Migrating from Win7 to Win8 - Dual Drive

liquidguru

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Hello,

I'm about to take the plunge and upgrade to Win8.

At present I have WIn7, with my SSD drive containing the OS and progs, and a separate hard drive with my user data on it, I would like to retain all the data on this data drive.

I will do a clean install of Win8 on my SSD drive. After I have done this what is the best way to set up my user data on my hard drive which already contains my user data? Can I just use the reg hack to point to my data drive?

1. Open Registry Editor by type regedit from command line, and navigate toHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.

2. Change the value of the Default, Public, Profile Directory keys to the new location accordingly.

Then I will install my programs.

[FONT=Segoe UI, Segoe, Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Will this method then allow my Win8 installation to see all my old desktop and user data? Is there a better way?[/FONT]

Thanks for any input or alternative methods.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 7
After the installation set your paths here
Code:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7t (17.3'', i7-2630QM, HD 6770M 1Gb, 8Gb RAM, 2 SSD@120Gb + 1 HDD@750Gb)
Im not familiar at all with migration, however I do know about installing windows on the wrong partition!

Label your partitions if they are not already. Windows setup will identify them as just partition 0 or 1 unless you have labeled them.


Have you considered a dual boot system? I have both Win 7 and Win 8, when i had driver issues with Win 8, i was able to copy them from my Win 7 installation. I have an old HP G60 laptop, and there were some drivers not available for Win 8, but my Win 7 drivers worked perfectly.. If one system misbehaves, I can use the other to troubleshoot.


Good luck

Brooklyn
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 & Windows 7 Dual Boot
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP G60
    CPU
    AMD Turion RM-70 Dual Core 2.0 GHZ
    Memory
    3 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 8200M G
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Mouse
    MS Intellipoint 5 button (love it!)
    Browser
    Chrome and Chromium
    Antivirus
    Avast Free & Malwarebytes
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