Saturday, December 22, 2001, 3:42:14 PM, Thomas wrote: TF> I wonder when they will finalise the Backup functionality. I am TF> not using nor recommending it, because my old batch file is fast TF> and backs up everything. Backup should be able to backup TF> everything, shouldn't it?
I sure agree there. As far as I'm concerned, a backup utility on an e-mail client is just bloat, and especially so if it can't easily and immediately lay down a clone of the program, including all registry keys, etc. But backups are a function separate from e-mail, and with all the very good and cheap ways to do them, comprehensively, I can't imagine relying on an e-mail client to simply keep the mail database backed up. For anyone interested, Drive Image Pro 5 (I have no association at all with the folks that make this.) has got it down really pat now. Especially if you are using something like Norton Ghost, you really want to look into this, as it has truly become a "Ghost-killer". You can image a partition so quickly now, and even without (yes, without) floppy disks. Scheduling, the works. And even if you're not into imaging partitions (I keep the images on other physical drives in my system.) you can back up an entire directory tree to another location with the command: xcopy m:\2000ap~1\foo /c /h /e /r /k /y i:\foo-target This command will backup the entire tree under 'foo', no matter what you have in there. It will get it all, and copy it exactly as you have it to foo-target. You can set this up as a .bat or .cmd file, and hang an icon on your Quick Launch tool bar, or put it on your desktop if you like. One click from the QL tool bar, and it's done. I my case, foo and foo-target reside on different physical drives, and I'm willing to gamble that both drives won't crash at the same time. I use tape, too, but it's slower than either batch files or imaging, it's advantage being that you don't need to reboot the system to do it, as you need to with imaging. But imaging is the way to go if you are into speed and completeness. You can image, for example, a 3-gig partition in about 10 minutes. The image file will compress down to about 850 mb, depending of course on how full the partition is. With drives so cavernous and cheap these days, I can't imagine why people don't use them for backups, or even do mirror sets, etc. You know your hard drive will crash; it's only a matter of when, not if, so be ready with multiple drives already in the system. Hope this helps those who rely on TB for backing up. There are much, much better ways to handle this than letting TB handle it. Best, Yuki mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
