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Re: Norton Backup does eat Chicago

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From: Mike Steiner
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:26
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In article <10NOV199219055353@jetson.uh.edu>, hcls7@jetson.uh.edu (Marino,
Nancy F.) wrote:
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> 
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> 	The Norton Backup only appends changes made in files. In no time, you
> can accumulate scads of back-up disks. Since I like Norton Utilities in
> general, I have decided to get around this problem by making a complete, fresh
> back-up each time. This is, of course, time-consuming, and may not be
> desireable if you have a lot to back up.
> 	Maybe Nprton will improve this in a future version.

Almost every backup program handles incremental backups this way.  The
reason is that if something happens during the backup, the previous
versions are left untouched.

If you prefer to make a complete backup from scratch each time, I hope that
you have two sets of disks, and alternate your backups on them.

If you would rather have a backup program that replaces previous versions,
try Dantz's _DiskFit_, as I have done--even though I do have Norton.

These are my personal opinions, and do not necessarily reflect those of any
other entity, living, dead, or yet to be born.

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