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Disaster Recovery ... Jumbo Tapes/Win95

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From: Michael McSkeane
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 00:00
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Ive just been downloading some Win95 antivirus stuff and it got me 
thinking about the best way to backup my system.
Ive got a jumbo tape drive which previously ran a DOS app and Ive now 
downloaded the Win95 app from their homepage. All nice and pretty but 
what happens if I a disaster does happen? 
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If I continue to use the DOS backup it will not save the system config 
of Win95 (I reckon) so that when I come to restore the whole system my 
Windows 95 won't work....

If I use the Windows 95 app and I need to restore the whole system then 
how Im going to get the Windows 95 tape app running without Windows 
95? Apart from re-installing Windows 3.1 and then re-installing Windows 95 
Not a great situation to be in!

By the way neither App recognises the others backup (nice eh?)

This Windows 95 startup disk reacts just like a DOS boot disk as far 
as I can see...is there more to it?

Or if someone can reassure me that a total DOS backup will restore Win95 
without hassle I'll stick to that..

So if someone's got a few minutes and has a good idea about this 
problem I'd like to get it sussed before something really does go 
wrong!:-)

By the way anyone know a good shareware DOS antivius program that 
not only detects them but does something about them and it can fit 
on a floppy (for a boot up disk, just in case).....

   
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Michael McSkeane
mmc@schemed.demon.co.uk
Life's a bitch - then you join Demon and it gets worse
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From: Michael McSkeane <MMC@schemed.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Disaster Recovery ... Jumbo Tapes/Win95
Date: 1995/11/26
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