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Charliec
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 Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: Backup Software That Runs on Microsoft Vista |
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My current backup software (BackUp MyPC from Sonic Solutions/Roxio) is
not compatible with Vista. Are there good backup programs out there
that are compatible with Vista?
Thanks for any tips.
Charlie
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Peter Frank
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Backup Software That Runs on Microsoft Vista |
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Charliec wrote:
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My current backup software (BackUp MyPC from Sonic Solutions/Roxio) is
not compatible with Vista. Are there good backup programs out there
that are compatible with Vista?
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Hi Charlie,
Backup4all is Vista-compatible (http://www.backup4all.com/). I think
it is a good program but it also has some things that should be fixed:
a) Empty folders are not backed up. (There are cases where empty
folders are important even though they may not contain data all the
time.)
b) This may indeed be a very rare case but when the only changes that
occurred are deleted items, the backup catalog/index is not modified
and hence these changes are not incorporated in any way.
There is a trial available on the website.
Regards,
Peter
P.S.: You asked for a data backup program, right? Creating a backup of
your complete operating system (HDD imaging) is a horse of a different
color and you would use different programs for that (e.g. Acronis
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Claudiu Spulber
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: Backup Software That Runs on Microsoft Vista |
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Hi Peter,
Just wanted to add some comments to the reported issues about Backup4all:
a) this is already being worked on, it will be included in one of the future
versions
b)i know we discussed with you about this, thing is that with
full/incremental/differential it doesn't make sense to create a new backup
only when files are deleted - but this will be recognized when a backup
where other changes are done is executed; also, for mirror backup there's a
"Remove excluded or deleted files from backup"
http://www.backup4all.com/templates/online-help/type_mirror_backup.htm that
does this
Thank you.
--
Regards,
Claudiu Spulber
http://www.backup4all.com
http://www.novapdf.com
"Peter Frank" <peter_frankde@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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Charliec wrote:
My current backup software (BackUp MyPC from Sonic Solutions/Roxio) is
not compatible with Vista. Are there good backup programs out there
that are compatible with Vista?
Hi Charlie,
Backup4all is Vista-compatible (http://www.backup4all.com/). I think
it is a good program but it also has some things that should be fixed:
a) Empty folders are not backed up. (There are cases where empty
folders are important even though they may not contain data all the
time.)
b) This may indeed be a very rare case but when the only changes that
occurred are deleted items, the backup catalog/index is not modified
and hence these changes are not incorporated in any way.
There is a trial available on the website.
Regards,
Peter
P.S.: You asked for a data backup program, right? Creating a backup of
your complete operating system (HDD imaging) is a horse of a different
color and you would use different programs for that (e.g. Acronis
TrueImage 10). |
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Peter Frank
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: Backup Software That Runs on Microsoft Vista |
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Claudiu Spulber wrote:
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Hi Peter,
Just wanted to add some comments to the reported issues about Backup4all:
a) this is already being worked on, it will be included in one of the future
versions
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Good to hear.
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b)i know we discussed with you about this,
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You seem to keep good track of your discussions ;-)
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thing is that with
full/incremental/differential it doesn't make sense to create a new backup
only when files are deleted - but this will be recognized when a backup
where other changes are done is executed;
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I agree the described case is more of an hypothetical scenario. I
could happen but is very unlikely because deletions are usually
accompanied by other operations as well . And in the case it would
happen I would not *lose* any files but just get some unwanted files
back that I would have to weed out again after the restore. No real
disaster ;-)
Mirror backups for backups are great for backing up on hard disk
drives, but for removable media like CDs or DVDs they are not very
well suited.
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Claudiu Spulber
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Backup Software That Runs on Microsoft Vista |
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You seem to keep good track of your discussions ;-)
long live the desktop search utilities ;). |
Agree with mirror backups on cd/dvd, if you have lots of documents you're
wasting time and money (maybe this will change with blu-ray discs).
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Regards,
Claudiu Spulber
http://www.backup4all.com
http://www.novapdf.com
"Peter Frank" <peter_frankde@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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Claudiu Spulber wrote:
Hi Peter,
Just wanted to add some comments to the reported issues about Backup4all:
a) this is already being worked on, it will be included in one of the
future
versions
Good to hear.
b)i know we discussed with you about this,
You seem to keep good track of your discussions ;-)
thing is that with
full/incremental/differential it doesn't make sense to create a new backup
only when files are deleted - but this will be recognized when a backup
where other changes are done is executed;
I agree the described case is more of an hypothetical scenario. I
could happen but is very unlikely because deletions are usually
accompanied by other operations as well . And in the case it would
happen I would not *lose* any files but just get some unwanted files
back that I would have to weed out again after the restore. No real
disaster ;-)
also, for mirror backup there's a
"Remove excluded or deleted files from backup"
http://www.backup4all.com/templates/online-help/type_mirror_backup.htm
that
does this
Mirror backups for backups are great for backing up on hard disk
drives, but for removable media like CDs or DVDs they are not very
well suited.
Peter |
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