Move your libraries to a second drive or partition

December 24, 2013

"Commander Dave" Turner wants to move his documents, photos, and other data files to another drive. Whether you move your data folders to a second drive or a new partition on your existing drive, you're making a good move. You can better protect both your Windows installation and your libraries if you keep them in separate storage units. And you can significantly speed up your system, without losing storage space, by keeping Windows and your programs on an SSD, and your data on a hard drive. [Email your tech questions to answer@pcworld.com.] I'm assuming here that you've already prepared a second drive or partitioned the first one, and that you have everything--Windows, programs, Documents, Music, and so on--on drive C:. If you're not sure how to partition your hard drive, see How to partition a hard drive. We'll give the second (and currently empty) drive the drive letter D:. If yours has a different letter, adjust the instructions below accordingly.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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