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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (6255)	2/12/1999 10:18:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Read Replies (2) of 14778

Clarence, congratulations. DI is a great tool for this type of problem. you have to be real careful about not losing data. Some programs no matter what you try will put data on the C:\ drive or the windows directory where it can be overwritten by a DI restore and not backed up by your automated approach. Most of the time you learn about these the hard way. Always think carefully of all the programs you use and where there data are. I recommend always waiting 30 minutes from the time you decide to restore to the time you start the process. This gives youa chance to think about things before you run off and accidently wipe out that really important spreadsheet you spent three hours working on yesterday, or something of the such. Think before you format... Example: Outlook always puts your Email rules in \winnt\profiles\username. You may assume because your mail file is on E:\ that you have everything but you don't. There are countless examples of this in PC applications. Its a nasty habit that they MS and software vendors need to break. All Data locations should be user definable and contained within those directories, end of story! good job. Sean

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