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From: gjs@faust.UUCP
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Subject: Re: DOS 3.1 backup/restore:  a dodge
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 11:52:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 17 11:52:00 1986
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Nf-From: faust.UUCP!gjs    Mar 17 11:52:00 1986


After waiting a month for my unprotected version of FASTBACK, I called
them up.  They say that I will get my $25 back and a hard disk
installable version in 30 to 60 days.

A technical rep said that they changed their scheme because they were
unable to get the equipment to personalize each unprotected copy with
name and address working properly.  The installable version will have
two installs.  If you lose both, you can get more (they didn't specify
free or otherwise), and meanwhile run FASTBACK from the key disk.
FRESTORE is not copy protected even on the original disk.

FASTBACK maintains a catalog on the hard disk, which can be used to
browse, verify, and restore files on the floppy backup set.  My major
gripe with FASTBACK is that it deletes the catalog if you abort the
program, and there is no way to reconstruct one.  FRESTORE will work
without the catalog, by reading the list of files on each backup
floppy.  This is fine for full disk recovery, but to restore a
particular file you must insert each floppy until it is found.

    -- George Snyder -- Intermetrics, Inc. -- inmet!gjs --