> Tony Smith wrote:
> 
> > I realised one day that's sort of the point of the 'My Documents' 
> > folder in Windows.  Just backup that one.  Still doesn't stop me 
> > putting stuff where I feel like it though.  Doesn't solve 
> all of your 
> > problems of course, like older versions of Windows that 
> used to hide 
> > the Outlook data file (in the apps data dir), and current 
> apps that store data in the \Progams dir.
> 
> FWIW, back up at least the home directory for all the users 
> (usually C:\Documents and Settings). That gets you data like 
> your Outlook file and other data that applications store in 
> their app directories (whether All Users or your user). The 
> individual users' My Documents folders are in there too (by default). 


That's basically what I do now.  Copy that dir to a server or lan drive.
Similar to what Bill said, it would be nice to be able to automatically
classify files, ie, this is data, this isn't.  It's a pain having to figure
out where programs hide their data.

I'm guilty of that as well, where's the best place to put a programs data?
In the same directory, of course!  I wonder if Russell ever got the APPEND
command to work...

I also use Ghost to clone my drive.  If this drive fails, I can just swap it
out and carry on.

Tony

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