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Finding the actual My Documents folder.
The My Documents folder shows up many places.
This is to find the actual location of the My Documents folder.
The Desktop & the Start Menu only show links to the real location
of the My Documents folder.
- Click on the Start
button.
- Take note of 2 things. 1) D:\ is the drive
letter where my profile is located. 2) Administrator
is the profile I am currently using. The drive letter or username
are probably different for you. You need the correct directory
information from your computer to find the data contained in your profile.
- Write it down & type exit. Press the Enter
key.
- Go back & left-click on the Start
button & left-click on Run...
- Type the drive letter you found earlier. I would type d:\
to open a new window. (Shown below)
- Double left-click on Documents and Settings.
- Double left-click on the username you found earlier. In my case
Administrator.
- Double left-click the My Documents folder to see it's contents.
Pressing the Alt & Enter keys
at the same time, while a folder is highlighted, will show the folders
properties. This tells you how much space that folder and all
the folders & files inside of it take up. You can drag this
folder into your backup program or copy it somewhere else.
- This folder can become quite larger. It is good practice to
seperatly backup videos, music & pictures to CD or DVD. Most
media is still usuable in portable devices when burned with a standard
ISO cd structure. This folder alone can sometimes exceed the limits
of even a DVD.
