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In article <9079@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> ygoland@babbage.seas.ucla.edu (The Jester) writes:
|Well I own an accutrack and have the pm software. First the software
|is a bit buggy, and tends to crash the system. But I have had no
|problems once I start a backup or a restore and I haven't had any
|tapes corrupted. But they defintly need to do more testing. Also
|when you install it, DO NOT LET IT MODIFY YOUR CONFIG.SYS IT WILL
|DESTROY IT!!!! 

Hmmm.  It didn't destroy mine, but if it messed yours up, I wouldn't
trust it for a new install.

|As for the tapes themselves. I can backup my 210 drive in around 1/2
|hour. The tape software itself, when it works, is quite powerful. It
|has a library function so it keeps tracks of whats on your tapes so
|if you want to find something you don't have to start searching
|tapes. I also believe it has a time function but for the life of me
|I can't remember and I'm at school so I can't check it out.
|
|All in all the hardware is fine, its fast and reliable and not all
|that expensive. Their compression algorithm is fairly good averaging
|between 1.5:1 and 2:1. (I got around 1.8:1 when I backed up my drive
|and 99% of my material is executable code) And I don't think their
|PM software will give you any long term problems but you should be
|aware that it is buggy.

My experience with the HW is quite similar to yours.  I only had one
software problem.  For some reason, my copy of EZTAPE.INI got
corrupted on installation.  When it was deleted, the software
reconstructed it correctly and I havn't had any problem since.

Now I am about to do a major reconstruction of my system that will
require repartitioning and reformating both hard drives and then
reinstalling all software (most non system stuff from tape).  If I
have problems, I'll post them.

    -- Bruce
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