As we’ll see below, that process doesn’t copy an existing installation, but is designed to install and set up everything the operating system requires to run.
Files that have been intentionally hidden by the Windows installation.Įven if it did copy everything, placing an operating system on a drive requires an installation or setup program.The boot loader, required to load Windows at start time.While that approach will copy a lot of files, it won’t copy everything. For example, you might click on the C:\ drive in Windows File Explorer, and then drag and drop that to another hard disk on the same machine. I’m assuming from your question that you literally want to copy the files you find on your hard disk to another hard disk. Whether your license will transfer depends on the differences in hardware.A reinstallation of Windows is typically required for all other scenarios.
You may be able to copy an image of the hard disk to another.You can’t simply copy Windows from one hard disk to another.It’s pretty easy to back up your worlds so you won’t lose anything. You will have to use other apps to move it, or you can just uninstall it and install it again but select a different location to install it to. If you’ve installed the Java version of Minecraft, you won’t be able to move it from the Settings app. When you click the Move button, the menu will list your C drive, and other available drives. Moving it to a different drive will not remove the folders that the app created in your App Data folder. If you ever need to, you can move the game back to your C drive, or any other drive. You won’t be able to access the contents of this folder without admin rights, and even then you might need to change the ownership of the folder from its properties. If you don’t, it will be forced closed.Īfter you move Minecraft, or any UWP app to a drive that isn’t your Windows drive, a WindowsApps folder will be created in the drive you moved the app to. If you have the game open, you should close it.
It will not list the drive that Minecraft is already installed on. Click the move button and a small menu will open where you can select a drive to move Minecraft to. Scroll down the list and find Minecraft in the list. Wait for the list of installed apps to populate. Open the Settings app and go to the Apps group of settings.
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