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When I format the computer and reinstall Windows, my first step is move the My Documents
folder to another partition. In Windows XP it wasn't enough because the desktop folder and another user folders was in the primary partition.
Now in Windows Vista and 7 we can use junctions/symlinks to "move" the folder to another partition and Windows and another programs will think that the data is in the primary partition.
What the fastest and secure steps to move the Users folder to another partition and to create the hardlinks correctly?
@surfasb NTFS "junctions" can and do work across partition / volume / filesystem boundaries. I don't remember whether it was Windows 2000 or XP, but I was able to mount a separate volume inside an empty folder on the C: volume, at which point the OS would convert the empty directory to a "junction". I understand that this is not how hard links work on UNIX/Linux, so calling a junction a "hard link" is confusing -- that was barrymac's point. – David – 2015-02-04T17:34:40.803
Here is better answer: http://serverfault.com/questions/8187/whats-the-best-way-to-move-c-users-to-d-users-under-vista-w7
– JackTheKnife – 2015-02-04T22:02:13.2201Why (TF) do MS insist on redefining important core concepts in their own special way? Since when do hardlinks work across seperate devices? well since MS decided that's what they'd call it of course! – barrymac – 2011-07-19T19:37:59.797
1@barrymac: Hardlinks have never worked across devices. The OP is wrong. – surfasb – 2011-12-23T23:06:58.813