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From: singer@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DiskFit VS Redux: My DEFINITE conclusion
Keywords: diskfit redux backup
Message-ID: <446@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 7 Oct 88 12:11:05 GMT
References: <1988Oct4.162537.8158@mntgfx.mentor.com> <1988Oct5.085923.97@mntgfx.mentor.com>
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In article <1988Oct5.085923.97@mntgfx.mentor.com> bruceh@mntgfx.mentor.com (Bruce Holm) writes:
>In article <1988Oct4.162537.8158@mntgfx.mentor.com>, tomc@mntgfx.mentor.com (Tom Carstensen) writes:

	[arguments on DiskFit vs. Redux]

I've tried both DiskFit and Redux, and I prefer DiskFit for the following 
reasons:

	1) Diskfit backs up in Finder format. This is handy, because I can
easily restore a single file from backup without having to fire up the backup
application. It works like this:

	- Use a text editing DA to open DiskFit's report, which tells me where
the file I want resides in the backup.

	- Use DiskTop to copy from the backup.

	The whole process takes about thirty seconds.

	2) DiskFit allows you to automatically exclude folders from a backup
by putting their names in square brackets ( [ ] ). Therefore, if I create
a new folder that I don't want backed up, I just name it, for example, 
"[Junk]". The next time I back up with DiskFit, I know that [Junk] and all
folders and files within it will be skipped.

	Redux doesn't have this ability; in fact, it is rather curiously
missing the ability to wild-card folder names. , which at the very least is
annoying.

	3) I've been able to crash Redux on several occasions. I have never
crashed DiskFit. I don't trust backup software that crashes.

		--Rich

Rich Siegel
Staff Software Developer
THINK Technologies Division, Symantec Corp.
Internet: singer@endor.harvard.edu
UUCP: ..harvard!endor!singer
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