Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Directory Sync users beware

I recently did a data backup on a laptop that required a reinstall of Windows.  The first transfer to my tech machine threw about 80 errors in Directory Sync, but none of them were pointed at user/application data/local/microsoft/windows live mail.  After transfering the data back to his laptop (0 Directory Sync errors on this transfer), I attempted to import his Live Mail and noticed that while all the folders were there, they were empty.  I immediately checked the data backup on my tech machine and all the mail was there.  In short, Directory Sync might not tell you when it fails to copy something.  Double check your backups!

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