User Folders Relocation Windows 8.1 Pro (updated version)

Hi,

I got the following problem: 
I have my windows 8.1 running on an SSD and therefor I prefer to move my users folder to another drive. 
I know the approach with sysprep, booting in audit etc. But sysprep does not work on an updated OS. 

And when the users folder is not on your windows drive, you cannot update to Windows 8.1

So my question is, how can I move the folders? Or should I just stick with Windows 8 and undo the update?

Kind regards,

Ferdi

November 14th, 2013 3:45am

Hi,

I have my windows 8.1 running on an SSD and therefor I prefer to move my users folder to another drive. 

how can I move the folders? Or should I just stick with Windows 8 and undo the update?

I dont quite understand this issue you mentioned here, Which version of windows do you have now? Win8 or win8.1?

If your meaning is that you have a win8 installed, I suggest you keep the user profile as its default settings ,then update to win8.1, then use the mklink command to create a junction of the user profile in other drive.

Id like to share the following thread with you:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/312e210e-f0c7-4e47-ad59-c39eed759ffe/relocate-your-user-folder-to-a-different-drive?forum=w7itproinstall

Regards,

Yolanda

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November 15th, 2013 3:24pm

I'm still unable to get the update from 8 Pro to 8.1 Pro to work.  Several other forums have comments from Sys Admins that what should have been such an obvious update path test was apparently missed. Whine over.

So, I don't want to mess around with regedit or any other lowlevel mechanisms to accomplish this update.

Is MS going to provide a more robust solution to this?  

What I'm most concerned about now is that the rumored April 2014 update will fail or that I will be locked out of updating to 8.1 by yet another test path omission.

I've been upgrading hardware and Windows since W95 and this is the most unprofessional step I've seen. Sorry, I guess the whine wasn't over, but I'm now seriously considering a Mac. At least the BSD operating system is mature enough and robust enough to get beyond this kind of nonsense - even at the exorbitant premium.

MS, I hope you have someone reading these forums. You've got a window (no pun intended) of opportunity in that iOS is a semantic junkyard at object level.

February 9th, 2014 7:14pm

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