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From: jcburt@ipsun.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Norton's backup program
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Date: 24 Oct 90 14:12:21 GMT
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In article <1990Oct23.201818.13593@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> draper@cpsin2.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J Draper) writes:
>Hi everyone
>
>
>I'm looking for a good backup program. I'd prefer to get a tape drive,
>but because I've got no free funds, I'm looking for backup programs that
>work with diskettes.
>
>Norton's backup looks real good. I've tried PC Tools 5.5, but it doesn't
>work reliably. I need something that can detect a bad diskette while I
>backup up, not when I'm restoring and the file can't be read. 
>
>Can someone who's used this or other backup programs give me advice?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Patrick Draper  ---- Michigan State University

Try FastBack Plus. I'm not sure of the manufacturer name, but I've
used it and am quite happy with it...you can tell it which device you 
want to send the backup to (A: B: or whatever)...I run it on my PC-XT
with a 80meg hard drive and a 1.44meg floppy on B:. I haven't had any
problems with it so far...It also lets you compress the backup to save
floppy space...You can change the degree of compression to suit your
needs...(speed vs. space)

John Burton
(jcburt@cs.wm.edu)
(jcburt@ipsun.larc.nasa.gov)