24-04-2011, 10:09 PM
How to store your my documents on a different partition or hard drive
If you read my other thread, how to partition a drive in Windows 7 then you'll know I have two partitions, one for the OS and one for the Data.
This is a quick tutorial on how to move the location of a directory to point to the new partition.
Steps
1) Start > Documents
![[Image: storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different...s-7-01.png]](http://www.markwood.co.cc/donotdelete/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7-01.png)
2) In the left pane, right click Documents and Select Properties
![[Image: storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different...s-7-02.png]](http://www.markwood.co.cc/donotdelete/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7-02.png)
3) Go to the location tab and type in the new desired location, then hit OK.
![[Image: storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different...s-7-03.png]](http://www.markwood.co.cc/donotdelete/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7-03.png)
4) It'll ask you if you're sure, press Yes
![[Image: storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different...s-7-04.png]](http://www.markwood.co.cc/donotdelete/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7-04.png)
You don't have to stop there either! I applied this method to a lot of other directories.
My Pictures
![[Image: storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different...s-7-05.png]](http://www.markwood.co.cc/donotdelete/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7-05.png)
My Music
![[Image: storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different...s-7-06.png]](http://www.markwood.co.cc/donotdelete/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7-06.png)
And I have a lot of things on my desktop.
![[Image: storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different...s-7-07.png]](http://www.markwood.co.cc/donotdelete/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7/storing-your-my-documents-on-a-different-partition-in-windows-7-07.png)
Now when you're backing up to your file server, you just simply copy the D:\!
If you read my other thread, how to partition a drive in Windows 7 then you'll know I have two partitions, one for the OS and one for the Data.
This is a quick tutorial on how to move the location of a directory to point to the new partition.
Steps
1) Start > Documents
2) In the left pane, right click Documents and Select Properties
3) Go to the location tab and type in the new desired location, then hit OK.
4) It'll ask you if you're sure, press Yes
You don't have to stop there either! I applied this method to a lot of other directories.
My Pictures
My Music
And I have a lot of things on my desktop.
Now when you're backing up to your file server, you just simply copy the D:\!