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From: ralphs%halcyon.uucp@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Wanted: Decent BACKUP program
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Date: 28 Nov 90 04:05:00 GMT
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ESR@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Ed Russell) writes:

> Several posters have recomended FastBack Plus but I, like Greg, prefer the
> PCBackup in PC Tools.  It's fast, it allows incremental backups onto the end
> of the previous backup set, it has several types of compression, and it's
> reliable.  I recently had to restore my hard disk about three times as I

If a marginally unacceptable disk is used with FASTBACK, one gets the
opportunity to insert a fresh disk and proceed with the backup.  I
don't remember PCBackup allowing me to do this.  With the cost of
quality backup software around US$150 (and having to contend with
subsequent upgades, floppies, etc.) a tape drive isn't a bad
alternative, at about twice that cost.