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" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> 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 always set it up like that..

unless a system has 2 disks then I put it in the second disk

>but are there any disadvantages ?

In vista yes there is. C is monitored by system restore aka shadow copies.
If you have ultimate or business edition
or even If you have home edition with a third party program you can use
what's called as 'previous versions"

But this applies to disks that are monitored only. You can change that from
the system restore settings.

You can read about all this on my blog here >
http://computerboom.blogspot.com/200...ista-with.html

so if you don't set windows to monitor that partition as well you cannot use
previous versions

I personally don't want to use that feature so I don't care.



"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> 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

Hey by the way you say that you don't have space in C

this might be because of the shadow copies in vista hogging up all your
space!! very common thing in vista!

see here a video on my blog on how to clean this up!!

http://computerboom.blogspot.com/200...n-windows.html

also see this post on the same topic

http://computerboom.blogspot.com/200...isk-space.html

please tell me how much space you recover!



"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> 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

<grin>

He states that he is NOT short of space on partition C:



"CBoom" <> wrote in message
news:gk2eg9$nl3$...
> Hey by the way you say that you don't have space in C
>
> this might be because of the shadow copies in vista hogging up all your
> space!! very common thing in vista!
>
> see here a video on my blog on how to clean this up!!
>
> http://computerboom.blogspot.com/200...n-windows.html
>
> also see this post on the same topic
>
> http://computerboom.blogspot.com/200...isk-space.html
>
> please tell me how much space you recover!
>
>
>
> "KRK" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> 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
>

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:57:54 -0000, "KRK"
<> wrote:

> 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)


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" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> 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

oh yes sorry...

you are right

"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
> <grin>
>
> He states that he is NOT short of space on partition C:
>
>
>
> "CBoom" <> wrote in message
> news:gk2eg9$nl3$...
>> Hey by the way you say that you don't have space in C
>>
>> this might be because of the shadow copies in vista hogging up all your
>> space!! very common thing in vista!
>>
>> see here a video on my blog on how to clean this up!!
>>
>> http://computerboom.blogspot.com/200...n-windows.html
>>
>> also see this post on the same topic
>>
>> http://computerboom.blogspot.com/200...isk-space.html
>>
>> please tell me how much space you recover!
>>
>>
>>
>> "KRK" <> wrote in message
>> news:#...
>>> 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 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" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:33:40 +0200, "CBoom" <>
> wrote:
>
>>Hey by the way you say that you don't have space in C
>
> [snip]
>
> 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 have most of my pictures redirected to another drive
There is no disadvantage that I can see. At least this was if there i
a serious crash your files are safe

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