Ian Malcolm wrote:
HK wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:54:37 -0600, Del Cecchi
wrote:
Rather than using backup, can you just copy the files manually using
windows explorer. Or perhaps different backup software?
That was my thought. I have several big drives scattered around my
network and I copy stuff I don't want to lose to them. There are
several copies of things like my MP3s and pictures spinning on oxide
in raw form. Backup files may use less disk space but you need the
matching restore program to retrieve them. The only thing these are
handy for is your system files that don't "copy" well. Even with that
if you are a W/9x person you can get a reasonably good
backup restore using XCOPY/S/H/E/R/C. There is a short file name
problem that could bite you but you need to have done some strange DOS
stuff to have it happen. Your Windows system files will come back
fine.
I am not running XP yet but I have a shrinkwrapped "pro" sitting here
for when I need to. 98SE still seems to be doing fine for what I do.
Hmmm. Have you considered MS DOS 1.1? :}
No way, He *needs* MDOS 2.0 for hard disk support and so he can run
Windows ;-)
(Also a 98SE site here - though I've got Win4WG 3.11 installed to run in
DOS mode from the 98 if I want some nostalgia. Its also in a VM on the
only XP box which gets switched on less than once a month)
Well, I still have a set of beta floppies from the first beta of Windows
95. 23 or 24 floppies, if memory serves. Usually, when you got to the
install of floppy 18, there was something wrong with the media and the
install bombed.
These days for backup I use commercial backup software. Set it up, no
fuss, no muss, runs at 2 am, has recovery CD. In the old days, I'd use
XCOPY to backup files but there's no reason to do so anymore. I use
Acronis, but there are plenty of choices out there in softwareland.