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Article #32915DiskFit VS Redux: My DEFINITE conclusion
From: Tom Carstensen
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 23:25
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 23:25
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I had used DiskFit 1.41 for quite a while now, I'd thought I'd
test out Redux, to see how it compares.
Overall there pretty comparable, Redux does have more flexibility
on selecting specific file not to back-up, etc.
BUT!!! The TWO MAIN REASONS I found Redux WORTHLESS compared
to Diskfit:
1. When I did an incremental backup with Redux (after about
2 days of disk usage) It asked me FOR EVERY SINGLE DISK
except for about 4-5 out of my 60 disk backup set !!!!
It had to update folder info on all these disks, which
just took a second, but it VERY ANNOYING to have to pull
out and insert all those disks!. Diskfit never
performed this bad.
2. Diskfit keeps it's back-up in Finder compatible format.
Quite nice.
I'm staying with Diskfit. It's simple and it works extremely
well.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!sequent!mntgfx!tomc From: tomc@mntgfx.mentor.com (Tom Carstensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: DiskFit VS Redux: My DEFINITE conclusion Keywords: diskfit redux backup Message-ID: <1988Oct4.162537.8158@mntgfx.mentor.com> Date: 4 Oct 88 23:25:30 GMT Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation, Beaverton Oregon Lines: 38