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Article #33211Re: DiskFit VS Redux: My DEFINITE conclusion
From: David M. O'Rourke
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1988 01:33
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1988 01:33
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In article <985@hydra.riacs.edu> julian@hydra.riacs.edu.UUCP (Julian E Gomez) writes: >The lack of a critical floppy (or storage medium) is a definite plus in >a backup system. Most backup programs store the files in some kind of >proprietary archive format, and then put a directory of that archive >somewhere else. If that directory disk goes for any reason, you're >screwed Both Fastback & Redux can recover and reconstruct the "critical disk" from the backup set. Although I haven't tried it on Redux, I know Fastback can even recover from a partial backup set with holes in the middle of the backup set and missing disks at either end. BTW: Even though diskfit uses finder format for the backup files what does it do if the file is bigger than the floppy? Seems to me that you would then need diskfit anyways to recover the file. -- David M. O'Rourke dorourke@polyslo.calpoly.edu "If it doesn't do Windows, then it's not a computer!!!" Disclaimer: I don't represent the school. All opinions are mine!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!csun!polyslo!dorourke From: dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: DiskFit VS Redux: My DEFINITE conclusion Keywords: diskfit redux backup Message-ID: <4542@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 12 Oct 88 01:33:18 GMT References: <1988Oct4.162537.8158@mntgfx.mentor.com> <1988Oct5.085923.97@mntgfx.mentor.com> <985@hydra.riacs.edu> Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David M. O'Rourke) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 20