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From: kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Problem with FASTBACK PLUS and Windows
Keywords: fastback
Message-ID: <1030@pallas.athenanet.com>
Date: 13 Mar 91 18:05:09 GMT
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In article <21872@yunexus.YorkU.CA> rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) writes:
>>Don't run FASTBACK (or any other backup program) under Windows (or any other
>>multi-tasker).
>
>Correction: Fastback may not work under Win3, but it works just fine
>under DESQview/386.
>


You missed the point completely!  I am well aware that it is POSSIBLE
to do backups while a multi-tasking environment is running.  My point
is that it is not PRUDENT to do so.  The possible exception to this is
large multi-user systems with custom backup software that is designed
to save a valid copy (although not necessarily the latest one) of files
that are in use while the backup is running.  This is NOT a design 
feature of any PC based backup system as far as I know.  
Backing up an "active" file system with a program that wasn't designed
for a multi-tasking environment is playing with fire.

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