the actual SSD, not the moved temp folders? Any Experience? Will True image just back-up the external drives folders?


Thanks for your help!

Maxi

------------------------------

Did some googling and found a utility that can set up links but there really aren't any instructions: http://code.google.com/p/symlinker/

 

[Yuriman]

This link may be of use:

http://ipggi.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/windows-file-junctions-symbolic-links-and-hard-links/

I believe a Directory link should work best for what you're doing.


Go to the drive you want to use for your new temp folders, and make a folder called, for instance, "localtemp".

Open up the command line, and type this:

mklink /D /H /J Temp D:\localtemp

Open your users folder and drag your new link (called Temp) into \appdata\local\Temp and replace the Temp folder with it. Do the same for your other temp folder:

mklink /D /H /J temp D:\windowstemp

Open user folder, drag "temp" into c windows temp and replace that temp folder with your new one.

 

[jimhsu]

This is FAR easier. I don't bother with mklink unless I absolutely have to.

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html

1. Move folder to hard drive
2. Right click, select "Pick source"
3. Right click empty space in original destination, select "Drop as symbolic link" or "Drop as junction".

The tool also offers lots of options that I never use such as smart copies or hardlink clones.

There are subtle differences between symlinks and junctions when it comes to network volume support. I'm afraid I forgot the details though. Suffice to say symlinks are closer to the UNIX implementation of "ln -s".