Moving the My Documents Folder

Dakota · Rated R Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 67

Is it safe to move the "My Documents Folder to another drive or partition? Is there a special way to move it? I just want to protect my data in case the OS on C:\ gets corrupted or?

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:07:13 Post Subject:

Yeah - there are different procedures for different OSes, but it is OK. I have mine on a separate drive.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:20:58 Post Subject:

Are you copying it so you can have it in case of a drive crash, or are you moving it so it's only on another drive?

Dakota · Rated R Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 67

(TSC)Bender · Rated NC-17 Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 162

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:01:50 Post Subject:

He wants to keep the button...

Cutting and pasting the folder won't completely do it, as the system needs to know where to look in the future.

There are procedures for different OSes... XP is different than Vista.

Dakota · Rated R Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 67

Thanks guys, got it done, and working good.

motanacu · Rated NC-17 Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 104

why didn`t you tried to make another folder my docs on different partition and save all the data there from the start??

ati_lover · Rated PG Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 14

For XP:
To change the default location of the My Documents folder, follow these steps:
Click Start, and then point to My Documents.
Right-click My Documents, and then click Properties.
Click the Target tab.
In the Target box, do one of the following:
Type the path to the folder location that you want, and then click OK. For example, D:\My Stuff.

If the folder does not exist, the Create Message dialog box is displayed. Click Yes to create the folder, and then click OK.

-or-
Click Move, click the folder in which to store your documents, and then click OK twice.

If you need to create a new folder, click Make New Folder. Type a name for the folder, and then click OK twice.
In the Move Documents box, click Yes to move your documents to the new location, or click No to leave your documents in the original location.
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Dakota · Rated R Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 67

Sorry everyone, thought that I had posted that I have gotten in done. Thanks for all the replies.