Rerouting Library folders question

[Nick_1015]

Back when I first built my PC, I rerouted my documents, music, videos, pictures, and downloads folders to my hard drive (D:) instead of having them on my SSD (C:). I made a subfolder in D entitled "my libraries" and the target locations read as so:

 

D:\My Libraries\Documents

D:\My Libraries\Music

etc

 

Since then, a power surge has potentially taken the life of my hard drive. I'm currently waiting on a "friend of a friend" to give me a quote on a repair. In the meantime, if I reroute the folders onto another hard drive with a different assigned letter (E:), would that have any effect on the files saved on the D: drive if I get it fixed? In other words, if I move the folder target locations onto E and later down the line get D back, will the files on D still be in tact and will I just be able to take the files from the E library folders, plop them onto D, and resume business as usual? The answer may be obvious and the question a bit meaningless, but I'm just wanting to be safe. Thanks.

[MadModder]

If you "copy" the files to another drive, it's exactly that ... a copy. Just copy/paste instead of cut/paste. You can move them anywhere you want to. If your drive is repaired, there would be no need to move them back, you would just have a backup copy on your E drive. If for some reason you want to, and are afraid of conflicts, just give the 2nd folder a different name. Example:  My Libraries/Music_2.

I don't quite understand how you're accessing the files if the drive is dead though. Or why you would bother trying to "repair" it. That will probably cost you more than a new drive.

[Gerarrr]

Well, no, the files reside in the drive D:, they won't appear if you can't access them. As in the opposite situation, formatting C drive wouldn't make you lose those files. Just gessing... It'll copy your new folders to a new location you asign, and those "new folders" are the ones in C, created by the OS, that you are now accessing, since you virtualy removed drive D (electrical failure)

[0x1e]

If you get d:/ back then plug it in with your E:/ and change your directory back to D:/ and Windows will say something along the lines off -

"There are files here that are needed (E:/) would you like to merge your overwrite D:/." Choose merge and it will move all of E:/ onto D:/ as if you copy and pasted it yourself.