On Dec 14, 2008, at 5:30 AM, Chris Gehlker wrote: > > On Dec 13, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > >> I'm not clear about Time Machine and BootCamp - >> >> after installing Bootcamp (49Gig partition) .. >> Vista .. and Fusion ... >> all of a sudden, Time Machine is backing up 96 GIG ! >> >> I've tried to exclude at least the VMWare Fusion folder - Virtual >> Machines -> BootCamp .. >> but that's only 22 MB (someone suggested doing this in a forum) >> >> When I see Bootcamp mounted in the Finder, it doesn't appear as a >> device or folder that I can exclude in the Time Machine OPTIONS >> interface, and if I try >> to drag the partition into the Options panel, it doesn't take >> >> is there a easy way (that i'm obviously missing) to exclude >> Bootcamp, Vista, Fusion? from being backed up ? > > Time machine won't back up the boot camp partition. There are > solutions out there that will back up your boot camp partition to your > time machine drive but that is not the default.
I'm having a hard time understanding why all of a sudden, shortly after installing Bootcamp and Vista and Fusion, I had **** 96 GIG **** being backed up by Time Machine .. I hadn't used my Dual for a couple of days other than checking email - so I can't fathom what that data is if it's not BootCamp/Vista/Fusion > > > > -- > The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a > proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and > oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. > -Paul Valery, poet and philosopher (1871-1945) > > > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ http://www.kevincallahan.org/ http://www.kevincallahan.org/software/accessorizer.html http://www.xeniamara.com/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
