If you are used to saving the necessary files in the Documents folder, then be prepared for the fact that in the event of a failure or reinstallation of the operating system, all your data will be lost. In addition, gigabytes of photos and downloaded movies take up system disk space, which slows down installed programs and slows down the computer.
Instructions
Step 1
On Windows 7, the Documents folder is located at C: / Users / Username / My Documents. To transfer it to another disk, you need to do a number of operations.
Step 2
Right-click on the start button. In the drop-down menu, select "Open Explorer". Now in the address bar of the explorer enter% username%. You will be taken to a folder with your username.
Step 3
Find the "My Documents" folder and select "Properties" from the context menu. Go to the "Location" tab, you will see a window with a proposal to move the folder to another location.
Step 4
In the text box, you can write a new location manually, or click on the "Move" button and select the folder created in the first step. Click Apply. To the question "Move files from the old location to the new?" answer yes.
Step 5
Copying will take some time, but it will allow programs to access the files they need. In the future, all installed programs will offer to save files to the folder you created.
Step 6
In Windows 7, it is possible to tell the system a folder to save files without physically moving the Documents folder. To do this, right-click on the "Documents" item in the "Start" menu and click on "Properties".
Step 7
The "Properties: Documents" window opens. It will show a list of all folders included in this library. Click on the "Add folder" button and in the explorer window select the folder that you want to include in this list.
Step 8
Click the Set Save Location button. The added folder will become the main folder for storing documents. If any of the programs turns to the "My Documents" folder, the system will indicate the newly created path.
Step 9
Keep in mind that documents that already exist will not be moved in the latter version. For the programs to work correctly, they will have to be transferred manually. Libraries with images, videos and music are configured in the same way.
