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Loren Pechtel Sep 16, 2016 5:28 pm
Originally Posted by WilcoRoger (Post 27219232)
How so? Partition the SSD to C: and D: and put the data on D: - where's the speed penalty?
Oh, I see what you mean. Why bother? Put everything in My Documents and you'll get the same benefit as well as catch what a lot of programs will do by default.

pseudoswede Sep 20, 2016 10:04 am
Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel (Post 27222778)
Oh, I see what you mean. Why bother? Put everything in My Documents and you'll get the same benefit as well as catch what a lot of programs will do by default.
In the unlikely event your OS craps out or you wish to upgrade to Windows 10, you still have your data partition with all of your stuff (yes, you also need a backup strategy blah blah blah).

Loren Pechtel Sep 20, 2016 11:24 am
Originally Posted by pseudoswede (Post 27238119)
In the unlikely event your OS craps out or you wish to upgrade to Windows 10, you still have your data partition with all of your stuff (yes, you also need a backup strategy blah blah blah).
You can still copy off the folder.

WilcoRoger Sep 20, 2016 11:28 am
Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel (Post 27222778)
Oh, I see what you mean. Why bother? Put everything in My Documents and you'll get the same benefit as well as catch what a lot of programs will do by default.
When I still used Windows, I pointed My Documents to D: and that took care of the "default loving" programs. In the pre-SSD era it was faster to put it even on a separate drive. It used to be (still is?) good practice to keep your system and user data on separate partitions/drives.

DenverBrian Sep 20, 2016 9:28 pm
Originally Posted by WilcoRoger (Post 27238588)
When I still used Windows, I pointed My Documents to D: and that took care of the "default loving" programs. In the pre-SSD era it was faster to put it even on a separate drive. It used to be (still is?) good practice to keep your system and user data on separate partitions/drives.
This. Simple good housekeeping. I'm on Windows 10 and have had my data on a separate partition (D:\) since Windows 95. Music is on E:\ and videos are on F:\. All you have to do is point My Documents, My Music, and My Videos to the appropriate partitions for "default loving" programs.

RichMSN Sep 21, 2016 7:33 am
I'm a Mac person now, but even if I wasn't I'd have all documents in Google Drive. Access to them from any machine, tablet, phone, etc.

New machine? Install programs, connect to Drive, done.


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