SwampFox56
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Hi all,
I got an excellent deal on an SSD (it's hard to beat free ;D ). It's incredibly small is the only problem, however. Only 32GB's. Anyways I installed windows on it, and before I've even entered the setup, I went back into the install CD, open command prompt and robocopied the Users and Program Files (x86) to my 2TB HDD. But now I have a problem...
In windows 7 you could have easily moved the 'Program Files' and 'ProgramData' directories over to another HDD and it would have worked just fine. However, the metro protection crap on Windows 8 forbids you from doing this... Well I mean you could, but it would result in no windows updates (updates will always fail) and Metro apps will fail to start and will not install. So I HAVE to keep the existing files inside the program files/programdata located on the boot drive.
If I had a larger SSD, this wouldn't really be a problem, however because mine is so small, there no room for any new information on that drive once windows is installed. However, I still want to receive updates and use metro apps. So my question is...
Does anyone know how to keep existing files on a partition, but then create a link to a different Volumw that any new directories will be written to?
Thanks everyone! It's greatly appreciated! Even if it's not possible, an answer telling me so would be awesome
I got an excellent deal on an SSD (it's hard to beat free ;D ). It's incredibly small is the only problem, however. Only 32GB's. Anyways I installed windows on it, and before I've even entered the setup, I went back into the install CD, open command prompt and robocopied the Users and Program Files (x86) to my 2TB HDD. But now I have a problem...
In windows 7 you could have easily moved the 'Program Files' and 'ProgramData' directories over to another HDD and it would have worked just fine. However, the metro protection crap on Windows 8 forbids you from doing this... Well I mean you could, but it would result in no windows updates (updates will always fail) and Metro apps will fail to start and will not install. So I HAVE to keep the existing files inside the program files/programdata located on the boot drive.
If I had a larger SSD, this wouldn't really be a problem, however because mine is so small, there no room for any new information on that drive once windows is installed. However, I still want to receive updates and use metro apps. So my question is...
Does anyone know how to keep existing files on a partition, but then create a link to a different Volumw that any new directories will be written to?
Thanks everyone! It's greatly appreciated! Even if it's not possible, an answer telling me so would be awesome
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Update 1 + Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 (Hackintosh)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Build
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 4770K
- Motherboard
- MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Motherboard
- Memory
- 16GB DDR3 RAM 1600MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX Radeon R9 270X
- Sound Card
- Creative Soundblaster Z
- Keyboard
- Logitech G710+ Gaming Keyboard
- Mouse
- Razer Naga