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By default the My Document folder is situated on your
C: drive. If you use a separate partition to store all of your data it may be
advantageous to move the My Document folder to another location. A further
advantage to this move is that, should you have to reinstall windows XP, your My
Document folder, being stored on a separate partitions will not loose it's
important files. So long as you have an alternative partition or hard drive then
you should proceed as follows to relocate the My Document folder.
1/ Click the Start button
2/ On the Start Menu Right Click on the My
Document option
3/ From the drop down menu select Properties
4/The first page of the My Documents properties window
shows the Target Tab
5/ On this page you will see a dialog box market
'Target Folder Location'
6/ Type the path you want your My Document folder to be
stored at in the dialog box, i.e.,
D:\Data\My
Documents.
7/ Next press the Move button
8/The Select a Destination window appears
9/ Select the destination of the file
10/ If a folder does not already exist then press the
Make New Folder button to create the folders and give it a name
11/ Finally click Ok
12/ You will be asked if you want to transfer all
documents from the My Document folder to the new location. Press Yes
to start the moving process. If you don't want the documents moved to the new
location press the No button
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