Q re sharing documents folder when dual booting XP/Vista

[Ian R]

Hi

I'm currently running XP Pro.

I've moved the location of "My Documents" to its own partition for easier
backup etc. I have set this folder to keep private and I logon to XP with a
password.

I plan to install Vista and dual boot to XP for any applications that don't
like Vista.

I'd like to share the "My Documents" partition so I can access my files from
either OS but as I currently have this password protected and made private I
foresee this might be a problem.

Would I need to remove the "make Private" option and enable sharing under XP
so that my Vista apps can access it?

Or is there another way?

Thanks very much for any info and your time.

Ian

 

[Guest]

my advice:

the folder [My Documents] is actually a pointer to another folder somewhere
in your drive C:\. therefore, it is best if you just create another partition
and store your personal data there, maybe under 1 root folder. the you could
right-click the folder and:
-> choose properties
-> on general tab, click [advanced]
-> tick the "encrypt content to secure data"

again, this is what i have in mind. i haven't actually test this myself
since i have no plan to dual boot with vista.

 

[Ian R]

my advice:

the folder [My Documents] is actually a pointer to another folder
somewhere
in your drive C:\. therefore, it is best if you just create another
partition
and store your personal data there, maybe under 1 root folder. the you
could
right-click the folder and:
-> choose properties
-> on general tab, click [advanced]
-> tick the "encrypt content to secure data"

again, this is what i have in mind. i haven't actually test this myself
since i have no plan to dual boot with vista.

Hi

I'm currently running XP Pro.

I've moved the location of "My Documents" to its own partition for easier
backup etc. I have set this folder to keep private and I logon to XP with
a
password.

I plan to install Vista and dual boot to XP for any applications that
don't
like Vista.

I'd like to share the "My Documents" partition so I can access my files
from
either OS but as I currently have this password protected and made
private I
foresee this might be a problem.

Would I need to remove the "make Private" option and enable sharing under
XP
so that my Vista apps can access it?

Or is there another way?

Thanks very much for any info and your time.

Ian

Hi Andrew

Thanks for your reply.

However what you have suggested is exactly how I have described my current
system setup.

My Docs is located on its own partition which is assigned as Drive D and the
folder is made private.

Perhaps I hadn't made this clear enough.

Cheers

Ian