Is it possible to change the Disk/folder where Itunes save the backups?

Hi,
In My Windows Vista, Itunes save the backups in:
C:\Users\Gonzalo\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup
Is it posible to change this directory to save the sync backups on an external Disc.
I need to get extra free space in my C:\ disc

@philipp
Your answer to my question is helpful to me.....
Normally
"C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini" is default location
Can we able to change the location according to our requirement just as we did to change the location of user profile .................
Please help me out in this context..........

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