Moving Files/Folders One Directory Up

[chipy]

is there an easy way to tell Win 7 i want to move my files and folders one directory up (w/o actually copying/pasting the files)?

Current folder structure
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PICTURES --> PLACES --> HOME --> actual pictures
* nothing in PLACES other than the HOME folder and its pictures


New folder structure
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PICTURES --> PLACES --> actual pictures
* since PLACES has no other folders or pictures, i want to move my pictures one level up

instead of actual copying, is there a way to tell the OS to just get rid of the HOME folder and reorg the structure as outlined above?

thanks!

 

[Zxian]

Cut/paste doesn't work? Otherwise, you could use the Move command in a command prompt.

 

[Ketchup]

I always use cut/paste; or CtrlX/CtrlV if I am in a hurry.

 

[lxskllr]

I wouldn't use cut/paste unless you don't want the pictures that bad. Either script it to move and verify, or copy/paste, then delete after successful copy. Cutting leaves room for disaster, and is too easy to lose data.

 

[Ketchup]

I wouldn't use cut/paste unless you don't want the pictures that bad. Either script it to move and verify, or copy/paste, then delete after successful copy. Cutting leaves room for disaster, and is too easy to lose data.

It is pretty much impossible to have an accident with cut & paste anymore, IMO. I am sure people have found ways, but I have not, and I have been using it since Win '95 (don't think I ever tried it in dos or 3.1).

 

[hamunaptra]

yeah to the OP, just cut n paste then delete the empty HOME directory.

 

[chipy]

alright, thanks guys. i personally use Teracopy but since there are a lot of large raw files i was hoping for a more intelligent way... but i guess the OS can't do that.

thanks!

 

[Ketchup]

Hmm, this shouldn't take much time at all.

Go to directory of the files, CTRLA, right click cut, go up directory, right click paste. All windows has to do is change the reference to those files, since the files themselves can stay right where they are. Now with a copy command, I could see some time involved.

 

[Paperlantern]

Hmm, this shouldn't take much time at all.

Go to directory of the files, CTRLA, right click cut, go up directory, right click paste. All windows has to do is change the reference to those files, since the files themselves can stay right where they are. Now with a copy command, I could see some time involved.

This is what I was thinking as well. With a cut/paste, it should literally just plunk the files into the new directory, as long as the directory is on the same volume, it should take literally less than two seconds. I did this just today with a user in Win XP. His profile was corrupt so I renamed his old one and had him log in fresh to generate a new one. Once in the new one, i deleted the music folder and cut/pasted his 50GB music folder into his new profile, no reason to make the computer take 3 hours to duplicate that much data.

 

[lxskllr]

It is pretty much impossible to have an accident with cut & paste anymore, IMO. I am sure people have found ways, but I have not, and I have been using it since Win '95 (don't think I ever tried it in dos or 3.1).

What happens when the power drops, or when your cat sits on the keyboard? Or perhaps a HD going bad...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2286925&highlight=

There's a period when your data's in limbo, and no matter how infrequently "stuff" happens, it's one too many times when it happens to important data.

 

[Ketchup]

What happens when the power drops, or when your cat sits on the keyboard? Or perhaps a HD going bad...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2286925&highlight=

There's a period when your data's in limbo, and no matter how infrequently "stuff" happens, it's one too many times when it happens to important data.

Sometimes, you gotta just go with the odds, a good UPS, and leave the cats outside, lol.
Plus, all those you listed would fit under the reasoning for a good backup strategy.

 

[lxskllr]

and leave the cats outside, lol.

My cat would like a word with you. She DOES NOT go outside. Her place is next to my arm, harassing me while I use the computer :^D

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

What happens when the power drops, or when your cat sits on the keyboard? Or perhaps a HD going bad...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2286925&highlight=

There's a period when your data's in limbo, and no matter how infrequently "stuff" happens, it's one too many times when it happens to important data.

Facepalm.

A cut/paste on the same drive doesn't actually move any data, it just moves the NTFS pointer of the top folder. It takes seconds.

The odds of power going out in that time is remote. And even then a chkdsk should be able to fix it.

What is it with people giving out advice when they have no idea what they are talking about?

 

[Ketchup]

My cat would like a word with you. She DOES NOT go outside. Her place is next to my arm, harassing me while I use the computer :^D

You cat and I would get along well.

 

[chipy]

thanks guys for the cut and paste explanation.