Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!farrier From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Sys Disk 5.0 Files Message-ID: <33267@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 18 Jul 89 20:53:14 GMT References: <8907181224.aa13658@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 19 In article <8907181224.aa13658@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook) writes: >Sorry, but I agree with Sydney Polk. Image backups are *NOT* the way >to go. Correct me if I am wrong, but I didn't say that one way was better than the other, but thank you for offering your opinion. > [...] It is my understanding (after talking to Chinook's Technical >Support) that you can not restore an image backup to your hard drive >if the size of the partitions changes even slightly. Obviously. That is the reason that backups should be performed on a regular basis. Cary Farrier +------------------------------------+ | #include "All.Standard.Disclaimers"| +------------------------------------+