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Cons...The external drive will read and write slower.<br />
If you need to move things, move less used files and folders.<br />
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Or...move backup files to the external drive.<br />
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I am not familiar with robocopy....when I need to move I just move and recreate the shares.
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Cons...The external drive will read and write slower.
If you need to move things, move less used files and folders.

Or...move backup files to the external drive.

I am not familiar with robocopy....when I need to move I just move and recreate the shares.

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I would like to &quot;move&quot; all my user and shared directories to another drive with more GB's of storage space. &nbsp;This drive is an external HD connected with USB 2.0. &nbsp;Two part question:<br />
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1. &nbsp;Is this a smart idea or not? &nbsp;pros/cons?<br />
2. &nbsp;How can I do this in windows administration where it will work ok.<br />
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Thanks in advance!
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I would like to "move" all my user and shared directories to another drive with more GB's of storage space.  This drive is an external HD connected with USB 2.0.  Two part question:

1.  Is this a smart idea or not?  pros/cons?
2.  How can I do this in windows administration where it will work ok.

Thanks in advance!

SBS 2003 User and Shared Directories

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).