Re: Home Folder

I would think the easiest thing to do is to simply move your My Documents
folder to the other drive. Select My Documents, then right click
properties - move. My Documents will not contain emails however. Having said
that you should still backup your important data files to external media
such as cdrom/DVD disks as hard drives DO fail. I had one fail and the
replacement failed two weeks later and I mean completely dead. Also if you
are using EFS to encrypt files in XP Pro you MUST backup your EFS
certificate/private key to password protected .pfx file for safe keeping off
the computer also to protect your access to EFS files. --- Steve


"MikeF" <MikeF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I am trying to move the 'documents and settings' directory from the 'c'
> drive to 'd' drive, and placed in a sub folder in 'd' drive. So I can
> provide some protection of data in case of an OS crash, and a necessary
> clean reload of the OS.
>
> I've done this by editing the registry, and moving folders from the 'c'
> drive to the 'd' drive, but takes quite a few steps.
>
> Now, using 'control userpasswords2' -->click 'username'-->double click
> 'advanced'-->click 'advanced'-->click 'advanced'
> -->double click 'users'-->double click 'name'--->click 'profile', you
> finally end up with two entries. One for 'profile path', and the other
> entry for 'home' folder'.
>
> Is there a means of using these two entries to move the 'c:\documents and
> settings' to another location. And remove the 'c:\documents and settings'
> folder from 'c drive'.
>
> Now if this doesn't work, would the list let me know how to use the two
> entries??
>
> Thanks,
> MikeF


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