I may have screwed up.... big time :I

[ISetsunaI]

So i tried cleaning my SSD up and removing stuff and i saw "you can make your Users file from your C: folder to your :E (HDD)!

So i did.

Now i can't even open anything like File Explorer to unscrew things up, what can i do?

 

[rhysiam]

You should be able to open an elevated command prompt and create a symbolic link to your Users folder on E. That will achieve what you wanted to do in the first place.

Start -> type "command", right click Command Prompt and choose "Run as Administrator"

At the prompt type mklink /D c:\Users E:\Users

 

[rhysiam]

I should say though, I did this for a while under Windows 7 and it did screw up a few things. See how you go, but it would better to relocate your larger folders for each user, rather than relying on symlinks.

Once it's working you can right click on Documents, Downloads, Desktop, etc, and move them using the "Location" tab (use a Different folder on your E Drive... not your Sym linked folder). Windows will copy all the data for you and update all the appropriate pointers. Then you can move the Users folder (should be smaller) back to your system drive.

 

[USAFRet]

you can make your Users file from your C: folder to your :E (HDD)!

Bad idea. Yeah, it works, somewhat.
As you have seen, though.....other things may get screwed up!
The whole symlink/junction point concept is badly flawed.

How to fix? Unknown, without just a whole reinstall and start over.

 

[USAFRet]

To easily and safely redirect your Libraries, see this:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html


The whole /User/ folder? Just....don't.

 

[ISetsunaI]

@rhysiam

It says

Cannot create a file when that file already exists

@USAFret i will read the links now

 

[ISetsunaI]

Alright, i finally got it back.

So what i did was get a USB to get Windows Explorer working again since it pops up automatically.

Then i moved the Users from E to C.


Quick question, i plan on getting a bigger SSD (250GB) can i.... somehow just transfer everyone of my files from here to there?

 

[USAFRet]

Quick question, i plan on getting a bigger SSD (250GB) can i.... somehow just transfer everyone of my files from here to there?

What size/make/model SSD are you using now?