iamgregor Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 I have heard that changing the location of your my documents folder could help security because hackers and viruses are typically only going to look in the normal location. Is that true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Just a guess - but I would have thought that the low life who send out viruses and trojans are more likely to target your system and programme folders which are normally on the C: drive.I have moved my documents, downloads, favourites, Outlook and other data files to the D: drive to facilitate back-ups of data and system files separately. It enables me to more easily restore the C: drive using my Acronis disc image without affecting data. I doubt that this has improved security - but it has made computer management much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamgregor Posted June 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Just a guess - but I would have thought that the low life who send out viruses and trojans are more likely to target your system and programme folders which are normally on the C: drive.I have moved my documents, downloads, favourites, Outlook and other data files to the D: drive to facilitate back-ups of data and system files separately. It enables me to more easily restore the C: drive using my Acronis disc image without affecting data. I doubt that this has improved security - but it has made computer management much easier.I have actually done the same except that I have 3 drives. The OS drive, the documents drive, and the backup drive (which is the biggest of the three). So what do you think about changing the default installation folder of windows? Maybe install it into c:\wxp instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 If you only have Windows on the C: drive - I see no point in creating a sub-folder for it. I am happy to have it installed straight into the partition.I applaud the fact you have a drive dedicated to back-ups in addition to one dedicated to data. I presume you mean you have 3 separate hard drives - rather than one drive divided into 3 partitions. I have two internal hard drives - one divided into two partitions. C: for the OS and programmes and D: for all data. I have a second internal hard drive dedicated to back-ups and an external USB2 hard drive on which is stored duplicate back-up files. The external hard drive is stored away from the house for extra security.I do not feel it safe to have just one large hard drive on a computer with a partition for back-ups. If your hard drive suffers failure (and ultimately it will - nothing lasts forever) then you will also lose your back-ups. I learned this lesson the hard way several years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 A good virus will find your folders no matter where you put it. Not to say that viruses are good, just saying that you are never "safe", until you unplug. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 A good virus will find your folders no matter where you put it. Not to say that viruses are good, just saying that you are never "safe", until you unplug. :)+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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