where is the ipad backup kept

<Profile>\<AppData>\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

And on the assumption that your supplementary question is "It's taking up too much room on my C:\ drive, how do I move it?"...

You can redirect <Profile>\<AppData>\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup to a folder on another drive using NTFSLink (shell ext., might only work on XP) or Junction (cmd line tool).

In essence you move the existing folder to a new location, create an empty folder where the old one used to be, then get the operating system to link the two togther and silently redirect any file operation on the old location through to the new one.

tt2

Hi there, is there a way to have my iPad backed up to an external hard drive rather then the default location you note above? Not sure I understand your solution above fully. But it is taking up to much space on my hard drive so I had to kill the backup.

Yes, there is a way to have the backup on an external drive. The method is given above. There should be enough there to work with, but I'll try to write up a detailed procedure.

tt2

Actually, try this link: http://aaltonen.us/2011/01/03/change-the-location-of-your-iphone-backup/

tt2

Thanks!!!!

I've read this and also replied in that topic, with the following information it won't supply a solution which I would be looking for;

Junction points can only link to directories on a local volume; junction points to remote shares are unsupported.

Meaning; if I want to backup my Ipad 64 GB and Iphone 64 GB to a NAS or EHDD since my laptop doesn't come with such a large HDD, I have a problem... Of course I can swap around copying and moving the backups my self, but of course this wouldn't be the most prettiest solution. And I would have to have 64 GB free for the initial backup!

Very disappointing...