directories to ignore during backup?

[Guest George Neuner]

Hi all,

 

Has anyone put together a list of what data various popular programs

keep in the subdirectories of

 

"Documents and Settings\<user>,

"Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data", and

"Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings"

 

Some of those files are crucial to back up, others just inconvenient

to lose. But some of those directories appear to be crammed full of

cached internet files, old installation binaries, temporary program

data, etc. that nobody needs. It seems like there is a whole lot of

stuff in there that is useless to be backing up all the time.

 

George

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[Guest Big_Al]

Re: directories to ignore during backup?

 

George Neuner wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Has anyone put together a list of what data various popular programs

> keep in the subdirectories of

>

> "Documents and Settings\<user>,

> "Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data", and

> "Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings"

>

> Some of those files are crucial to back up, others just inconvenient

> to lose. But some of those directories appear to be crammed full of

> cached internet files, old installation binaries, temporary program

> data, etc. that nobody needs. It seems like there is a whole lot of

> stuff in there that is useless to be backing up all the time.

>

> George

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> for email reply remove "/" from address

 

You just answered your own question.

Browse the folders and if it looks like good data then it needs to be

backed up. I have Firefox and I can see in Application Data where they

store the data. Same with other programs. And I can see that other

programs just make folders for temp files or current data that can be

lost. That or I don't care if its lost.

 

Just ask yourself, what programs you create files and where are those

files, like Word, or Email. If you can find those the rest is just

junk. Setup settings is a plus if you can find them. I use

Filezilla for FTP, and found the settings file.

[Guest Paul Montgomery]

Re: directories to ignore during backup?

 

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:41:04 -0400, Big_Al <BigAl@md.com> wrote:

>You just answered your own question.

>Browse the folders and if it looks like good data then it needs to be

>backed up

 

Why do that when it's simpler to get someone else to give you the

fruits from their labor?

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: directories to ignore during backup?

 

Paul Montgomery wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:41:04 -0400, Big_Al <BigAl@md.com> wrote:

>

>> You just answered your own question.

>> Browse the folders and if it looks like good data then it needs to be

>> backed up

>

> Why do that when it's simpler to get someone else to give you the

> fruits from their labor?

And I know all his software too.

[Guest Paul Montgomery]

Re: directories to ignore during backup?

 

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:48:07 -0400, Big_Al <BigAl@md.com> wrote:

>Paul Montgomery wrote:

>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:41:04 -0400, Big_Al <BigAl@md.com> wrote:

>>

>>> You just answered your own question.

>>> Browse the folders and if it looks like good data then it needs to be

>>> backed up

>>

>> Why do that when it's simpler to get someone else to give you the

>> fruits from their labor?

>

>And I know all his software too.

 

You're GOOD!!

[Guest Twayne]

Re: directories to ignore during backup?

 

> Hi all,

>

> Has anyone put together a list of what data various popular programs

> keep in the subdirectories of

>

> "Documents and Settings\<user>,

> "Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data", and

> "Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings"

>

> Some of those files are crucial to back up, others just inconvenient

> to lose. But some of those directories appear to be crammed full of

> cached internet files, old installation binaries, temporary program

> data, etc. that nobody needs. It seems like there is a whole lot of

> stuff in there that is useless to be backing up all the time.

>

> George

 

The easiest IMO is to simly back up My Documents if you've used it

properly. If you want the others you mentioned, fine; they are useful

too. You'll also want to be sure you're getting the Favorites folder

and your email dbx files.

 

Before doing a backup, do a Disk Cleanup (Accessories, System Tools) and

it'll minimze a lot of the junk files for you.

 

It's a presonalized thing: YOU have to decide what you want to backup

and what you don't need. No one else has the exact same situation as

you do.