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From: langet@ecn-pc.UUCP (Timothy Lange)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 3.1 backup/restore:  a dodge
Message-ID: <490@ecn-pc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Mar-86 09:01:58 EST
Article-I.D.: ecn-pc.490
Posted: Wed Mar 12 09:01:58 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Mar-86 06:22:28 EST
References: <518@imsvax.UUCP> <323@hsi.UUCP>
Reply-To: langet@ecn-pc.UUCP (Timothy Lange)
Organization: Engineering Administration, Purdue University
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Summary: 

I too have been using FastBack, my cost was $139 direct from the source.
I have found out though it is selling for $95 from PC Connections.  It
is true that the disk format is not DOS, but it does allow for error
correction and more storage space on the floppy.  If you get the copy
protected version, it is the backup portion that is protected, you must
insert the master disk when starting the backup.  For restores, there is
no copy protection.  I have three machines currently in my office to
backup, after doing a full and a partial backup on each machine, I
figure it has already paid for itself in my time savings.  Since I have
three machines, I am not worried about losing the restore program, and I
could always copy that to another floppy.  For actual backup times, it
took me 15 minutes to format floppies and backup 9.5 Mbytes.  The next
time I did a full backup the floppies are already formatted, so the
backup was even quicker, 9.5 minutes.
-- 
Tim Lange		Engineering Business Offices
317-494-5338		Rm 120 Engineering Administration Bldg.
Purdue University 	West Lafayette, IN  47907
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