Safely Deleting Pics from C: after copying to E:

Hello,
I recently copied and pasted all my digital pics, etc. from my C: drive to my E: (external hard drive) in order to free up disk space on my C: and to protect my pics in case my computer ever crashes. How do I safely delete these pic files from my C: drive. I assume my "program files" will continue to stay in the C: for zoombrowser ex (canon), adobe photoshop, and "my pictures" (similar to when I moved my I-tunes music folder to my E: drive, which freed up a ton of space on my C: drive, but the program files for Itunes remained on the C: drive). I do notice that when I open my E: drive, all 3 of the files just mentioned open up in their entirety. I do notice however, even if opening these up via the E: drive, it still says at the top C:\Documents and settings\Scott\My Documents\My Picuters. I will back my pics from E: up on Kodak Easy Share before deleting from C: just in case, but my goal is to free up space on C: and to have any new pic files uploaded from my digital camera, etc. to automatically go to the E: drive in the future. Thank you very much for any assistance you may provide.
Chetman

 

if you use "Copy" the original will always stay in they're original place you only make a copy to the new location, if you use "Move" they will move to the new home, only problem when downloading new files windows might not find the new location automatically.
You can always copy them and if they are all safely copied over then delete them from the original folder.