Florida2117 Loc: Melbourne, FL

Here's how I move the folders to a destination drive (example shows moving the Documents folder:
1. Create the destination folder.
2. Right Click the Document folder and, from the drop down menu, select Properties.
3. In the Properties window, click the Location tab.
4. In the default setting dialog box you will see the current position of the documents file, i.e., c:\users\John\Documents.
5. Just below the location dialog box you will see three buttons:
• Restore Default
• Move
• Find Target
6. Click the Move button.
7. The select a destination window opens.
8. Select a destination for the Document folder and then Click the Select Folder button.
9. You will now be taken back to the documents properties window.
10. Next, Click the Apply button.
11. A message will now appear saying 'Do you want to move all the files from the old location to the new location'.
12. To continue, click Yes.
13. The documents folder, along with all of its files, will now be moved to the new location.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

In Windows, I just create the new (destination) folder, highlight what files I want to move or copy in the source folder, and use drag-n-drop. If it's the whole folder, I drag the folder to the new location. Sometimes I use two windows (source and destination) sometimes I don't.
But, that works nicely for me.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I'm going to put my Yottamaster and Probox with backup drives into that little space.

Laramie Loc: Tempe

When copying lots of files I use robocopy, it is included in every Windows version since 7, I think. Robocopy is fast and has lots of options for including and excluding files and folders.

My backup solution is this: robocopy d: e: /LOG:pathtologfile /R:5 /MIR /NP >NUL
Where R:5 means 5 retries
/MIR stands for a mirror of the source directory
/NP means do not show progress - this makes the process much faster
>NUL means show no output to screen

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Thanks for that. I'll give it a try. I found more info online.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy

Laramie Loc: Tempe

You can see all the options in a cmd prompt window by entering robocopy /?. Help is long, so set your cmd prompt settings (right-click the top border, select Properties, select Layout tab, in Screen Buffer area change Height to 3000 or more.)

Laramie Loc: Tempe

I should have added this earlier, if you are robocopy-ing a drive, don't forget the /XD option. it allows you to avoid folders (Recycle Bin). If you don't use /XD robocopy will retry 5 times (R:5) and quit.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Thanks