I find that many programs automatically send the files to My Documents and it is on C drive. When a virus attacks, the C drive is the victim. When Formatting is done, previous files unless backed up, are lost. If these files were on D drive, this area whould be safe.
Is there a method of creating this by pass to a new Drive?
Walter P.
2006-07-06 21:04:59 · 8 answers · asked by yesemes 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Yes you can. You can always configure a software program where to save or retrieve your data files. For example in MS Word, you can go to Tools, Options, File Locations. Then modify the Documents location to D drive and folder (that you will create). I am sure other programs has this too feature too.
2006-07-06 21:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by dodz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Open the C drive window that shows the My Documents folder. Open a second window for the D drive. Minimize the windows and line them up in such a way that you can see the My Documents folder and the place on the D drive where you want to put it. Then just click on the My Documents folder and drag it to where you would like it on the D drive. It will copy where you put it on your D drive, provided you have enough available space on that drive. That's it; you're done.
2006-07-06 21:11:06 · answer #2 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can back up the files into an external hard drive or ipod so that any time you need these files you can connect the usb to access your files without formatting. or you can share/ partition your hard drive into different sections and copy your documents into the mini drives but I feel this method will not work because your C drive is easily affected and partitioning it might not help so I think you should copy to an external hard drive...
2006-07-06 21:16:25 · answer #3 · answered by misdemeanor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you right click on the My Documents icon on the start menu/desktop and click 'move' that will move the folder and updates most programs to the new location
2006-07-06 21:41:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. C:\My Documents folder cannot be moved to another location on another drive on the same computer.But you can create shortcut of the same on any drive.
2006-07-06 21:09:11 · answer #5 · answered by meghasawant1983 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can change my document folder to another drive & save all ur worked file on another drive where u move ur my document folder
2006-07-06 21:27:35 · answer #6 · answered by pawan b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I copied my "my documents" to an external HD but I still have to transfer anything from the original if I want it there intsead.But as far as making that the default pathway I don't know if that can be changed.
2006-07-06 21:12:27 · answer #7 · answered by Troy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
y do u want to save the docs in MY DOCUMENT only u casn create a new folder in C: drive and save there and wenever u save something it always ask u where to save u have to choose where u want to save not necesarily My Document and u can yes create a Partiotion in the harddrive but u have to do formaat reinsatll..
2006-07-06 21:14:19 · answer #8 · answered by Vijay H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋