I want to move the Documents and Setting folder

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First of all, the reason I want to move this folder is for security reasons.
I have been using Windows XP Home Edtion (first experience with Winnt OS) for
2 years on a Gateway 500plus computer. I usually use Drive Image to back up
my system but with all the programs and data that I have (about 50 GB's) I am
finding it very time consuming to do a daly back up of my data. This is
because I have to back up everything each time. A couple of times that I got
lazy and didn't do a daily back up cost me several weeks to months of data
lose and when I went back to the latest Drive Image I had I ended up loosing
all my current settings as well.

I am currently reinstalling my Windows XP and will upgrade to SP2. I want to
put my Documents and Setting on a different volumn/partition thus allowing me
to back up my data files daily with out all the programs. Then I only need to
back the OS when I change something or add a new program. I have tried the
Unattend function as spelled out in the follow Microsoft Help and Support
documents:

Article ID : 314843
Last Review : December 22, 2004
Revision : 1.2

and

Article ID : 236621
Last Review : September 29, 2004
Revision : 4.1

I tried running the winnt.exe and winnt32.exe programs after doing a fresh
install of Windows XP Home Edition SP1. I get the error message of SYNTAX
ERROR ON LINE 2 with winnt.exe and just get the help menu with winnt32.exe. I
don't know how (if there is a way to do this) to run the unattend functionn
during the original installation (which I will do again if I have to if some
one will tell me how). The documents that I have listed don't give very much
detail on any of this and the error message doesn't give me a clue as to what
is wrong with the syntax. I have triple checked the spelling on the line and
I can't see what is causing the error other than I think that the command
"ProfilesDir" may not be valid. The article at Article ID : 155197
Last Review : October 30, 2003
Revision : 1.0
does not indicate that this is a valid command.
The long method of moving the Documents and Settings folder appears to be an
incomplete movement of Documents and Settings and appears to be very time
consumming.

Don C.
 
How to Move Shell Folders (and contents)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm

[Courtesy of Kent W. England, MS-MVP]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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:

| First of all, the reason I want to move this folder is for security reasons.
| I have been using Windows XP Home Edtion (first experience with Winnt OS) for
| 2 years on a Gateway 500plus computer. I usually use Drive Image to back up
| my system but with all the programs and data that I have (about 50 GB's) I am
| finding it very time consuming to do a daly back up of my data. This is
| because I have to back up everything each time. A couple of times that I got
| lazy and didn't do a daily back up cost me several weeks to months of data
| lose and when I went back to the latest Drive Image I had I ended up loosing
| all my current settings as well.
|
| I am currently reinstalling my Windows XP and will upgrade to SP2. I want to
| put my Documents and Setting on a different volumn/partition thus allowing me
| to back up my data files daily with out all the programs. Then I only need to
| back the OS when I change something or add a new program. I have tried the
| Unattend function as spelled out in the follow Microsoft Help and Support
| documents:
|
| Article ID : 314843
| Last Review : December 22, 2004
| Revision : 1.2
|
| and
|
| Article ID : 236621
| Last Review : September 29, 2004
| Revision : 4.1
|
| I tried running the winnt.exe and winnt32.exe programs after doing a fresh
| install of Windows XP Home Edition SP1. I get the error message of SYNTAX
| ERROR ON LINE 2 with winnt.exe and just get the help menu with winnt32.exe. I
| don't know how (if there is a way to do this) to run the unattend functionn
| during the original installation (which I will do again if I have to if some
| one will tell me how). The documents that I have listed don't give very much
| detail on any of this and the error message doesn't give me a clue as to what
| is wrong with the syntax. I have triple checked the spelling on the line and
| I can't see what is causing the error other than I think that the command
| "ProfilesDir" may not be valid. The article at Article ID : 155197
| Last Review : October 30, 2003
| Revision : 1.0
| does not indicate that this is a valid command.
| The long method of moving the Documents and Settings folder appears to be an
| incomplete movement of Documents and Settings and appears to be very time
| consumming.
|
| Don C.
|
| --
| - Birds are God''s gift of beauty to the world -
 
Download a copy of the Microsoft Power Took TweakUI and it will let you move
them

Norm
 
Cannot move or rename the Documents and Settings folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q236621/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I feel the same.
|
| > I have also consisdered getting Windows 2000, but I do not know if this
| > would fix my problems.
|
| I don't think so. I also would like to know a solution how to move the
| complete Document and Settings folder reliably.
|
| Gerhard
 
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