Prevent Loosing Your My Document's Files by Changing Location.

My Documents folder is one of the vital folders in Windows XP. Many users store their most important files in this folder. The default location for My Documents Folder is C:\Documents and Settings\User. But because of Windows crash or Installing fresh copy of XP, those files stored in My Documents folder are lost.

Now we can avoid this mishap by changing the location of My Documents Folder to another drive except the system drive and the process is simple enough.

Create a folder in the location where you want to store your Documents (except the system drive ) In the Start Menu, Right click on My Documents (This option is not present in classic start menu) and select Properties.



In the Target Tab, click Move and select the folder you created previously. So your My Documents Folder is moved to that location.

Now if Windows crashes, any time you can get your important files from that folder.