moving my documents, pictures, music folders and etc..

On windows XP, Windows Vista etc. I have always moved all my personal document, picture and music etc. folders, onto a different drive, so that if my system crashes, I don't lose all my personal information . can anybody tell me how I do this on windows seven?

I have already tried to adjust copying across the user directory, from drive C two drive D, all this started running into error messages. I have also tried copying the directory with my name on it, but this files are running two error messages.

I've also tried this;

The pictures folder, the documents folder, music etc. are all inside a folder called mark, which is a sub directory of the user's, mark and public are in this directory. I want to be able to move the mark directory, or when I click on mark in the start menu, it will take me to the wrong hard drive. It will take me to C:\users\mark instead of D:\mark where are my documents will be..



When I right click on my documents, pictures, music etc. I can move the location like you suggest, but I cannot do this on the mark folder, because the option is not available when you right click and go into the properties. See the picture below.



http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt356/Pterodactyl_2012/movedocs.png



Any suggestions welcome.

 

Just felt I had better than warn people, that solution, is not a solution. In fact for a short while, I thought I was going to have to reload my machine. I think I have managed to restore the user files now, to an earlier version from this morning.

One thing I haven't mentioned, is that there is a little padlock on all the user directories. The one called Mark has a padlock on it, and the the new user I created, temporary, also had a padlock on it.

 

this IS the solution

To move a User folder (e.g. Documents) in Vista or Windows 7, right click on it>Properties>Location>Move.



If you do it this way Vista/Windows 7 knows where your files are and makes the appropriate "adjustments" for you.