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From: Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.bc.ca (Charlie Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: HD backup utilities?
Message-ID: <5865@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 14 May 91 13:21:07 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In article <258@tots.UUCP> tep@tots.Logicon.COM (Tom Perrine) writes:

>Does anyone have TapeStore, or recommendations for/against MRbackup
>and QuarterBack?

     I use Quarterback and am happy with it - at least as happy as
one can be while stuffing 39 floppy disks into the machine to make
a backup.  :-)  QB is reasonably fast, and if you have two floppy
drives available it can alternate between the two for truly non-stop
copying.  Easy-to-follow directions tell you exactly when to change
disks; on a two-floppy system you can swap disks in one drive while
the other one is copying, and QB is aware of what you're doing.

     You can back up or restore any combination of files or
directories; you select them with a versatile file requester that
tells you how many disks you'll need.  I've had occasion to restore
my backups several times and everything works just fine.

     Although QB uses its own format on the disks (for more efficient
use of space), it's compatible with any hard drive.  In fact, I moved
everything from my A1000's 10MB drive to my 2500's 40MB drive by
simply backing up on the 1000 and restoring on the 2500.  No sweat.

     But all those floppies are a drag.  I'd hate to think of what
it would be like with a larger drive.  I want tape too.

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP
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