Copy Windows 10 User Profile to another Drive.

Giovanni Baldi

we have few new workstation with one SSD and one Normal HDD. Because the SSD is not so big we would like to move the user profile to the other drive.
I know how to move every single folder( Documents ...Music...) by right click in the folder and selecting the move in the location tab,..but i would like to move all folder/files (for exemple even AppData... and so on)....and if possible configure the default User folder to the new Drive....

....tanks GIO

Ronnie Wong

@Giovanni-Baldi,

Before you proceed understand that Microsoft doesn't want you to move it read about it here. Doing this will prevent you from upgrading to new editions.

The following instructions do not mean you should do it. This is only for testing!!
On computer by computer basis, you can use Explorer to accomplish what you want:

Open File Explorer
Select the folder you want to move (i.e c:\Users)
Select Users folder
Click on Home tab at top of Explorer
In Organize Group click Move to button and select Choose location
Select destination drive and let it move it (This may take time depending on the size of the c:\Users folder)
Close File Explorer and reopen, verify that your C:\Users folder has been moved

The link here. Will provide you with a better way and possibly scriptable for you run on each computer or possibly as startup script that runs only once using Group Policy. This link provides a better explanation. (just read xcopy will not work with the latest editions of Windows 10 but you may try robocopy)

Do not dismiss the warning about moving, make sure you have good backup in place before proceeding.