pingram3541
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Ok, so the title sounds pretty negative so I'll give a few props first. I built my own win8 pro machine and the install (clean) went pretty flawless and fairly quick, granted the install media was dvd which was much slower than usb which I had used for the "previews". (I am surprised the boxed OS didn't ship on usb3 thumb drives instead but I suppose cd's are more compatible).
Moving on, I decided to donate my old 32g SSD to my wife's PC and performed a clean install on her machine as well (yes, I bought a second copy of win8 pro) and this install went pretty seamless as well. However I realized space with slim and decided to do as I did with the "previews" and moved the following folders using mklink /d from a recovery command prompt (after using robocopy to capture all the data on my secondary drive)
x:> robocopy /copyall /mir /xj x:\Users d:\Users
x:> robocopy /copyall /mir /xj "x:\Program Files" "d:\Program Files"
x:> robocopy /copyall /mir /xj "x:\Program Files (x86)" "d:\Program Files (x86)"
and confirmed none failed
Then deleted the original folders so I can make the symlinks
x:> rmdir /s /q x:\users
x:> rmdir /s /q "x:\Program Files" - first problem, files in use, couldn't delete
x:> rmdir /s /q "x:\Program Files (x86)" - same here
why would these be in use...whats the point of recovery command line if I can't work with the media offline???
So I tried to at least make the symlink for the users folder which did delete but I kept getting an error at the command prompt:
x:> mklink /d x:\Users d:\Users
incorrect function
even junctions...
x:> mklink /j x:\Users d:\Users
incorrect function
A search on the web resulted in nothing for "mklink incorrect function" so I attempted a refresh from recovery which failed twice without any reason given. I then tried to restore which also failed...the funny thing was that it told me that it needed the installation media which was the 64bit dvd and after placing it in the drive it came up with this:
which is hilarious because this is the very same media I installed from. Ok, so now I am reinstalling clean after a reformat but I am still stuck on moving the c:\users, c:\Program Files, c:\Program Files (x86), and c:\ProgramData.
I've seen a very indepth sysprep tool/xml script method which seems to be written prior to retail (which may still work but I'm skeptical this will go smooth either) as well as an option in the folder properties to change the location which appears to be super easy but does not seem to be built in the version I purchased (what?).
So I am at a loss, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated but another reason for starting this thread is the amazement that there isn't a tool built into the installer that says something like "There is limited hard drive space on the system drive. Would you like assistance in moving your personal or program folders to another drive?"
Wouldn't that seem like a no brainer? Especially with the growing popularity of SSDs?
Oh and lastly, I was a little bummed I couldn't upgrade from RP (I know there is possibly some hack that may work but it requires modifying the install media which you can't do with the retails dvds) - you'd think MS would want to give back to those that beta tested and helped refine their product by making a simple key purchase as an unlocker to the retail version.
Moving on, I decided to donate my old 32g SSD to my wife's PC and performed a clean install on her machine as well (yes, I bought a second copy of win8 pro) and this install went pretty seamless as well. However I realized space with slim and decided to do as I did with the "previews" and moved the following folders using mklink /d from a recovery command prompt (after using robocopy to capture all the data on my secondary drive)
x:> robocopy /copyall /mir /xj x:\Users d:\Users
x:> robocopy /copyall /mir /xj "x:\Program Files" "d:\Program Files"
x:> robocopy /copyall /mir /xj "x:\Program Files (x86)" "d:\Program Files (x86)"
and confirmed none failed
Then deleted the original folders so I can make the symlinks
x:> rmdir /s /q x:\users
x:> rmdir /s /q "x:\Program Files" - first problem, files in use, couldn't delete
x:> rmdir /s /q "x:\Program Files (x86)" - same here
why would these be in use...whats the point of recovery command line if I can't work with the media offline???
So I tried to at least make the symlink for the users folder which did delete but I kept getting an error at the command prompt:
x:> mklink /d x:\Users d:\Users
incorrect function
even junctions...
x:> mklink /j x:\Users d:\Users
incorrect function
A search on the web resulted in nothing for "mklink incorrect function" so I attempted a refresh from recovery which failed twice without any reason given. I then tried to restore which also failed...the funny thing was that it told me that it needed the installation media which was the 64bit dvd and after placing it in the drive it came up with this:
which is hilarious because this is the very same media I installed from. Ok, so now I am reinstalling clean after a reformat but I am still stuck on moving the c:\users, c:\Program Files, c:\Program Files (x86), and c:\ProgramData.
I've seen a very indepth sysprep tool/xml script method which seems to be written prior to retail (which may still work but I'm skeptical this will go smooth either) as well as an option in the folder properties to change the location which appears to be super easy but does not seem to be built in the version I purchased (what?).
So I am at a loss, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated but another reason for starting this thread is the amazement that there isn't a tool built into the installer that says something like "There is limited hard drive space on the system drive. Would you like assistance in moving your personal or program folders to another drive?"
Wouldn't that seem like a no brainer? Especially with the growing popularity of SSDs?
Oh and lastly, I was a little bummed I couldn't upgrade from RP (I know there is possibly some hack that may work but it requires modifying the install media which you can't do with the retails dvds) - you'd think MS would want to give back to those that beta tested and helped refine their product by making a simple key purchase as an unlocker to the retail version.
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