Hi all
Anyone know much about what happens to files in 'My Documents' when you reinstall XP?
At the moment I've got the 'My Documents' folder on XP Pro on the root of my D: drive (using the right click on My Documents, Properties, Target = D:\ method).
The contents won't fit on the C: drive.
I want to completely reinstall XP but am worried about losing my data.
What I'm thinking of is this:
1. Create a folder on D: called 'Temporary My Docs'
2. Change the My Documents target to point to that folder.
3. Create another folder on D: called 'Safe Store'
4. Copy the entire contents of 'Temporary My Docs' into 'Safe Store'
5. Reinstall XP
I'm assuming that when I reinstall XP the contents of 'Safe Store' won't be connected to my XP account as it's not a special folder, so will be safe. And also that steps 2 and 4 won't take any time as the source and destination drives are both the same.
And of course I'll back up to removable storage first, but that'll take ages.
Am I on the right lines here?
Or am I being a
??
Thanks
