So I've got two 500GB HDs...

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Thanks for all the responces. I've installed windows XP (Home) on one of the 500GB HDs and have made a data partition. I will be using the other as a simple backup, as that seems best.

I do, however, have some questions:

A) How do I tell windows to locate the 'Documents and Settings' and 'Program Files' folders to the data partition? I'm told TweakUI can do so, but I cannot find that option.

Thanks.

[Fyron]

TweakUI is a XP Power Toy, available for download from MS' web site.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

...I have TweakUI. It is not TweakUI I cannot find, it is the option in TweaUI to change those.

[Fyron]

My Computer > Special Folders

Seems they removed the ability to remap Program Files and Docs and Settings since win2k... You can move all sorts of things inside Docs and Settings, but not the base folder itself.

I guess the only choice for that is to either hack the registry or get one of those fake windows symlink creation apps and replace C:\Program Files with such a fake symlink. Personally, I prefer to leave Program Files alone and just install the better-engineered, more portable apps into D:\Programs (and games to D:\Games). Stuff that needs to be reinstalled, or can't work properly outside of C:\Program Files, gets installed in the default place.

The Documents and Settings folder is probably a better thing to move than Program Files. This site has a guide on moving such folders to a different drive, then replacing with a fake symlink for transparency:

http://sean-janus.optionpc.com/move-dirs.html

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Ah well. Thanks anyway.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

For some reason, Windows keeps on asking me if I really want to run programs and I can't remember how to turn that off.

[Fyron]

Huh?