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From: mhg@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Mark H. Granoff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Whats the best DOS upgrade path?
Keywords: FastBack Plus
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Date: 7 Sep 88 12:17:40 GMT
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In article <16800360@clio> berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu writes:
>Numerous people on the network have complained about making Fastback
>backups without error, then were unable to read them onto the newly
>formatted disks.  I wouldn't depend on it, though the most recent
>version may be reliable if you run in the slow (verify on) mode.

Certainly, caution should be taken if you plan to reformat your hard
disk after you back it up (to ensure that your backup is good, etc).
I admit, I didn't follow this rule (the first time), and I used the
original FastBack, which may have been my downfall.  However, on my
second try I used FastBack Plus (with High DMA a.k.a fast and write
verify on).  I had no problems backing up or restoring.  No doubt,
FastBack Plus is a better program than FastBack (in my opinion :-).

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