How do I change the location of my iPhone Backup?  I have no room.

I understand the the iPhone backups my phone data in the following location:
C:\Documents and Settings\USER NAME\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync
The problem is that I have a partitioned drive with a relatively small C Drive, this means that my iPhone doesn't have enough room to back itself up. I have lots of space on my D Drive. How can I tell iTunes to back up the data on the D Drive?
This is incredibly frustrating because if I can't change locations and have to unpartition my drive, there is no way for me to back up my data for when I reformat my computer.

If the size of the iPhone backup is putting you over the edge you have bigger problems than just this backup. You really need to solve the fundamental problem of your C: partition being too small. Even if you could solve the iPhone problem something else will come up soon that will again challenge your disk space. New drives can be had for well under $100, and even a 500 GB drive is only a little more than $100. This would be a good time to upgrade. You can even clone your current drive AND increase the partition size in one step with disk imaging software such as Acronis True Image.

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