[geeks] Quick NTFS Partition Q...

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Shannon <shannon at widomaker.com>
" 
" On Jul 25, 2010, at 23:39 , Sandwich Maker wrote:
" 
" > there's an ms procedure for moving 'docs and settings' to another
" > drive/partition.  it's a little involved but in the end all user files
" > including desktops reside on the new fs.  there's also a way to cue
" > this config at install time, mentioned in the procedure.
" 
" I've done this a few times, and it never failed to eventually end up breaking
" things.  Too much software still ignores system paths, etc.
" 
" I've tried this a few times, and I always ended up with new or duplicated user
" data showing up on C:, enough to start breaking things or at least causing
" wasted space and confusion.

i haven't tried it so i don't know...  would also mounting the new
docs and settings volume under the now-empty c:/docs and settings
folder fix this sort of misbehavior, since paths would be correct?
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