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I am going to install Windows 7 on a machine in some days time. I wanted to know if it is easy to separate the OS data from users' data (/users in Windows 7, I believe) on separate partition during or after installation.

I hope it will be as seamless as with "/home" on Unix or Linux, but I have never tried it with Windows before.

My main motivation is to be able to do re-installs of the OS without having to worry too much about recovering the users' data from backups (saves some hours). Also, I have personally favor this separation, coming from Linux background.

All inputs and experiences regarding this are welcome.

Thanks.

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Similar thread at http://serverfault.com/questions/8187/whats-the-best-way-to-move-c-users-to-d-users-under-vista-w7

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Thanks for the link. It shows how to copy (robocopy) C:\Users to D:\Users and then to create a junction pointing C:\Users to D:\Users. However, I was hoping that somehow this can be automated or made seamless during installation. Any ideas regarding that? – user24524 Nov 16 '09 at 16:12
This is called 'unattended' installation, you can create scripts that make the junction – o_O Tync Nov 16 '09 at 17:54
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