There's a load of profile-specific stuff in there, which companies may or may not want to back up, dependent on their infrastructure setup.
Despatched via Blackberry. Mock if you will, but it gets my email without a fuss. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Link <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected]: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:48:52 To: [email protected]<[email protected]> Reply-to: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Online server backups Wait, what? I thought that's what My Documents and the Desktop were for. I can't recall any significant data going into AppData for any of my applications. On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote: > Err…. It’s also where a legitimate data is SUPPOSED to reside as well… > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jonathan Link > *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2014 11:10 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Online server backups > > > > For home users this probably is a feature, since this is where malware > likes to hide. This probably applies to many small business users who run > as admin. > > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:18 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Was looking at the likes of Carbonite and Mozy, but haven't got around to > > any testing yet....any input is appreciated. > > A side client of mine tried Carbonite Pro a couple years back. The > software was hard-coded to never back up "Application Data" (AppData) > folders. When I contacted support, I discovered the company > considered this a feature. > > I recommended the customer avoid using a backup company that didn't > think data should be backed up. > > -- Ben > > >
