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Old March 25th 12, 02:22 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
(PeteCresswell)
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Default How do I separate Data from Apps.

Per :
I have Win 7 installed on 120Gb SSD and a separate 750Gb drive. I would
like all my data on the 750 however in windows explorer I can't tell it to
store the data libraries on the 750 as all the Library files default to the
C-Drive upon windows installation?

How do I get them on and my system to point to my 750 drive?



I rant about this periodically, but have XP instead of 7.

Under XP, I drag/drop the "My" folders to the desired data drive
and Windows seems to do the rest. I'm pretty sure I did it on a
7 machine too.

Other than that, it's discipline and checking various
applications' default data directories - most of which are fixed
by the "My" drag/drop.

I do, however, find the occasional offender where the app keeps
data in it's "Program Files" directory and some times there's no
way to change that. For those few, I tell my backup utility to
copy from that directory to a "Backup Stage" on my "Data" drive.

Probably just as easy to tell the backup util to back up directly
from Program Files, but I like having all my data in one place.
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Pete Cresswell
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