Re: Hard Disk Backup Software -- Archiving vs. Backup

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From: Jeff Meyer
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1987 05:34

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In article <3612@well.UUCP> mo@well.UUCP (Maurice Weitman) writes:
>I love DiskFit, too, but this is one of its shortcomings.  It
>doesn't show you where each file is located, only folders are
>catalogued.  Finding a particular file can be quite a chore when
>a folder's contents may exist on a dozen or more floppies.

This is true, but I haven't found that much of a problem.  If I accidently
delete a file, I know what folder it's in, and the catalog (the "DiskFit
Report") that you can optionally make shows you where that folder is.  I admit
this would be a big problem if I was trying to use Diskfit for archiving
software that I was going to delete off my disk, and want to restore months or
years later; but as I've said before, DiskFit is not built for archiving; it is
just the best hard disk backup software I've ever seen.

Disclaimer: I don't have any connection with SuperMac Software, except that I
bought a Dataframe 20 a year ago and have never regretted it -- since they keep
sending me things like DiskFit for free...

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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
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Subject: Re: Hard Disk Backup Software -- Archiving vs. Backup
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