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From: waldman2@husc8.HARVARD.EDU (Bruce Waldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: backup programs
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Date: 22 Aug 89 23:44:26 GMT
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I have had lots of trouble using Fastback to back up files
on my XT and AT clones.  The symptoms are: after backing up
some number of disks, the terminal hangs, with the light on
the floppy drive on but the drive apparently not writing. 
This happens on all the floppy drives (1.2m, 360k, 1.44 m),
so the problem is not a faulty drive.  Sometimes this happens
during the first diskette write, sometimes after 10 or 15
diskettes have been written.  It is totally unpredictable.
Unfortunately, i have similar symptoms with PC-FULLBAK, 
another backup program with a somewhat friendlier interface.
Any suggestions on what might be wrong with my PC's?