Dude You are a boss. I have been looking all over the internet for something that explained just this, but they all either used third party software that didn't really do what I wanted or they just didn't work. Please keep up the good work, I loved this video.
@@bandito_burrito1819 fakk no, this ain't simple at all. I watched a vid earlier about moving games and it didn't work, I can still play it but now I have 2 warzone 1 games with each 98 GB of storage on two ssd's. I guess you can't move games using that method on battle net.
Hi Stephen, just seen this, sat all the way through even though I was bamboozled, absolutely fascinating, must be a geek in me somewhere... Was actually looking for a way to copy Photoshop and Premiere from one computer to another. No idea if this is possible or not. After watching your video I'm betting your the guy that can answer this. Knowledge is power, thank you.
As there is a lot of fluff within his speaking, he did provide the answer I was looking for, and he did make sure to explain everything quite nicely. Overall a helpful video :)
Thanks brother! I started playing WoW again and installed it on my older mechanical drive as my SSD was getting full. I noticed a significant slowdown so I purchased a new SSD and didn't want the hassle of reinstalling the game. I knew there was a way to do this but couldn't remember for the life of me what the commands were. You saved me a lot of grief.
i actually stopped caring about how to move my files another way and started being REALLY interested in the robocopy function and all the technical stuff you went over.
Hey so once I get to the part where I create the junction, using the mklink given in the description I get an error saying the syntax of the command is incorrect, when I try going into the c drive program files and use the shortened command for mklink that you used in the video, I get a error saying invalid switch - "Programs". Any help is appreciated!
I thought it was an awesome tutorial - instead of complaining make your own video. I just appreciate that someone is taking his time to help me out! Thank you so much for sharing. Has anyone tried this with programs like MS Office? Any specific program I should not move? I have Camtasia, SnagIt, a few games from Steam - which I am not too concerned. I am more concerned about tools like those I listed, that I use frequently. My SSD is so full that I cannot even update my Windows 10 or MS Office, or anything else for that matter. Any advice would be appreciated.
I think that the error is because you're doing it in another hard disk that isn't the C: hard disk, i mean you're passing games or programs for example from D: hard disk to a external hard disk, i think that this command only serves to pass from C: to another hard disk, because im doing from D: to external HDD n i have that error, so i think that the solution is to pass from D: to C: and then C: to the one you want, i can't ensure you that this gonna work, im gonna try this possible solution that i thought, if you know already the solution , can you explain to me, please!!... Well.... im gonna prove the option that i thought, if it works i'll make you know, regards!!
Do you think it's ok to move SMART notebook and all of it's assisting stuff to another drive? I used it when I was teaching, it is farely big, and I'd like to have it for just in case later, but don't want it on my laptop now. SMART products were installed with this app and they take part for example in Word (as far as I saw) and propbably other programmes but I don't need them anyway.
Hey Stephen, i gotta question for you. So I have my SSD and my Hard Drive right and i have all the steam games basically in my SSD but i have too many games in my SSD which makes my SSD full and now want to install others games but i can't change the location of my downloading from my SSD drive to My HardDrive?, when i click on my hard drive there is no file there . so can i just copy my programme file and programe filex86 and put in my Hard drive and install my steam games there or how should i do that?
I got a question. At some point you said "i am playing this game (hearthstone) a lot so i am going to move it back to C: drive later. Does that mean that any programs moved to another drive dont work properly and u just save space temporarily until u need to use them again?
Great video ... good explanation on a fairly advanced procedure ... had similar complaint with my 50GB SSD and 500GB HD (barely used) ... was afraid to touch windows programs files till this video ... thanks so much!!!!
My game doesn't show up until I run it and then places a folder into my documents. I've tried linking my Origins [x86] to my HDD but the game which is The Sims 4 still saves in my documents folder. I want move and link that folder to HDD. However, is there way to move or link multiple files i.e. data like the save and mods folders to Hdd instead from the documents folders to the hdd . I tried your method but last part it says my syntax is incorrect.
I have a folder on an external HD with all my games installed on it. I want to move all that to a new HD and disconnect my existing HD. 1. Can that be done? 2. Can I use the robocopy command on the whole folder or do I have to do it for individual game folder?
I want to backup my iphone, but Itunes and the apple folder are on my ssd. I removed Itunes and installed it onto my mechanical hard drive; however, it still says I do not have enough space to back up my iphone even though my mechanical hard drive has more than enough space. Any ideas?
Hey. so i followed to the T and it only moved 100mb of my game folder over. checked the new destination and it has all the folders but not the bulk of the game (62gb). effectively it looks like it pulled just the folders and no data within any of them this was my command "c:\Program Files\Roberts Space Industries" s:\programs\Roberts Space Industries /sec /move /e didnt transfer all the game over - only copying directories and not files!!! HELP PLEASE :)
I tried it exactly as you said and it didn't work. Do I have to uncheck the read only to make this work? I'm trying to move Smith Micro Poser from c drive to d drive. Thanks
if i do this to my programs in windows 7 and update my computer to windows 10 then reconnect my hard drive and follow the same steps you did to load the programs are the programs still going to work on windows 10? thanks
I assume if you don't have the new location drive attached, you don't get any errors unless attempting to run the program. I'm trying to move a program that insists on installing on C: (welcome to the 1980s Steinberg Cubase...) onto a USB SSD, and, furthermore, am making it so that I can grab-n-go with the USB SSD to run it also from my laptop mapped as the same drive letter, so will need to create the Junction there also... This should work well to let me travel with this software when I need to.
The drive I keep my games on is circling the drain. Can I move my games from that drive to my new drive and still be able to run it when the old drive finally craps out?
Yo stephen, im trying to move League of Legends game. but for some reason when i move the files it doesnt move some files and im trying to understand why is that. it wouldnt move the application launcher for the game. thats just one of many.
Everyone's complaining about the explanations/talking too much. I personally like it. It's really useful to know what you are doing so you can easily troubleshoot in case your system setup is not exactly the same as his. I don't want to mindlessly follow a step by step tutorial which I don't have info on each step. You could easily brick a system that way. Great tutorial dude!! Keep up the good work.
If you created a junction to a program file (like in the video), and let's say your computer (not hard drive) crashed. If you got a new computer and remade junctions from the hard drive files, would the programs still work (and have the same data) like they did on the first computer?
Im pretty sure that the answer is no but ill still ask, will these moved installations work on other computers, or the same computer after a complete factory reset.
@Stephen Becker If I used SymMover to transfer my programs I don't get the same security properties as the default drive. How can I make it so that the security properties are the same. Also, using SymMover creates this pathway This PC/Data(X:)/SymMover/C/Program Files (x86). Should I make a separate Program Files out side of C or should I just leave it as it is and use that path way to install all my programs from now on?
hello I reached robocopy "c:\Program Files\Epic Games" e:\programs\Epic Games /sec /move /e it copy all the folders but they are empty. what should I do to copy all ? tx
So to clarify: I have a hard drive from my old computer that I want to move programs from and put on my new computer without having to reinstall. If I use robocopy, would I need to keep that old hard drive connected once I moved a program over or would everything be re-pointed and I could disconnect the old drive? I don't want to keep a hard drive connected just to use a program.
I've followed exactly every step up until moving the files of a torrent downloader called popcorn time. Unfortunatley files are being skipped and none are being copied so I can't really continue and create a link
*Hi there, may i ask something please?* i have an editing program on one computer, got a new windows 10 computer... and im trying to transfer the program accross as ive lost the Cd. I still have the product key however. The solution in your video, would it work for me, do you think? thanks
No, this is just a matter of moving a folder on a computer. To transfer to another computer you would need to recreate everything the installer does, which could include registry entries and shared libraries added to other system folders. You could give it a try, but there is a good chance it will not work.
@@sphbecker many thanks for your reply. Ahh see... probably intentionally so then. Thats a shame, company wont give me a download without my receipt even though i have the reg code and email. how im expected to keep a receipt after 4yrs? LOL grr. So keep your Cd,s and keep your receipts! all the best
Just had a thought, i could clone my windows 7 onto an SSD. Then move that accross to the new gaming laptop. Would the gaming laptop still work with windows 7 do you think? i hate windows 10 anyway. Then it would have all my programs too.
@@DiyEcoProjects That would work as long as you are able to find drivers for everything. Depending on how new the laptop is, its hardware may not have Windows 7 support. Windows 7 will also likely require reactivation, if so, just call the support number that comes up and tell them that you hard to replace the motherboard due to a failure.
Fantastic video , I build online training, this was good and simplistic. You have got to remember lot's of children watch how to to things too and the have a lack of control on their baser thoughts.
Is there an option to install a new windows on another drive, but the programs to run as well using the new install? i have a ssd i want to add to my desktop, and my C:\ is already full. the windows folder is over 30 gigs... Do, a fresh install of windows on a new ssd, but old Program Files in C :\ drive. Is that possible? Thank you!
Steve, do you know how I can run a game that was installed on a different Windows OS. In my PC I have dual OS, Win 7 and Win 10. I would like to play the games I installed in Win7 using Win10. When I run them they throw .dll files missing errors which I would expect. Is there a quick way to fix it or I need to do the painful re-installs again.
This is very helpful. However, it is 2018, would these be the same steps to move all Microsoft apps to the external drive (1TB)? The intention is to "Refresh" the pc and it states it will delete all Microsoft Programs. Therefore I need to move them. I did attempt through the Settings (Win10) but the move option is greyed. Back to the question above :D.
Thanks for the vid! Here is my issue/question: I am still using Windows 7. I have 3 drives, 1 64GB SSD, one mechanical that is half a TB and another SSD at 256. My 64 SSD is my "C" drive and has Windows and alot of other files, some games, videos, Steam, etc that I never paid attention to. Now my C drive is so full my comp is having a heart attack. I would, ideally, like to move everything off of my C, except Windows, and move the rest to my other SSD which is barely being used. Is what you showed here the best solution to get this resolution or something else? Or, even worse, not possible?? Any insight is appreciated and thanks again for sharing!
how do i copy the program files from C:\ to E:\ ? Lol what the folder name would be in E:\? I mean I want to copy both program files and (x86). right now is over writing it or deleting which ever was there first. Also a lot of the folder containing spaces how do I make the new copied folder contain the same folder name?
i think you did a wonderful job at showing and explaining. ignore all these people who dont have the patience and basically just want a program to do the work you are showing them. Thank you for the great information. I has helped me a great deal!
Thanks for the tutorial but I'm curious, what about all the other associated files and folders that may be in other places on the drive? I think that's what has given me issues in the past.
I want to copy my my main directory full of installed games, to an other drive, how is the command to do so?The folder is called d:\giochi and i want an exact copy of it and it's content to f
no mater how much I try copying the security options with the /sec command, the permissions just wont copy. Don't want to use the new program file with out the proper security :/
Use a program called Steammover. www.techspot.com/downloads/6984-steam-mover.html - I just switched over Eve Online and battlefield V with it, works just fine, and none of these crazy steps this dude is doing.
So, I have an msi laptop with 128GB C: solid state drive that is 90% full running all MS Office programs, AutoCad, Fusion 360 and others. But, I installed Android Studio 4.0, SDK, AVD, and other related programs on my 500GB D: drive. However, the install somehow partitioned the software so that 10GB were installed on the C: drive and about 12GB installed on the D: drive. So, I uninstalled all of the Android Studio software. I can't uninstall the existing programs, like MS Office programs and re-install on my D: drive because they came packaged with the laptop and I don't want to pay for another set. Per your video, if my original Android Studio 4.0 on my D: drive installed half of its program on the C: drive and I use your '"robocopy" method to move the C: drive Android Studio program components under C:\Program Data, C:\ Users\JT\.android, C:\Users\JT\.AndroidStudio 4.0, etc. , will this work?
can somebody help me with my problem so i was stupid a couple hours ago i made a new storage pool and i immediately donwloaded stuff like garena and epic but i downloaded epic and manage it to go to the new pool which is storage E and now i cant install epic games on my laptop any clues or how to fix it
so im trying to copy file from c drive to my d drive and it works, it copies it but it doesn’t get removed from the c drive and i copied the command perfectly and im even using the same path you’re using at 14:44 im trying to move minecraft launcher
didnt work for me but when i went into robocop option i had to put everything he put except what i am moving and to where i am moviing to caps. ie: "ROBOCOPY" "/SEC" "/MOVE" Then it worked
thanks for great video - can you tell me how to transfer only 3 programs from adobe cc - photoshop, premiere and after effects? - or is it possible to transfer the entire cc set at once?
thanks alot for sharing this info, I was able to move an ever growing 90+GB data folder from my app data folder which maxed out my 200GB SS drive and move it to a 3TB HDD and create the junction you described. Thanks again! Subscribed!
very nice video an usefull. I do have a client PC with 40mb left on primary partition, so I was breaking my head trying to free space on C drive. I may try it your way but I was thinking to use option /D instead of /J could you explain the diference between both?
Thanks for the video man. I was looking for this very type of program. Questions for you though. I hade a 2 drive setup (SSD 1tb running W7 and a 5xx Hdd running W10. This is what I'm thinking, tell me if I'm wrong. I'd like to have W10 on the ssd with these programs I can't replace. But right now that's where they're located. I'm thinking I need to transfer them to the hdd then clone whole drive over to the ssd. I had some authentication issues when I installed 10 and I'm nervous about messing everything up trying to make it better.
Could be because of spyware that doesn't want you to use the command prompt. You should run a scan with an anti-malware program. I recommend Malwarebytes.
Just in case anyone else gets hung up, if the name of the link (where he put hearthstone) has internal spaces, you will need to wrap if with internal quotes or you will get a syntax error.
Joseph Gonzalez if the robocopy output shows filed skipped, it means they are being excluded by your arguments. Make sure you include /e and if you are using other options, make sure you look at the help and understand how they work.
Syntax Error: What i did was, I went to the program files created in the new HDD, went to the game I wanted, for example I copied ubisoft folder to the new HDD, i found the upc.exe and located my rainbow six files on the new HDD with the ubisoft launcher instead of hitting download
so glad i watched this! games nowadays are 100GB each i would go insane if i have to download those again! see my games moving at 500MB/s between my 860evo is so satisfying!
Hi, thanks for the video :) it really worked, i wanted to move Euro Truck Simulator 2 from my C drive to my USB stick and it worked! so now i have enough space on my Pc. -I liked the video!
I have a SSD as C and it dosent have much space, I try to install every programs that I can over to the another Harddisk where I got 2TB. but the program I cracked didnt have options to install to another driver then C so after installing it, I have have to move it and hope it will work without any problems.
Brilliant timing - just when I needed this! For me, it would be even better if you halved the speech speed - but I probably needed to go through it a couple of times. Thanks!
"some games are as big as 15 gb" as i am installing a 100gb game...really shows how far our computers have come lol
That's also mostly due to game companies not bothering to develop or use decent compression software
TBF
100 gb... thats half of my f drive
Which game is 100gb? Name it!
@@rieanaskar6732 Red Dead Redemption 2 for starters. That game is well over a hundred
Grand Theft Auto V
8:00 skip the blabla
EXCACLY!
A hero we don't deserve.
thank you sire, you have been saluted
Thank you so much, too much talking!!!
He’s making me ANGRY
Why are people so mad because he's talking so much?! It is useful information .you people should learn from it.
on god man lmao millenals have no patience and i am one id know
i agree. but maybe if he could make a shorter video or smth to please vvery1
I'm not here for a computer course.
I couldn’t care less
It's not useful
I came here for one specific reason which is what the title is saying
I don't care about anything else he has to say
Dude
You are a boss.
I have been looking all over the internet for something that explained just this, but they all either used third party software that didn't really do what I wanted or they just didn't work. Please keep up the good work, I loved this video.
same bro
as far as i know besides these commands, aomei is a really nice tool to help transfer programs from c to d
I have a question please can you help, I want to keep the OS on my SSD but the data on HDD, how to do this?
I thought it was a great tutorial and explained a lot. The people saying you talked to much don't want to learn.
A little patience go a long ways
@@bandito_burrito1819 fakk no, this ain't simple at all. I watched a vid earlier about moving games and it didn't work, I can still play it but now I have 2 warzone 1 games with each 98 GB of storage on two ssd's. I guess you can't move games using that method on battle net.
Hi Stephen, just seen this, sat all the way through even though I was bamboozled, absolutely fascinating, must be a geek in me somewhere... Was actually looking for a way to copy Photoshop and Premiere from one computer to another. No idea if this is possible or not. After watching your video I'm betting your the guy that can answer this.
Knowledge is power, thank you.
So I plan to move the os to ssd so I can boot from it and save other data on hdd, I cloned successfully with partition assistant.
As there is a lot of fluff within his speaking, he did provide the answer I was looking for, and he did make sure to explain everything quite nicely. Overall a helpful video :)
Thanks brother! I started playing WoW again and installed it on my older mechanical drive as my SSD was getting full. I noticed a significant slowdown so I purchased a new SSD and didn't want the hassle of reinstalling the game. I knew there was a way to do this but couldn't remember for the life of me what the commands were. You saved me a lot of grief.
i actually stopped caring about how to move my files another way and started being REALLY interested in the robocopy function and all the technical stuff you went over.
43 kids disliked the video because they can't open a cmd in admin rights
LMAO!
That, or have very little patience. Might be late for their rally :\
Lol for Roblox
No because it keeps saying invalid prompt smart ass
@@kingkobrazx
Yes... It's says invalid prompt when you didn't open cmd with admin rights cause then it's not cd in c:\windows\system32\
This worked for me, great tutorial, so you just need to prepare those stuff and follow his steps.
Hey so once I get to the part where I create the junction, using the mklink given in the description I get an error saying the syntax of the command is incorrect, when I try going into the c drive program files and use the shortened command for mklink that you used in the video, I get a error saying invalid switch - "Programs". Any help is appreciated!
I thought it was an awesome tutorial - instead of complaining make your own video. I just appreciate that someone is taking his time to help me out! Thank you so much for sharing.
Has anyone tried this with programs like MS Office? Any specific program I should not move? I have Camtasia, SnagIt, a few games from Steam - which I am not too concerned. I am more concerned about tools like those I listed, that I use frequently.
My SSD is so full that I cannot even update my Windows 10 or MS Office, or anything else for that matter. Any advice would be appreciated.
When I put the last command in it says : The synatax of the command is incorrect. What do I do ? •-•
Same, I got that message on the last step when setting up the junction. Someone please help
I think that the error is because you're doing it in another hard disk that isn't the C: hard disk, i mean you're passing games or programs for example from D: hard disk to a external hard disk, i think that this command only serves to pass from C: to another hard disk, because im doing from D: to external HDD n i have that error, so i think that the solution is to pass from D: to C: and then C: to the one you want, i can't ensure you that this gonna work, im gonna try this possible solution that i thought, if you know already the solution , can you explain to me, please!!... Well.... im gonna prove the option that i thought, if it works i'll make you know, regards!!
Do you think it's ok to move SMART notebook and all of it's assisting stuff to another drive? I used it when I was teaching, it is farely big, and I'd like to have it for just in case later, but don't want it on my laptop now. SMART products were installed with this app and they take part for example in Word (as far as I saw) and propbably other programmes but I don't need them anyway.
Hey Stephen, i gotta question for you. So I have my SSD and my Hard Drive right and i have all the steam games basically in my SSD but i have too many games in my SSD which makes my SSD full and now want to install others games but i can't change the location of my downloading from my SSD drive to My HardDrive?, when i click on my hard drive there is no file there . so can i just copy my programme file and programe filex86 and put in my Hard drive and install my steam games there or how should i do that?
I got a question. At some point you said "i am playing this game (hearthstone) a lot so i am going to move it back to C: drive later. Does that mean that any programs moved to another drive dont work properly and u just save space temporarily until u need to use them again?
Great video ... good explanation on a fairly advanced procedure ... had similar complaint with my 50GB SSD and 500GB HD (barely used) ... was afraid to touch windows programs files till this video ... thanks so much!!!!
My game doesn't show up until I run it and then places a folder into my documents. I've tried linking my Origins [x86] to my HDD but the game which is The Sims 4 still saves in my documents folder. I want move and link that folder to HDD. However, is there way to move or link multiple files i.e. data like the save and mods folders to Hdd instead from the documents folders to the hdd .
I tried your method but last part it says my syntax is incorrect.
Hello, I wanted to transfer World of Warcraft to my (E:) from my (C:) but i can't manage do that can you help me?
I have a folder on an external HD with all my games installed on it. I want to move all that to a new HD and disconnect my existing HD.
1. Can that be done?
2. Can I use the robocopy command on the whole folder or do I have to do it for individual game folder?
Do you recommend moving the Adobe Master Collection file folder suite to another drive? FYI, not including Acrobat or Reader.
I want to backup my iphone, but Itunes and the apple folder are on my ssd. I removed Itunes and installed it onto my mechanical hard drive; however, it still says I do not have enough space to back up my iphone even though my mechanical hard drive has more than enough space. Any ideas?
Hey. so i followed to the T and it only moved 100mb of my game folder over. checked the new destination and it has all the folders but not the bulk of the game (62gb). effectively it looks like it pulled just the folders and no data within any of them
this was my command
"c:\Program Files\Roberts Space Industries" s:\programs\Roberts Space Industries /sec /move /e
didnt transfer all the game over - only copying directories and not files!!!
HELP PLEASE :)
I tried it exactly as you said and it didn't work. Do I have to uncheck the read only to make this work? I'm trying to move Smith Micro Poser from c drive to d drive. Thanks
When I go to cmd and type in robocopy it keeps saying error and I followed it step by step what am I doing wrong I just want to move my dfo game
if i do this to my programs in windows 7 and update my computer to windows 10 then reconnect my hard drive and follow the same steps you did to load the programs are the programs still going to work on windows 10? thanks
I got it in my new drive but still got the copy in my old drive? should I delete it?
Please help, I want to move the software folder from local disc E to System C, how do I do that, thank you
I assume if you don't have the new location drive attached, you don't get any errors unless attempting to run the program. I'm trying to move a program that insists on installing on C: (welcome to the 1980s Steinberg Cubase...) onto a USB SSD, and, furthermore, am making it so that I can grab-n-go with the USB SSD to run it also from my laptop mapped as the same drive letter, so will need to create the Junction there also...
This should work well to let me travel with this software when I need to.
The drive I keep my games on is circling the drain. Can I move my games from that drive to my new drive and still be able to run it when the old drive finally craps out?
Yo stephen, im trying to move League of Legends game. but for some reason when i move the files it doesnt move some files and im trying to understand why is that. it wouldnt move the application launcher for the game. thats just one of many.
Everyone's complaining about the explanations/talking too much. I personally like it. It's really useful to know what you are doing so you can easily troubleshoot in case your system setup is not exactly the same as his. I don't want to mindlessly follow a step by step tutorial which I don't have info on each step. You could easily brick a system that way. Great tutorial dude!! Keep up the good work.
too complex for me, an easier way is to use third party tool
if a program i want to transfer is not at the program files (x86) then how do i move them?
If you created a junction to a program file (like in the video), and let's say your computer (not hard drive) crashed. If you got a new computer and remade junctions from the hard drive files, would the programs still work (and have the same data) like they did on the first computer?
Im pretty sure that the answer is no but ill still ask, will these moved installations work on other computers, or the same computer after a complete factory reset.
@Stephen Becker If I used SymMover to transfer my programs I don't get the same security properties as the default drive. How can I make it so that the security properties are the same. Also, using SymMover creates this pathway This PC/Data(X:)/SymMover/C/Program Files (x86). Should I make a separate Program Files out side of C or should I just leave it as it is and use that path way to install all my programs from now on?
hello
I reached
robocopy "c:\Program Files\Epic Games" e:\programs\Epic Games /sec /move /e
it copy all the folders but they are empty.
what should I do to copy all ?
tx
So to clarify: I have a hard drive from my old computer that I want to move programs from and put on my new computer without having to reinstall. If I use robocopy, would I need to keep that old hard drive connected once I moved a program over or would everything be re-pointed and I could disconnect the old drive? I don't want to keep a hard drive connected just to use a program.
I've followed exactly every step up until moving the files of a torrent downloader called popcorn time. Unfortunatley files are being skipped and none are being copied so I can't really continue and create a link
*Hi there, may i ask something please?* i have an editing program on one computer, got a new windows 10 computer... and im trying to transfer the program accross as ive lost the Cd. I still have the product key however. The solution in your video, would it work for me, do you think? thanks
No, this is just a matter of moving a folder on a computer. To transfer to another computer you would need to recreate everything the installer does, which could include registry entries and shared libraries added to other system folders. You could give it a try, but there is a good chance it will not work.
@@sphbecker many thanks for your reply. Ahh see... probably intentionally so then. Thats a shame, company wont give me a download without my receipt even though i have the reg code and email. how im expected to keep a receipt after 4yrs? LOL grr. So keep your Cd,s and keep your receipts! all the best
Just had a thought, i could clone my windows 7 onto an SSD. Then move that accross to the new gaming laptop. Would the gaming laptop still work with windows 7 do you think? i hate windows 10 anyway. Then it would have all my programs too.
@@DiyEcoProjects That would work as long as you are able to find drivers for everything. Depending on how new the laptop is, its hardware may not have Windows 7 support. Windows 7 will also likely require reactivation, if so, just call the support number that comes up and tell them that you hard to replace the motherboard due to a failure.
So? Question, why can't you just copy the folder and paste it on the new drive (don't really care about security right now).
Fantastic video , I build online training, this was good and simplistic. You have got to remember lot's of children watch how to to things too and the have a lack of control on their baser thoughts.
how to move all the folders inside the program files? what command to use?
does the programe have to be working on the c drive first even if it s not the boot drive
can you use this to move office 19? And then can you take the drive and put it into a new pc (I'm upgrading and cant do an authentication)
Is there an option to install a new windows on another drive, but the programs to run as well using the new install? i have a ssd i want to add to my desktop, and my C:\ is already full. the windows folder is over 30 gigs... Do, a fresh install of windows on a new ssd, but old Program Files in C :\ drive. Is that possible?
Thank you!
Steve, do you know how I can run a game that was installed on a different Windows OS. In my PC I have dual OS, Win 7 and Win 10. I would like to play the games I installed in Win7 using Win10. When I run them they throw .dll files missing errors which I would expect. Is there a quick way to fix it or I need to do the painful re-installs again.
Go to the other drive and run the game.
hey stephen i was wondering if i could substitute the program folder with the roaming one and repeat the whole procedure
This is very helpful. However, it is 2018, would these be the same steps to move all Microsoft apps to the external drive (1TB)? The intention is to "Refresh" the pc and it states it will delete all Microsoft Programs. Therefore I need to move them. I did attempt through the Settings (Win10) but the move option is greyed. Back to the question above :D.
If I move the files to a new hdd, then remove the old hdd completely, then change the new hdd letter to match the old one, would I have a problem?
Thanks for the vid! Here is my issue/question: I am still using Windows 7. I have 3 drives, 1 64GB SSD, one mechanical that is half a TB and another SSD at 256. My 64 SSD is my "C" drive and has Windows and alot of other files, some games, videos, Steam, etc that I never paid attention to. Now my C drive is so full my comp is having a heart attack. I would, ideally, like to move everything off of my C, except Windows, and move the rest to my other SSD which is barely being used. Is what you showed here the best solution to get this resolution or something else? Or, even worse, not possible?? Any insight is appreciated and thanks again for sharing!
how do i copy the program files from C:\ to E:\ ? Lol what the folder name would be in E:\? I mean I want to copy both program files and (x86). right now is over writing it or deleting which ever was there first. Also a lot of the folder containing spaces how do I make the new copied folder contain the same folder name?
i think you did a wonderful job at showing and explaining. ignore all these people who dont have the patience and basically just want a program to do the work you are showing them. Thank you for the great information. I has helped me a great deal!
Thanks for the tutorial but I'm curious, what about all the other associated files and folders that may be in other places on the drive? I think that's what has given me issues in the past.
Does this free space in the C drive ? Because I want to have all my games on an external hard drive because I don't have enough space on my c drive
there is a way to fix adobe/Autodesk prodoct whitout reinstalleing them?
please need help i want to move the entire folders to d because my ssd is full already
I want to copy my my main directory full of installed games, to an other drive, how is the command to do so?The folder is called d:\giochi and i want an exact copy of it and it's content to f
is it possible move program into usb flash drive to another new computer using this trick? appreciate your answer thanks
how about regedit? is there some registered software on local windows right? sorry for my bad english
no mater how much I try copying the security options with the /sec command, the permissions just wont copy. Don't want to use the new program file with out the proper security :/
Use a program called Steammover. www.techspot.com/downloads/6984-steam-mover.html - I just switched over Eve Online and battlefield V with it, works just fine, and none of these crazy steps this dude is doing.
So, I have an msi laptop with 128GB C: solid state drive that is 90% full running all MS Office programs, AutoCad, Fusion 360 and others. But, I installed Android Studio 4.0, SDK, AVD, and other related programs on my 500GB D: drive. However, the install somehow partitioned the software so that 10GB were installed on the C: drive and about 12GB installed on the D: drive. So, I uninstalled all of the Android Studio software. I can't uninstall the existing programs, like MS Office programs and re-install on my D: drive because they came packaged with the laptop and I don't want to pay for another set.
Per your video, if my original Android Studio 4.0 on my D: drive installed half of its program on the C: drive and I use your '"robocopy" method to move the C: drive Android Studio program components under C:\Program Data, C:\ Users\JT\.android, C:\Users\JT\.AndroidStudio 4.0, etc. , will this work?
can somebody help me with my problem
so i was stupid a couple hours ago i made a new storage pool and i immediately donwloaded stuff like garena and epic but i downloaded epic and manage it to go to the new pool which is storage E and now i cant install epic games on my laptop any clues or how to fix it
the only thing copied were the directories. Did I miss a step?
Is powershell the same as the command prompt we are going for?
how well would this work for something like CS5 or other large applications?
i am wondering would you know how to change a steam game to run over on oculus home
How would I move a game that's under one drive to my hard drive
so im trying to copy file from c drive to my d drive and it works, it copies it but it doesn’t get removed from the c drive and i copied the command perfectly and im even using the same path you’re using at 14:44
im trying to move minecraft launcher
didnt work for me but when i went into robocop option i had to put everything he put except what i am moving and to where i am moviing to caps. ie: "ROBOCOPY" "/SEC" "/MOVE" Then it worked
Technically if I move the folder manually without using the cmd, and then use the cmd to make the link it will still work, correct?
probably not
thanks for great video - can you tell me how to transfer only 3 programs from adobe cc - photoshop, premiere and after effects? - or is it possible to transfer the entire cc set at once?
I find it difficult but I will give it a go, I want to move Oculus software?
thanks alot for sharing this info, I was able to move an ever growing 90+GB data folder from my app data folder which maxed out my 200GB SS drive and move it to a 3TB HDD and create the junction you described. Thanks again! Subscribed!
mklink didnt work for me. Tried for an hour or so with heavy searching. Ragedeleted everything and redownloaded Battlefield 1 in an hour..
how would i do this with steam and link with game that i want to move to a hdd from my sdd
I just got an ssd and I will do this but will my load times be the same as if I re installed the game??
How can i move program files and not program file (x86)
Can I delete the original file on C after I moved ?
Great video -Just a quick question. Will this work for "Users" Directory Files?
Dude, this was extremely helpful. Thanks so much man.
very nice video an usefull. I do have a client PC with 40mb left on primary partition, so I was breaking my head trying to free space on C drive. I may try it your way but I was thinking to use option /D instead of /J could you explain the diference between both?
What if the program has a Space in it? i really need help on this one
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Thanks for the video man. I was looking for this very type of program. Questions for you though. I hade a 2 drive setup (SSD 1tb running W7 and a 5xx Hdd running W10. This is what I'm thinking, tell me if I'm wrong. I'd like to have W10 on the ssd with these programs I can't replace. But right now that's where they're located. I'm thinking I need to transfer them to the hdd then clone whole drive over to the ssd. I had some authentication issues when I installed 10 and I'm nervous about messing everything up trying to make it better.
command prompt always dissappears no matter what i do.
Could be because of spyware that doesn't want you to use the command prompt. You should run a scan with an anti-malware program. I recommend Malwarebytes.
bless youtube's speed up function
Just in case anyone else gets hung up, if the name of the link (where he put hearthstone) has internal spaces, you will need to wrap if with internal quotes or you will get a syntax error.
Mine doesn't copy it just skips when I'm on the Command Prompt
Joseph Gonzalez if the robocopy output shows filed skipped, it means they are being excluded by your arguments. Make sure you include /e and if you are using other options, make sure you look at the help and understand how they work.
Syntax Error: What i did was, I went to the program files created in the new HDD, went to the game I wanted, for example I copied ubisoft folder to the new HDD, i found the upc.exe and located my rainbow six files on the new HDD with the ubisoft launcher instead of hitting download
so glad i watched this! games nowadays are 100GB each i would go insane if i have to download those again! see my games moving at 500MB/s between my 860evo is so satisfying!
Hi, thanks for the video :) it really worked, i wanted to move Euro Truck Simulator 2 from my C drive to my USB stick and it worked! so now i have enough space on my Pc.
-I liked the video!
Excellent tutorial Stephen. Worked 100%, thanks a bunch!
I have a SSD as C and it dosent have much space, I try to install every programs that I can over to the another Harddisk where I got 2TB. but the program I cracked didnt have options to install to another driver then C so after installing it, I have have to move it and hope it will work without any problems.
how to move Programmes (I've tries to write Programmes instead of Program Files but didn't work
Can I do it whit all the programs all in one ComMind?
Brilliant timing - just when I needed this! For me, it would be even better if you halved the speech speed - but I probably needed to go through it a couple of times. Thanks!