I guess I don't see the "enormous effort" involved in clicking on My Documents or My Recent Documents on the Start menu. And I believe a system partition is more likely to get corrupted than a partition holding data.
A hardware failure will impact files no matter where they are stored. That's why a good backup scheme involves backing up externally from time to time.
Personally, I like the convenience of imaging partitions, and being able, if need be, to restore my system partition without worrying about my user files.
But, as people in the U.S. like to say..."It's a free country."
Steven
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message Well this begs the question why your desktop isn't on the other partition.
Your safety statement doesn't bear up. If your docs are important they will be backed up. Why do you assume your data is safe on another partition. They are just as likely to be lost if there is a hardware fault. A software fault is more likely on a data partition
My My Docs has 7904 files and folders. My Desktop has 56.
Shortcuts take up no diskspace (files under 1.5K don't). They are merely intrusive. Why would one go to enourmous effort to manage shortcuts when one can just put the file there.
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Sorry, David. This time you're all wet.
How many bytes big is a desktop shortcut? Or are you afraid that Windows won't be able to keep track of all those shortcuts?
Here's one reason (of many) I don't store files on the desktop: I keep all my user files on a separate partition for safety. If Windows goes south on me, I could lose my desktop - along with the rest of my system - but I won't lose any documents. Same thing when I restore my system partition from an image. My documents don't go back in time.
Now I've read enough of your posts to know that you like to come back with some demeaning snide remark when someone challenges you, so fire away. I can take it.
Steven
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message You are all making assertions without proof.
1. In a average domain it will lengthen logon/off times. Because My Docs is redirected so user files aren't normally part of the profile. Desktops aren't normally redirected.
2. The desktop is a work area. What is the point of putting shortcuts on the desktop - to have two files for every one file. I only save files to the desktop. Why would anyone want files they are working on in My Docs. Possibly the only reason is to make them hard to access.
