To Partition or Not - one more time

@Mr.X, @Brian K,
I don't get it. If I'm directing and saving all data files (docs, music, pictures, videos) onto a partition other than C, shouldn't those original 'user folders' remain empty? If so, why not just let them remain dormant in the C-partition? All that data should be flowing into my 'customized' user folders in the data partition!

 

In the Folders bar on the left of This PC you will see 3D Objects, Desktop, Documents ... Videos. Any data you currently put in those folders goes to the C: drive.

eg. C:\Users\Scott\Documents

There is a lot of system data in C:\Users which we leave alone. But when you change the path to D:\Users\Scott\Documents the personal document files no longer go to the OS partition. It goes to the D:\ partition. You don't need to create new folders on the D:\ partition, D:\Users will be created by using the tutorial and will contain the relevant sub-folders. "This PC" will look the same but when you put data in Documents, it goes to D:\Users\Scott\Documents.

The C: drive will still have C:\Users\Scott\Documents but it will be empty.

Even your Desktop folder will be in the D:\ partition, etc for all 7 folders.