On 9/3/2014 12:13 PM NoOp submitted the following: > On 08/31/2014 03:33 AM, Ed wrote: >> On 8/30/2014 8:56 PM Mike C submitted the following: >>> Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] wrote: >>>>> I had a very good experience with MozBackup last week. My laptop got >>>>> very "sick" and sensing impending doom, I had the presence of mind to >>>>> run MozBackup and get the backup file off onto a thumb drive before the >>>>> Windows 7 OS became so corrupted that a restore from the original disks >>>>> became necessary (to a new hard drive). After 186 windows patches, I was >>>>> ready to install SeaMonkey. Then I ran MozBackup and restored the >>>>> profile and all of my settings and emails. They only other thing I had >>>>> to do was manually install my favorite extensions. Good job MozBackup! >>>>> >>>>> Allen >>>> >>>> The tool hasn't been updated in 2+ years. Haven't used it for eons. >>>> >>>> - Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] >>>> >>> I also swear by MozBackup! >>> I'm using MozBackup-1.5.1-EN >>> Get it here: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ >>> >>> It don't believe it needs updating. >> >> I;ve been using MozBackup 1.5.2b from the same place. >> (In addition to backing up all data files daily and making a complete >> system image monthly - Worked in data processing/large scale computers >> for over 35 years. Hard to explain loosing months of man-power due to >> not backing up data to management) >> > > With all that experience, why not just use rsync/grsync instead? > > Well, I guess I could say because I don't want to. Besides Windows for making the system image, I use PureSync which has all the options I need and at times the sync option of PowerDesk. It all depends on the what, how, and why I'm performing the backup.
I guess you could also ask why I waste any of this time when I could install an external RAID drive or two. Problem solved. No operator intervention required. -- Ed, W3BNR _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
