James Knott wrote: > Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> 2009/4/12 James Knott <[email protected]> >> >> <snip> >> >> >> >>> Somehow, I just don't trust Windows writing to a Linux partition. ;-) >>> >>> However, you'd still have to create a partition either way, as I don't >>> think you can move the My Documents folder anywhere, other than to an >>> empty partition. >>> >>> >> But you don't *need* to use "My Documents". You can have any program put >> stuff anywhere you like. You just need to remember to do it. >> >> >> > I'm well aware of that, but having supported Windows users in the past, > I always encourage them to store everything under My Documents. That > way it's easier to find and makes backups easier. In Linux, users are > usually forced to save in their home directory, so those problems don't > occur. > > > One other thing I forgot to mention, having My Docs on another partition makes it safer to reinstall (ever a Windows favourite) or upgrade the OS. With Linux, it's very easy to create a separate /home partition, where all the users home directories are located. This /home directory can even be located on a server etc. This makes it very easy to protect the user's data, no matter what happens to the computer.
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