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Answer» Hi Just a quick question I hope. I have 20GB of pictures on my computer and I want to move them to speed THINGS up. I have another internal drive that is empty (F:) can I just move them here or will I need to get an external drive to put them on? Thanks LorrieI'm not sure why you think that moving them will "speed things up", but, yes, you can move them to either an internal or external HARD drive.You can move them anywhere you like, but what makes you think that moving them will speed up anything?Just that my friends moved 3000 pictures off their computer and it is running better now?Unless your drive is essentially full, it will not have any effect.82GB used 62 GB free so I guess is doesn't matter then?CorrectThanks for your help everyone, one less thing for me to bother about today Quote from: lorrie73 on SEPTEMBER 19, 2010, 03:31:27 PM 82GB used 62 GB free so I guess is doesn't matter then? You definitely have plenty of space. The only reason to move them would be if somehow it HELPS you keep better organized. F: is for Fotos? It's one of those things, there's no reason to move them, but there's no reason not to move them. Quote from: rthompson80819 on September 19, 2010, 03:58:40 PM The only reason to move them would be if somehow it helps you keep better organized. F: is for Fotos? It's one of those things, there's no reason to move them, but there's no reason not to move them. Kind of like posting. There may not be a reason to post, but apparently there's no reason not to If you move files from NTFS to FAT32 partitions you may lose something on the way, especially any file exceeding 4 GB. I have been warned automatically in the past when copying certain NTFS files to FAT32. Do not know if this could affect your photos. Alan There is NEVER any negative to keeping a clean, lean and mean PC. You can move files using Windows Explorer or with a simple batch file. I don't like the move command, because if something goes wrong, you can loose valuable data for ever. Doing a copy and delete (after you've verified that the copy worked the way you want) is the safest way to perform a move. The smaller you can keep your C drive, the less time it takes for your hard drive to find the next file you want to access. It doesn't have to jump over all the garbage to get to the good stuff. Also, the fewer files you have on C the faster your searches, scans and defrag's will run. People are all the time griping about a Spybot scan or a virus scan taking over an hour. If they would just clean all the crapola off of their drive, those scans would run a lot faster. I have to deal with this stuff daily, in my PC business, so I am painfully aware of that which I speak. One little trick I pull to keep a PC somewhat clean, is to install a batch file in the Startup Folder, that deletes the contents of all the temp folders on the HD. That varies from PC to PC, so one size does not fit all. Then by running "Disk Cleanup" and doing a periodic Defrag, one can keep their HD's running at peak performance. I've been doing this for years and it really does work! Cheers mates! The Shadow Wow. This question was answered 7 posts ago. Let's not turn into Neowin.

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Just a quick question I hope. I have 20GB of pictures on my computer and I want to move them to speed THINGS up. I have another internal drive that is empty (F:) can I just move them here or will I need to get an external drive to put them on?

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LorrieI'm not sure why you think that moving them will "speed things up", but, yes, you can move them to either an internal or external HARD drive.You can move them anywhere you like, but what makes you think that moving them will speed up anything?Just that my friends moved 3000 pictures off their computer and it is running better now?Unless your drive is essentially full, it will not have any effect.82GB used 62 GB free so I guess is doesn't matter then?CorrectThanks for your help everyone, one less thing for me to bother about today Quote from: lorrie73 on SEPTEMBER 19, 2010, 03:31:27 PM

82GB used 62 GB free so I guess is doesn't matter then?

You definitely have plenty of space.
The only reason to move them would be if somehow it HELPS you keep better organized.

F: is for Fotos?

It's one of those things, there's no reason to move them, but there's no reason not to move them. Quote from: rthompson80819 on September 19, 2010, 03:58:40 PM

The only reason to move them would be if somehow it helps you keep better organized.

F: is for Fotos?

It's one of those things, there's no reason to move them, but there's no reason not to move them.

Kind of like posting. There may not be a reason to post, but apparently there's no reason not to If you move files from NTFS to FAT32 partitions you may lose something on the way,
especially any file exceeding 4 GB.

I have been warned automatically in the past when copying certain NTFS files to FAT32.
Do not know if this could affect your photos.

Alan
There is NEVER any negative to keeping a clean, lean and mean PC.

You can move files using Windows Explorer or with a simple batch file.
I don't like the move command, because if something goes wrong, you can loose valuable data for ever. Doing a copy and delete (after you've verified that the copy worked the way you want) is the safest way to perform a move.

The smaller you can keep your C drive, the less time it takes for your hard drive to find the next file you want to access. It doesn't have to jump over all the garbage to get to the good stuff.
Also, the fewer files you have on C the faster your searches, scans and defrag's will run.

People are all the time griping about a Spybot scan or a virus scan taking over an hour. If they would just clean all the crapola off of their drive, those scans would run a lot faster.

I have to deal with this stuff daily, in my PC business, so I am painfully aware of that which I speak.
One little trick I pull to keep a PC somewhat clean, is to install a batch file in the Startup Folder, that deletes the contents of all the temp folders on the HD. That varies from PC to PC, so one size does not fit all.
Then by running "Disk Cleanup" and doing a periodic Defrag, one can keep their HD's running at peak performance. I've been doing this for years and it really does work!

Cheers mates!
The Shadow
Wow. This question was answered 7 posts ago. Let's not turn into Neowin.

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