Vista - Redirecting my Documents folder, any disadvantages ?

Hello,

I'm planning to move my Documents folder to the E: partition on my hard
disk (which is currently empty). I know how to do this, and I think I
understand the advantages, but are there any disadvantages ? (I'm not short
of space on the C: partition)

Thanks

K

I can not think of any reason NOT to. I have been doing just this since
Window 95 days.


"KRK" <trebor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:57:54 -0000, "KRK"
<trebor@xxxxxx> wrote:

The only potential disadvantage is that it can slightly slow down the
computer because it will take a little time for the heads of the drive
to move back and forth between the C: partition and the E: partition.
Chances are, though, that such a slowdown may be small enough that you
won't notice it.

You might be interested in reading this article I recently wrote on
how to partition your drive: "Understanding Disk Partitioning" at
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=326

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I haven't noticed any disadvantages to moving the Document file.

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"KRK" <trebor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:33:40 +0200, "CBoom" <someone@xxxxxx>
wrote:
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Just the opposite, bozo.

You're in such a hurry to find a reason to add a URL to your site that
you don't have the time to read what you're replying to, huh?

I misread his post. However the information is valuable to others that may
be reading this thread.

The problem with decreasing space in C has been asked at least 1000 times in
this newsgroup.



"Jim Moriarty" <jmoriarty@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have most of my pictures redirected to another drive.
There is no disadvantage that I can see. At least this was if there is a serious crash your files are safe.

> I'm planning to move my Documents folder to the E: partition on my hardAnd how do you do it?
I didn't find an easy way for this, I had to move everything manually, which
was a lot of work, and it did'nt work out for each folder.
Ideally I want to move the whole C:\Users folder to a different disk.

Thanks, Robert

See this link from my website Robert. This will tell you how to do it.

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"Robert Fuchs" <bobfox@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:21:43 -0600, roy69 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com>
wrote:
Unless the serious crash is on the drive with your pictures.

Backups are necessary to protect from serious crashes.

DDW
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