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From: martijn@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl (Reinalda M.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: THE BEST OF THE BEST (summary)
Keywords: THE BEST OF THE BEST (summary)
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Date: 17 Oct 90 08:36:26 GMT
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Here's some more responses :


Re: HD Backups

I've been using QuikBackup off of one of the fish disks (>200) for about a
year now. It's much faster than MRBackup. Has a very simple, straightforward
interface. While it doesn't have all the bells and whistles, it's speed
makes up for it. 

The biggest drawback of it is that it writes disks using it's own format.
This isn't a problem for me, since I normally do full backups anyway. It's
error handling is very good, on both backups and restores. 

Since I use PowerPacker to compress most of the executables on my harddrive,
I've found the compression that MRBackup offers doesn't buy me much. 


>For your comments collection on HD backuppers --
 
MRBackup is a good backup program, but one feature makes it indispensible
for network users:  It has the ability to uncompress Unix ".Z" files
from its Utilities menu.  Now, you don't have to have all your files
take a side-trip to the Sun and back just to make it to the Amiga 
right in front of you.

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                Keep'em coming. informative stuff this is.
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