Comments on: How To Move My Documents Folder To A Different Drive http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymouse http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-437896 Anonymouse Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:57:34 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-437896 Jordi "And what’s more: you can even move the desktop folder! This is really useful, since most of the people like to keep their stuff there instead of My Documents." Ditto I prefer XP though since Vista disappointed me several times with no solutions available on Google or forums. In XP I moved the desktop to another partition by simply cut pasting it. Transferring all clutters to another partition sped up my XP like new. Jordi

“And what’s more: you can even move the desktop folder! This is really useful, since most of the people like to keep their stuff there instead of My Documents.”

Ditto

I prefer XP though since Vista disappointed me several times with no solutions available on Google or forums. In XP I moved the desktop to another partition by simply cut pasting it. Transferring all clutters to another partition sped up my XP like new.

]]> By: Jeffrey Smith http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-419107 Jeffrey Smith Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:36 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-419107 One option people might want to consider: www.dropbox.com where you can get 2 free GB's of synchronized, online storage (can grow to 5 free GB's based on referrals you sign up ... there are paid plans after that. Comes with a dropbox application which seamlessly integrates into Windows Explorer, making that online dropbox just another drive, albeit remote, on your computer. You can also share folders you create with other invited users and collaborate on ... whatever. So, it's not a lot of space (at least free space), but then ... you can also set up multiple accounts (With different email addresses) ... and with some selective backups of important files, folders, etc., it's a cheap way to get some remote protection of stuff you just would not want to lose. One option people might want to consider: http://www.dropbox.com where you can get 2 free GB’s of synchronized, online storage (can grow to 5 free GB’s based on referrals you sign up … there are paid plans after that. Comes with a dropbox application which seamlessly integrates into Windows Explorer, making that online dropbox just another drive, albeit remote, on your computer. You can also share folders you create with other invited users and collaborate on … whatever. So, it’s not a lot of space (at least free space), but then … you can also set up multiple accounts (With different email addresses) … and with some selective backups of important files, folders, etc., it’s a cheap way to get some remote protection of stuff you just would not want to lose.

]]> By: Smapdi http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-415592 Smapdi Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:46:22 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-415592 RE: andy "This information is considered pointless by authorities as when a hard drive crashes" Then move it to a different drive entirely or a network drive, which is the reason this ability is built into windows in the first place. I feel sorry for the author. A bunch of people screw up their documents path becasue they are clueless and blame him for it. Only if the authorities had been around to save us from this carnage. RE: andy
“This information is considered pointless by authorities as when a hard drive crashes”

Then move it to a different drive entirely or a network drive, which is the reason this ability is built into windows in the first place.

I feel sorry for the author. A bunch of people screw up their documents path becasue they are clueless and blame him for it.

Only if the authorities had been around to save us from this carnage.

]]> By: Saikat http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-388258 Saikat Sun, 31 May 2009 17:21:42 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-388258 <em>From <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Support:</a></em> <i>Restore the My Documents Folder to Its Default Location</i> To restore the My Documents folder to its default location, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, and then point to My Documents. 2. Right-click My Documents, and then click Properties. 3. Click Restore Default, and then click OK. 4. 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. From Microsoft Support:

Restore the My Documents Folder to Its Default Location

To restore the My Documents folder to its default location, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then point to My Documents.
2. Right-click My Documents, and then click Properties.
3. Click Restore Default, and then click OK.
4. 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.

]]> By: DEMI http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-388225 DEMI Sun, 31 May 2009 16:16:13 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-388225 HELP PLEASE!! I AM GOING CRAZY, I JUST TRIED TO DO THIS AND ALL MY DOCUMENTS ARE GONE!! I WAS AT STEP 3 AND WHEN IT ASKED IF I WANTED TO MOVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS TO DRIVE D I CLICKED NO BY ACCIDENT AND NOW I OPENED THE FOLDER AND THEY'RE ALL GONE! HELP PLEASE :'(! HELP PLEASE!! I AM GOING CRAZY, I JUST TRIED TO DO THIS AND ALL MY DOCUMENTS ARE GONE!! I WAS AT STEP 3 AND WHEN IT ASKED IF I WANTED TO MOVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS TO DRIVE D I CLICKED NO BY ACCIDENT AND NOW I OPENED THE FOLDER AND THEY’RE ALL GONE! HELP PLEASE :’(!

]]> By: andy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-387806 andy Wed, 27 May 2009 22:36:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-387806 This information is considered pointless by authorities as when a hard drive crashes, usually it's not fussy about which partitions get splattered....... Look on the internet to see what I mean. I once had 8 partitions on a 40Gb hard drive lol.................................:P I won't go into detail heheheh. This information is considered pointless by authorities as when a hard drive crashes, usually it’s not fussy about which partitions get splattered…….

Look on the internet to see what I mean.

I once had 8 partitions on a 40Gb hard drive lol……………………………:P

I won’t go into detail heheheh.

]]> By: youthworker http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-384820 youthworker Sat, 02 May 2009 11:40:11 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-384820 I have done this already, but for somewhat different reasons. I bought a 40gB laptop a few years back. Turns out the 40gig was 2x20Gb, so after a while I had messages telling me I was almost out of storage space, since everything- my documents, program files, OS- was, by default, on the one drive. I shifted all users' "my documents" and shared documents to the D drive, thus sharing the load. I just wish it was set up like this to begin with. I have done this already, but for somewhat different reasons. I bought a 40gB laptop a few years back. Turns out the 40gig was 2x20Gb, so after a while I had messages telling me I was almost out of storage space, since everything- my documents, program files, OS- was, by default, on the one drive. I shifted all users’ “my documents” and shared documents to the D drive, thus sharing the load. I just wish it was set up like this to begin with.

]]> By: lawiz http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-384570 lawiz Fri, 01 May 2009 08:27:49 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-384570 simply amazing.. :D ty... simply amazing.. :D
ty…

]]> By: Bruce M http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-384368 Bruce M Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:42:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-384368 You should update the article so that it is clear to people that moving the "My Documents" folder will not safeguard against hard drive failure. Even if you partition your hard drive, there is a possibilty of the hard drive getting phisycally damaged. And this does happen a lot. There are many ways to backup your data: external hard drive, CD, DVD, USB drive, etc. Choose whatever method, but the takeaway message to avoid data loss should be to backup your data and not just move it to a separate drive. You should update the article so that it is clear to people that moving the “My Documents” folder will not safeguard against hard drive failure. Even if you partition your hard drive, there is a possibilty of the hard drive getting phisycally damaged. And this does happen a lot.

There are many ways to backup your data: external hard drive, CD, DVD, USB drive, etc. Choose whatever method, but the takeaway message to avoid data loss should be to backup your data and not just move it to a separate drive.

]]> By: double fake http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/#comment-384330 double fake Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:24:44 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=16384#comment-384330 Okey this tip sucked, actually it was a good tip in tougth but it has messed up things on my vista instalation now, since it prompted about making the file witch was not mentioned in this article i selected just the drive d as the new location......Big mistake. Now it semes to be stuck there and trying to revert it to deafault in order to fix it does not work either. In other words its stuck! at the a wrong location. Okey this tip sucked, actually it was a good tip in tougth but it has messed up things on my vista instalation now, since it prompted about making the file witch was not mentioned in this article i selected just the drive d as the new location……Big mistake. Now it semes to be stuck there and trying to revert it to deafault in order to fix it does not work either. In other words its stuck! at the a wrong location.

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