Can I move office from C to D drive and keep all data?

J

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

I'd suggest moving your data files to D and leave Office right where it is.
Why do you want to move Office?
 
J

JEL

Because I only have 10% space left on my C Drive and 90% space on my D drive.
My computer came with 2 drives D with over 200GB and C with on,ly 20GB.
I've already moved most of the software and large files to D
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

That could be an ugly mess. I added a second hard disk in because my system
also had a 20GB. I'd suggest leaving Office where it is and move other
programs. Games, spyware, miscellaneous stuff. Maybe it's just me but I
preferred to leave my Microsoft programs right were they are. I have Acrobat
Pro, Photoshop Elements, etc all running off of my D drive and they're just
fine over there.

(I also think you meant you have two hard disks, one is labeled C and the
other is partitioned into a D and E drive. You can't have two D drives. That
would REALLY muck things up.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
 
J

JEL

I appreciate your help, thanks. For clarification, you're right I have two
disks which the computer came with (Sony RZ56G) a C and a D.

JoAnn Paules said:
That could be an ugly mess. I added a second hard disk in because my system
also had a 20GB. I'd suggest leaving Office where it is and move other
programs. Games, spyware, miscellaneous stuff. Maybe it's just me but I
preferred to leave my Microsoft programs right were they are. I have Acrobat
Pro, Photoshop Elements, etc all running off of my D drive and they're just
fine over there.

(I also think you meant you have two hard disks, one is labeled C and the
other is partitioned into a D and E drive. You can't have two D drives. That
would REALLY muck things up.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



JEL said:
Because I only have 10% space left on my C Drive and 90% space on my D
drive.
My computer came with 2 drives D with over 200GB and C with on,ly 20GB.
I've already moved most of the software and large files to D
 
D

DL

Actually your sys has one hd (250gb) which is partitioned into two
partitions, these give the appearance of two hd's.
I have very few apps on my C drive, most including Office are on a seperate
drive, data is on another. This causes no problems. Remember by default most
apps install to C, unless you use the custom install method.

JEL said:
I appreciate your help, thanks. For clarification, you're right I have two
disks which the computer came with (Sony RZ56G) a C and a D.

JoAnn Paules said:
That could be an ugly mess. I added a second hard disk in because my system
also had a 20GB. I'd suggest leaving Office where it is and move other
programs. Games, spyware, miscellaneous stuff. Maybe it's just me but I
preferred to leave my Microsoft programs right were they are. I have Acrobat
Pro, Photoshop Elements, etc all running off of my D drive and they're just
fine over there.

(I also think you meant you have two hard disks, one is labeled C and the
other is partitioned into a D and E drive. You can't have two D drives. That
would REALLY muck things up.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



JEL said:
Because I only have 10% space left on my C Drive and 90% space on my D
drive.
My computer came with 2 drives D with over 200GB and C with on,ly 20GB.
I've already moved most of the software and large files to D
:

I'd suggest moving your data files to D and leave Office right where it
is.
Why do you want to move Office?
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

That's highly possible. I read it as the OP actually having two hard disks.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



DL said:
Actually your sys has one hd (250gb) which is partitioned into two
partitions, these give the appearance of two hd's.
I have very few apps on my C drive, most including Office are on a
seperate
drive, data is on another. This causes no problems. Remember by default
most
apps install to C, unless you use the custom install method.

JEL said:
I appreciate your help, thanks. For clarification, you're right I have two
disks which the computer came with (Sony RZ56G) a C and a D.

JoAnn Paules said:
That could be an ugly mess. I added a second hard disk in because my system
also had a 20GB. I'd suggest leaving Office where it is and move other
programs. Games, spyware, miscellaneous stuff. Maybe it's just me but I
preferred to leave my Microsoft programs right were they are. I have Acrobat
Pro, Photoshop Elements, etc all running off of my D drive and they're just
fine over there.

(I also think you meant you have two hard disks, one is labeled C and the
other is partitioned into a D and E drive. You can't have two D drives. That
would REALLY muck things up.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Because I only have 10% space left on my C Drive and 90% space on my
D
drive.
My computer came with 2 drives D with over 200GB and C with on,ly 20GB.
I've already moved most of the software and large files to D
:

I'd suggest moving your data files to D and leave Office right where it
is.
Why do you want to move Office?
 
D

DL

I just read the Sony Specs. for the sys

JoAnn Paules said:
That's highly possible. I read it as the OP actually having two hard disks.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



DL said:
Actually your sys has one hd (250gb) which is partitioned into two
partitions, these give the appearance of two hd's.
I have very few apps on my C drive, most including Office are on a
seperate
drive, data is on another. This causes no problems. Remember by default
most
apps install to C, unless you use the custom install method.

JEL said:
I appreciate your help, thanks. For clarification, you're right I have two
disks which the computer came with (Sony RZ56G) a C and a D.

:

That could be an ugly mess. I added a second hard disk in because my system
also had a 20GB. I'd suggest leaving Office where it is and move other
programs. Games, spyware, miscellaneous stuff. Maybe it's just me but I
preferred to leave my Microsoft programs right were they are. I have Acrobat
Pro, Photoshop Elements, etc all running off of my D drive and
they're
just
fine over there.

(I also think you meant you have two hard disks, one is labeled C and the
other is partitioned into a D and E drive. You can't have two D
drives.
That
would REALLY muck things up.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Because I only have 10% space left on my C Drive and 90% space on my
D
drive.
My computer came with 2 drives D with over 200GB and C with on,ly 20GB.
I've already moved most of the software and large files to D
:

I'd suggest moving your data files to D and leave Office right
where
it
is.
Why do you want to move Office?
 

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