Should I keep personal files outside my user profile folder?

So I came across a tip concerning the size of your user profile folder that I was hoping for an opinion on. It comes from

http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/slow-boot-slow-performance/#more-10259, wherein he states that if you have more than 3GB in your user profile folder it may significantly slow boot up and some other operations. I have 3.3 GB in said folder and booting is

slower than it used to be. Some things seem to open slower than they used to as well. (I have less than the max recommended fragmentation.) He suggests placing unneeded folders on some other storage media if this is a problem.

Fine and dandy, thought I, though I really do not want to always be accessing a flash drive when I want something. So I temporarily moved the offensive GB's of data to a folder I created on C drive, shut down and fired it back up. It "seemed" like it booted

faster, and that Word even opened faster. Could be all in my head, but before I time it with a stop watch with the offensive GB's in first one position, then the other, I would like to know the following.

From a security point of view, can I safely or wisely keep a folder on C drive containing personal stuff? (Nothing critical, just personal stuff) Or should I use another means? Also, if that is a good idea, could keeping such folders on C drive cause any

other kind of operational issues?

I am running Win7HomePremium with MSE.

Thanks, Shoepuppy

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