Moving the '\Documents And Settings\' Folder to Another Drive

The following is based on KB236621 but revised for XP.

1. Open Explorer.

2. Create a new folder called 'Documents and Settings' in

your desired drive.

3. Create a new profile with administrative permission and

call it "move".

4. Logoff then logon to the "move" account.

5. Copy all the folders inside 'C:\Documents and Settings\'

(except the 'LocalService', 'NetworkService', and 'move'

folders) to the new location. (The LocalService and

NetworkService folders will be re-created automatically.)

6. Open the Registry Editor and Find & Replace all

instances of "\Documents and Settings\", including:

- '\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\'

- '%SystemRoot%\Documents and Settings\'

- '%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\'

- 'C:\Docume~1\'

7. Shutdown your computer, wait 30 seconds and turn it on.

8. Logon to the 'move' account.

9. Repeat step 6.

10. Reboot and logon to your original account.

11. Test by renaming the '\Documents and Settings\' folder

in drive C. If you can rename it then it worked!

12. If everything's OK, you can delete the 'move' account

you created before.