Question Win-11 - Problem with moving files from C: to New Partition on E:

[fasteddie01]

Hello - I am 'sub-dividing' the 'remaining 800Gb' of a 1T SSD of an HP 15-da Notebook, since I was 'running out of room' on the C-drive. There is plenty of space on the New Partition I created, ca 200Gb and a bit over 200G on the C: drive. My concern is that this 'Old" pc is starting to fail - Camera dies, touchpad wonky, Battery losing charge rapidly - and I'm concerned I won't be able to get the files transferred ( after cleaning) to a new pc.
So, I followed the 'old' (2023- 'How to move files' ) instructions to Move Files & Folders from C-drive to a new partitioned drive. It seems the 'new' partition is OK (thousands of files) but the 'Original" C-location DID NOT DELETE all of the old files. Many Folders DID Delete but 'loose files' that were Not in Folders still are on the c: drive. I have Re-booted and they are still there. And "newly created' files Are saving to the 'NEW" drive correctly. Is this 'common' or will this cause problems 'down the road'?

 

[Verax]

I can't imagine that the "left over" files on C: will cause problems other than perhaps using storage space needed for other purposes on that partition. Have you tried simply deleting the "left over" files on C:?

 

[fasteddie01]

Yes, I did that but some of the files were 'drivers' associated with my 'old' Huawei phone. They were blocking me from activating 'Windows Integrity'. I found an 'old' help Q/A on Huawei site that allowed me to go in and delete these files.
1. Press Windows + R key on the keyboard, input “%temp%/../hisuite” and open.
2. Go to userdata>driver>all>DriverUninstall. Select and right click DriverUninstall and Run as administrator.

This worked, finally. Thank for following this.