multi-boot os's

[fkoskotas]

i have a laptop with 3 os's on it, winxp, win7 and ubuntu, on 3 separate partitions on the same physical hard drive. curious about some issues:

if i make an image of the hard drive will it preserve everything, so when it's time to reimage the machine everything will be identical?

as far as location of folders like my documents, my music, etc... should each of the specific os folders reside on the same aprtition as the os they were created in? does that make sense? like winxp is on c partition, win7 on d partition so should i have one folder for my documents or two?

that's it for now, more questions to come. thanks all!

[EzyStvy]

Making an image aka cloning a drive does just that. It makes an identical copy.

[alfie2]

yes, imaging a drive will preserve everything as it was; totally identical.

folders like my documents,my music...
can be located on any partition you wanted them to be in; dont have to in the same partition___as long as the OS can read and write to that partition.

for example,
in your case, you can have one "my document folder" in your winxp partition and have win7/ubuntu access and use the same document folder.

heck, the folder can be on an external hd or USB drive.

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How to Change the My Documents Folder Storage Location

***you must Administrator account/previlege to do this***

you can change the path to the My Documents folder and you can move the contents from the old location to the new location:

1. Right-click My Documents, and then click Properties.

2. In the Target box, type the new path to the My Documents folder, or click Move to browse to the folder and if needed, create a new My Documents folder. If the path you type does not exist, you are prompted to confirm creating a new folder.

3. Click Yes to move files from the old My Documents location to the new location, or click No

if you do not want to move these files. Note that clicking No does not delete the files in the old location, but means they are no longer visible from My Documents after the change.

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[fkoskotas]

thank you!