What abour using NTFS junctions? I explain: 1.- I have 2 partitions, C:\ and D:\, first for system, apps, etc., second one for user data (documents, desktop, etc. profile as well) 2.- in D:\~ZEREAL~\ make a copy of ALL data contained on C:\users\MY_USER\* (u can do it via MiniPE, ghost image, etc) 3.- I modify c:\User\MY_USER to point a NTFS directory.. voila. I did it under XP, long time ago. Maybe not this exaclty way, but that's the idea. Now, if you do it directly in the .WIM file, and rebuild it to make a Vista installation DVD with this modified, you can acomplish, cause: 1.- You didn't delete original C:\Users\MY_USER, only "redirected" to a NTFS junction in D:\ 2.- This will be transparent to system and apps, cause they uses original paths, not modified ones. Try it, surely i'm wrong in the exactly way, correct order, etc. but that's the idea, and i do it sucessfully in XP. (sorry for my bad english, i'm drunk now xD )