Comments on: Windows 7 http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/02/23/windows-7/ babblings of a computer loving fool Mon, 21 Nov 2016 19:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 By: Chris Koenig http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/02/23/windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-30935 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:17:23 +0000 http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/02/23/windows-7/#comment-30935 >> Starting with XP and made even easier in Vista (right-click special
>> folder, change ‘Location’) I have stored My Documents, My Music,
>> etc on a physically separate hard drive.

I used to do that, but now I use Mesh (http://mesh.com) – works even better because now I have access to those files across re-installs, across computers and across devices (i.e. my phone). Give it a try and see how you like it!

Cheers!
Chris

]]> By: Jason Karns http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/02/23/windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-30933 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:15:29 +0000 http://jrwren.wrenfam.com/blog/2009/02/23/windows-7/#comment-30933 I have to agree with most of your points here, with one exception: Section 10 (/home files). For users with multiple hard drives, (and those not using RAID) I always recommend storing the OS on one drive and user data on the other. Starting with XP and made even easier in Vista (right-click special folder, change ‘Location’) I have stored My Documents, My Music, etc on a physically separate hard drive. This makes an OS wipe/fresh install/re-install so much easier than trying to pick out users files all across their machine. For my setup, it also makes sharing data across OS’s much easier. I have XP, Vista and Win7 each installed on separate partitions on the same OS drive with all of my data on a different drive. Each OS is then configured to use this data drive for My Documents. For certain programs with portable ‘profiles’ (aka Firefox, Songbird) I store the profiles on this data drive as well. Now I can run the same Firefox profile/installation without syncing on all three OS’s. Lastly, for programs that support portable installation (Notepad++, anything from portableapps.com) I install to a PortableApps folder at the root of my data drive. This allows as many programs as possible to share user data/profile info across OS’s. Now I have a setup as close as possible to a true /home setup. Of course, most programs will still need re-installed with an OS re-install, but my portableapps, and even some non-portable apps will have my data secure and ready to go. Losing an OS is no longer a huge deal. (Note, this doesn’t replace a backup strategy. My data drive is still backed up.)

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