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From: fireman@sunc7.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: BACKUP PROGRAMS WITH COMPRESSION
Message-ID: <21700009@sunc7>
Date: 8 Oct 90 19:14:00 GMT
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Nf-From: sunc7.cs.uiuc.edu!fireman    Oct  8 14:14:00 1990


             LOOKING FOR:  PD BACKUP PROGRAM WITH COMPRESSION

Are there any public domain backup programs which compress the data?  I've
been unable to find any in the pcsig collection.  

If no such backup program exists, can someone tell me which backup programs
are the best.  I'm currently using one that doesn't keep track of which
disk number to insert next.  Leads to a bit of uncertainty.

Finally, one last issue with regards to backup programs.  Why do they always
start an incremental backup on a new disk?  Why can't they use the remaining
space on the previous disk first?

Thanks in advance,

Neil Feiereisel         e-mail: fireman@uiuc.edu OR fireman@cs.uiuc.edu