Originally Posted by
pseudoswede
On my desktop computers, OS is on the C: drive, user data is on a separate D: drive, and My Documents folder is a OneDrive folder inside the user data folder.
For my laptops, I just link my OneDrive folder to the My Documents folder.
Originally Posted by
thesun
I don't bother doing this anymore. I do have a second drive for large files (I'm into photography) but everything else I have including the OS fits easily on a 1TB SSD. I haven't had one fail yet and can't remember the last time I had to reinstall Windows. And everything is backed up locally as well as to the cloud. If I had to wipe one of my machines, it is easy to restore the data to where it belongs.
I re-install my OS (Windows or Linux) every few years to have a clean install. There have been improvements over how clean things are, but I find the speed improves (big or little) when there has been a fresh install. It often also reclaims some space when I do it. That said, just doing a copy usually doesn't impact me much because of how I do the restore. Barring something unexpected, I can be back online (on that computer) in a few hours and fully restored within 24 hours.
That said, I have been avoiding backing up files to the cloud. While we haven't really seen a big breach, I'm sure it's coming and I'm sure the compromise will be bad too...