Backup My Documents Folder
My Documents folder is used to save different documents by default. Most of the programs like Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Access save their data in My Documents. My Documents also have subfolders named My Pictures, My Music and My Received Files with more sub-folders contained within them. The reason is those folder take lots of space so they are treated separately. When you install the Window, its location is on C drive by default; however you can change its location to any other drive. If you are regular user of My Documents then I recommend you to change its location to the convenient place. Mostly PC users’ place files on the desktop. Location and appearance of My Documents folder may vary depending upon the version of the Windows you are working.
- C:\Windows\Personal\ on Windows 95.
- C:\My Documents\ on Windows 98.
- C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\My Documents\ on Windows ME, 2000, XP.
These are distinctive locations; however you can alter these locations for My Document folder for different windows.
In My Documents there will be different files with different file extensions.
- Microsoft Word (.doc, .rtf, .dot) documents.
- Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlt) tables and spreadsheets.
- Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps, .pot) presentations.
- Database (.mdb, .dbf, .csv, .db, .xml) files.
- Internet (.html, .txt, .pdf) documents.
- Digital images (.tif, .jpg) pictures.
