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Now, where are all my documents going?
First, on your 2nd internal drive create a folder called "Documents". This is where all your documents are going to go!
Now, open Windows Explorer (the second icon from the start button on the taskbar) and find the folder called Computer>Win7 OS (C:/)>Users>"yourname">My Documents.
Right click on that folder and, in the dialog box that opens, choose the "Location" tab.
In the box in the center, enter the folder you created in step one: D:/My Documents. Or, you can choose "Find Target" and navigate to where ever you put it.
Now, click the "Move" button.
This will move the folder "My Documents" and all the files in it to the D: drive. And, all your programs that are set up to save files to My Documents will save them to this new location on the D: Drive.
You can then do the same with the My Pictures, My Music, My Videos and even the Downloads folder.
This will put all your data onto the D: drive. Separate from the C: drive. The C: Drive is now your system drive ONLY! Use Acronis (or whatever image software you choose) to make an image of the C: Drive ONLY. And, make regular images thereafter.
Then, make an separate image of the D: Drive. This is your backup of all your data. It is separate from your System files.
That way, if your system gets corrupted for whatever reason, you won't loose your data. And, you can restore your C: drive without erasing all your data.
I like Acronis. It's pretty user friendly. I make a full image on the first week of the month and then make incremental images for the rest of the month. Most of the other image software mentioned will do the same.
With Acronis (and some of the others) you can "mount" the data image and navigate to individual files and restore them file by file. Sometimes that is nice.
Good luck!