[snakes1100]

Vbulletin uses two different types of storage for attachments, they can be stored in the database or the file system.

admincp --> attachments --> Attachment Storage Type

This will tell you how the forum is currently storing attachments, if they are stored in the DB and you want to move them to the file system, you will be prompted to put in the correct folder path after you have created the folder, you can find your path in the phpinfo under the maintence section, typically in the last box of the phpinfo page.

SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/forums/admincp/index.php

You path ie = /home/xxxxxxx/attachments (chmod the attachments folder to 777)

I store them under the public_html for security.