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Article #271Re: Windows 95 Backup Software
From: Rob Thomas
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 21:38
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 21:38
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The backup software that comes with Win95 preserves long file names, but not to tapes. I set my backup device to a HDD. Backed up 220 megs in 30 minutes, including a full compare. The drive space required for this was 128 megs with the MS backup compression. Retailers locally are selling 1.2 gig HDDs for about $250. Arcada's list price will be $99. Makes one think... ========================================================================= jimwise@cris.com (Jim Wise) wrote: >In article <llurch-0109951907450001@rosinante.stanford.edu>, llurch@Networking.Stanford.EDU (Rich Graves) says: >> >>Has anybody answered the question? Does there exist any backup utility for >>Windows 95 that you can run from an emergency floppy disk? >> >>-rich > > >Arcada Backup for Windows 95 won't be out for about a month yet, but it >sounds like their software will work without having to re-install Win95 >first. Here is part of one of their faxback info documents I got from >them: > > In the unlikely event of a complete system failure, or disaster > recovery situation, Arcada Backup for Windows 95 provides a quick-fix > solution that enables you to reload your entire system to its most > current backup version. The most significant benefit of the Arcada > Backup for Windows 95 data restore process is its ability to > automatically rebuild your system without first having to reinstall > the base operating system. > > >It does not mention anything about a boot disk, so I'm not exactly sure how >it goes about this.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.his.com!usenet From: Rob Thomas <rltstats@his.com> Newsgroups: comp.arch.storage,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc Subject: Re: Windows 95 Backup Software Date: 2 Sep 1995 21:38:35 GMT Organization: Advanced Data Analysis, Inc. Message-ID: <42aisr$7c7@news2.his.com> References: <decastroDDJ0u5.9L8@netcom.com> <41t1g0$js9@linteuto.teuto.de> <809741140.5603@fantasia.demon.co.uk> <decastroDE4q32.423@netcom.com> <DE4x6x.2 <llurch-0109951907450001@rosinante.stanford.edu> <42ah6t$6sr@warp.cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rltstats.his.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b6 (Windows; I; 16bit)