

First you need to document all of the system account settings, 2 nd is moving all of the contents of “C:\Users” to the new drive, and 3 rd is to recreate all of the system account settings. To a first order moving the Users accounts is a 3 step process. If this is your preferred method refer to the relevant section at the end of this guide. It is also possible to use a directory junction and direct Windows to use a folder on a secondary drive in lieu of “C:\Users”. In doing this Windows will look for all content of the “C:\Users” folder on the “E:” drive. As such this procedure uses the “mountvol” command to direct Windows to mount the folder “C:\Users” to the second drive, in my case “E:”. This guide also assumes you want to dedicate the second drive exclusively to User accounts. This guide describes how to install Windows 7 and then move the entire “C:\Users” folder off the system drive and onto a second hard drive, almost a necessity if using an SSD.

Windows 7, by default, places user accounts on the system drive in the folder “C:\Users”. Installing Windows 7 and Moving User Accounts to Another Driveīy: Steve Thompson with credits to many others
