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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield)
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Subject: Re: Backup to Syquest?
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Date: 8 Oct 90 20:08:07 GMT
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In article <8807@aggie.ucdavis.edu> cckweiss@castor.ucdavis.edu () writes:
#>Someone asks what backup software to use with a Syquest removable hard
#>disk.
#>
#>I use a sophisticated backup software package from Apple Computer called
#>the Finder. Just make sure you're not in Multifinder (lest you get a
#>'Finder out of memory' message) lasso 40 Megs of stuff, and drag it over
#>to the Syquest.
#>
#>There is an overwhelming advantage to using this strategy as opposed to
#>a file-splitting or compressing dedicated backup program. When do you
#>need a backup? When your hard drive dies! When my Quantum 105 had to go
#>away for replacement, I ran my business for three weeks directly off my
#>Syquest backups. If you use a Finder copy to back up your files, you
#>have direct access to them, on a 20ms hard disk. All I had to do was
#>install Systems onto all my carts, and do a bit of data file swapping
#>via HD floppies, and I could work almost as easily as if my Q105 was
#>still there.
#>
#>Ken Weiss
#>krweiss@ucdavis.edu


Your idea sounds good, but ... I tried copying my hard disk
onto my Syquest by dragging the icon as you suggest. I
have a lot of files on my hard disk, and the system refused
to copy such a large number. I'm assuming that once I get
it back (unfortunately, my DPI removable died the first day),
I'll use backup software to do the backup. The other advantage
of backup software is that it only backs up new files and
files that have been changed, leaving previous backups unchanged.

Steve Goldfield
College of Engineering
UC Berkeley