Re: Moving documents folder and backup

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wanted to know - what backup application are you using?

vista backup does not allow to select the folders. it picks the important files/folders based on category selection.

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"DonH" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5259c00c94f4f057df26dd4d93d56687@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You can move the physical location of your personal folders from the
default location on the C: drive to a different partion or drive. It is
explained here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/107990-personal-user-shell-folders-move-location.html
> Vista uses icons with green folders for the personal folders. Click
start and then the user name on the top right of the black column and
you'll see them. When I redirected Documents to a new folder on D: it
displayed the same green Documents folder icon, but only if I left it
named "new". When I renamed the folder to something more meaningful
first, it retained the standard yellow folder icon. The green icon is a
good reminder that it's actually a personal folder.

My concern is making sure that I'm backing up the contents of the
redirected folders if I don't also select the folders on D: when doing
the file backup in Vista Business. On the other hand, I think that doing
both duplicates the same files, causing a lot of bloat in the backups.


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DonH

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