Thread: Move maps from drive C to external hard drive

Originally Posted by alamel

I want to move all or most of my maps from my hard drive C: to an external hard drive . I have win 7 32 bit and i still have all install folder of my 30 maps . Do y have to reinstall all maps and select the destination because some cant be select at the installation. Or i can make a new link . I know the map can be move but i dont know how.

did some one know the right way plese ??????

If your maps are the newstyle ".gmap directory" type it's simple.

On a windows 7 system your maps are in the "Maps" folder using the following path.
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Garmin\Maps

You can move all the .gmap directories to any location on your system you like.

Then you create a shortcut for each re-located .gmap directory and place the shortcuts (pointers) in the "Maps" directory where the original .gmap directories were originally loacted and the Garmin tools will find the maps just fine.